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Detection of the mcr-1 Colistin Resistance Gene in Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae from Different Hospitals in China.

Hua YuFen QuBin ShanBin HuangWei JiaCha ChenAiqing LiMinhui MiaoXin ZhangChunmei BaoYunmin XuKalyan D ChavdaYi-Wei TangBarry N KreiswirthHong DuLiang Chen
Published in: Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (2016)
The spread of the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene, mcr-1, into carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) clinical isolates poses a significant threat to global health. Here we report the identification of three mcr-1-harboring carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli strains, collected from three patients in two provinces in China. Our results show that mcr-1-harboring CRE strains have started to spread in different hospitals in China. In addition, this report presents the first description of chromosomal integration of mcr-1 into a carbapenem-resistant E. coli strain.
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