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Genetic and Functional Characterization of an MCR-3-Like Enzyme-Producing Escherichia coli Isolate Recovered from Swine in Brazil.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2018
Kieffer Nicolas, Nordmann Patrice, Moreno Andrea Micke, Zanolli Moreno Luisa, Chaby Richard, Breton Aude, Tissières Pierre, Poirel Laurent
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A collection of 126 pigs was screened for carriage of colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a farm in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Out of this collection, eight colistin-resistant Escherichia coli isolates were recovered, including one from Minas Gerais State producing a new MCR-3 variant (MCR-3.12). Analysis of the lipopolysaccharide revealed that MCR-3.12 had a function similar to that of MCR-1 and MCR-2 as a...
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