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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Yi L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5324782 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Emerging infectious diseases 20170201 2
We detected the mcr-1 gene in 21 (14.8%) Salmonella isolates from pigs at slaughter; 19 were serovar Typhimurium sequence type 34. The gene was located on IncHI2-like plasmids that also harbored IncF replicons and lacked a conjugative transfer region. These findings highlight the need to prevent further spread of colistin resistance in animals and humans. ...[more]