The Colistin Resistance Gene mcr-1 Is Prevalent in Commensal Escherichia coli Isolated from Preharvest Poultry in Lebanon

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018 Oct 24;62(11):e01304-18. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01304-18. Print 2018 Nov.

Authors

Zaynab Hmede¹, Issmat I Kassem²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
² Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon ik12@aub.edu.lb.

No abstract available

Keywords: E. coli; Lebanon; colistin; mcr-1; multidrug resistance; poultry; preharvest.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Colistin / pharmacology*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / drug effects*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
Escherichia coli / drug effects*
Escherichia coli / genetics*
Escherichia coli Infections / drug therapy
Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics*
Lebanon
Poultry / microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Escherichia coli Proteins
MCR-1 protein, E coli
Colistin