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SUBMITTER: Kieffer N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6591618 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kieffer Nicolas N Nordmann Patrice P Millemann Yves Y Poirel Laurent L
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20190624 7
Plasmid-mediated colistin resistance of the mobile colistin resistance (MCR) type is a growing concern in <i>Enterobacteriaceae</i> since it has been described worldwide in humans and animals. Here, we identified a series of MCR-producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> isolates corresponding to two different clones (represented by isolates PS1 and PS8b) producing MCR-1 and MCR-5, respectively, obtained from pig fecal samples in France. Plasmid analysis showed that the plasmid carrying the <i>mcr-1</i> ...[more]