Escherichia coli Harboring mcr-1 in a Cluster of Liver Transplant Recipients: Detection through Active Surveillance and Whole-Genome Sequencing.
Nenad MacesicSabrina KhanMarla J GiddinsDaniel E FreedbergSusan WhittierDaniel A GreenE Yoko FuruyaElizabeth C VernaMedini K AnnavajhalaAngela Gomez-SimmondsAnne-Catrin UhlemannPublished in: Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (2019)
mcr-1, a plasmid-associated gene for colistin resistance, was first described in China in 2015, but its spread in the United States is unknown. We report detection of mcr-1-carrying Escherichia coli ST117 in a cluster of three liver transplant recipients.