Increased prevalence of Escherichia coli strains from food carrying blaNDM and mcr-1-bearing plasmids that structurally resemble those of clinical strains, China, 2015 to 2017

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Introduction Emergence of resistance determinants of bla NDM and mcr-1 has undermined the antimicrobial effectiveness of the last line drugs carbapenems and colistin. Aim This work aimed to assess the prevalence of bla NDM and mcr-1 in E. coli strains collected from food in Shenzhen, China, during the period 2015 to 2017. Methods Multidrug-resistant E. coli strains were isolated from food samples. Plasmids...