Co-occurrence of mcr-1 and mcr-3 genes in a single Escherichia coli in New Zealand

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019 Oct 1;74(10):3113-3116. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkz311.

Authors

Julie Creighton¹, Trevor Anderson¹, Julia Howard¹, Kristin Dyet², Xiaoyun Ren³, Joshua Freeman¹

Affiliations

¹ Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand.
² Antibiotic Reference Laboratory, Institute for Environmental Science and Research (ESR), Wellington, New Zealand.
³ Invasive Pathogens Laboratory, Institute for Environmental Science and Research (ESR), Wellington, New Zealand.

PMID: 31339995
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkz311

No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Aged
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Colistin / therapeutic use
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / drug effects
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics
Escherichia coli / drug effects
Escherichia coli / genetics*
Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
Escherichia coli Infections / drug therapy
Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics*
Female
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests / methods
New Zealand
Plasmids / genetics
Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups) / genetics*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Escherichia coli Proteins
MCR-1 protein, E coli
MCR-3 protein, E coli
Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups)
Colistin