Dissemination of mcr-1-Carrying Plasmids among Colistin-Resistant Salmonella Strains from Humans and Food-Producing Animals in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: We detected the colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in four Salmonella serovars isolated from humans and animals with diarrhea. The resistance gene was carried on different plasmids. One mcr-1-carrying conjugative plasmid, a variant of pHNSHP45, was disseminated among Salmonella isolates recovered from humans, pigs, and chickens.

SUBMITTER: Chiou CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5487637 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature