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Detection of Mobile Colistin Resistance Gene mcr-10.1 in a Conjugative Plasmid from Enterobacter roggenkampii of Chicken Origin in China
24 Jul 2020
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The emergence of mobile colistin resistance (mcr) genes has raised a global concern (1–3), as colistin is considered a last-resort antimicrobial for treating fatal infections caused by multidrug-resistant or carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Ten mcr genes (mcr-1 to mcr-10) and a lot of variants have been identified since the finding of mcr-1 in 2016 in China (4–6). These mcr-positive bacteria have been...
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