Chromosomal coharboring of bla IMP-60 and mcr-9 in Enterobacter asburiae isolated from a Japanese woman with empyema: a case report.

Yusuke MiyazatoNoriko KinoshitaMasaru UsuiToyotaka SatoTohru Miyoshi-AkiyamaMaki NagashimaKazuhisa MezakiKayoko HayakawaNorio Ohmagari

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2022)

Our case report showed that mcr-9 can be present not only on plasmids but also on the chromosome in E. asburiae, and that the presence of mcr-9 on its chromosome may influence its susceptibility to colistin.

Keyphrases

klebsiella pneumoniae
escherichia coli
case report
multidrug resistant
copy number
drug resistant
gram negative
dna methylation
gene expression