Plasmid- and chromosome-located mcr-3 in mcr-1-positive Escherichia coli in Taiwan

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2020 Jul;56(1):105996. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105996. Epub 2020 Apr 23.

Authors

Chia-Yu Hsu¹, Feng-Jui Chen², Wei-Cheng Huang², Yu-Chieh Liao³, Tsai-Ling Lauderdale², Shu-Chen Kuo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan.
² National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan.
³ Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan.
⁴ National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan. Electronic address: sckuo@nhri.edu.tw.

PMID: 32335277
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105996

No abstract available

Keywords: chromosome-located; co-carriage; mcr-3.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Chromosomes, Bacterial / genetics*
Colistin / pharmacology
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics
Escherichia coli / drug effects
Escherichia coli / genetics*
Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
Escherichia coli Infections / veterinary*
Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics*
Plasmids*
Swine
Swine Diseases / microbiology*
Taiwan
Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups) / genetics*
Whole Genome Sequencing

Substances

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