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Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing and mcr-1-Positive Escherichia coli from the Gut Microbiota of Healthy Singaporeans.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 28 Sept 2021
Ding Yichen, Saw Woei-Yuh, Tan Linda Wei Lin, Moong Don Kyin Nwe, Nagarajan Niranjan, Teo Yik Ying, Seedorf Henning
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Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli strains that carry extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) or colistin resistance gene mcr-1 have been identified in the human gut at an increasing incidence worldwide. In this study, we isolated and characterized MDR Enterobacteriaceae from the gut microbiota of healthy Singaporeans and show that the detection rates for ESBL-producing and mcr-positive Enterobacteriaceae...
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