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Prevalence of Colistin Resistance in Escherichia coli in Eastern Turkey and Genomic Characterization of an mcr-1 Positive Strain from Retail Chicken Meat.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Mar 2021
Adiguzel Mehmet Cemal, Baran Alper, Wu Zuowei, Cengiz Seyda, Dai Lei, Oz Cihan, Ozmenli Esma, Goulart Debora Brito, Sahin Orhan
Abstract excerpt
Colistin is one of the most effective antibiotics against multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria. However, the recent emergence of plasmid-borne mobilized colistin resistance (mcr) genes is considered a serious antimicrobial resistance challenge worldwide. In this study, we report detection of an mcr-1 carrying Escherichia coli isolate (named ATAVET mcr-1 Turkey) from retail raw chicken meat in Turkey. Of the...
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