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Diverse <i>Escherichia coli</i> lineages, from domestic animals and humans in a household, carry colistin resistance gene <i>mcr-1</i> in Ecuador
2018-06-20
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of Escherichia coli carrying mcr-1 gene in domestic animals close to a child who suffered a peritoneal infection by a mcr-1 positive E. coli . Rectal or cloacal swabs and fecal samples from domestic animals were plated on selective media to isolate colistin-resistant E. coli and isolates were submitted to detection of mcr-1 gene, pulsed field gel electrop...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 6e5bd4ef-b0f7-5f4a-9034-34d6d528fd4b
- DOI
- 10.1101/350587
