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High abundance of the colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in chicken gut-bacteria in Bangladesh.
Scientific reports - 14 Oct 2020
Islam Salequl, Urmi Umme Laila, Rana Masud, Sultana Fahmida, Jahan Nusrat, Hossain Billal, Iqbal Samiul, Hossain Md Moyazzem, Mosaddek Abu Syed Md, Nahar Shamsun
Abstract excerpt
Colistin is considered a last-resort reserved drug for the treatment of critical human infections by Gram-negative bacteria. Phenotypic colistin-resistance is strongly associated with plasmid-mediated mobile colistin resistance (mcr) genes. The mcr-bearing Enterobacteriaceae have been detected in many countries from environments, animals, and humans. This study investigated phenotypic colistin-resistance and the...
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