Emergence of the Plasmid-Mediated mcr-1 Gene in Clinical KPC-2-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 392 in Brazil

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 Jun 27;61(7):e00317-17. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00317-17. Print 2017 Jul.
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Keywords: Klebsiella pneumoniae; blaKPC-2; colistin resistance; mcr-1.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brazil
  • Colistin / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics
  • Humans
  • Imipenem / therapeutic use
  • Klebsiella Infections / microbiology*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Plasmids / genetics*
  • beta-Lactamases

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • MCR-1 protein, E coli
  • Imipenem
  • beta-lactamase KPC-2
  • beta-Lactamases
  • Colistin