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Proposal for assignment of allele numbers for mobile colistin resistance (mcr) genes.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2018
Partridge Sally R, Di Pilato Vincenzo, Doi Yohei, Feldgarden Michael, Haft Daniel H, Klimke William, Kumar-Singh Samir, Liu Jian-Hua, Malhotra-Kumar Surbhi, Prasad Arjun, Rossolini Gian Maria, Schwarz Stefan, Shen Jianzhong, Walsh Timothy, Wang Yang, Xavier Basil Britto
Abstract excerpt
The initial report of the mcr-1 (mobile colistin resistance) gene has led to many reports of mcr-1 variants and other mcr genes from different bacterial species originating from human, animal and environmental samples in different geographical locations. Resistance gene nomenclature is complex and unfortunately problems such as different names being used for the same gene/protein or the same name being used for...
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