IncX3 Epidemic Plasmid Carrying bla_NDM-5 in Escherichia coli from Swine in Multiple Geographic Areas in China.

ABSTRACT: Six imported pigs originating from Guangdong, Henan, and Hunan provinces in China during October 2015 to February 2017 were cultured and found to be positive for meropenem-resistant Escherichia coli The samples yielded 9 E. coli isolates of diverse sequence types carrying bla_NDM-5 on IncX3 (8 isolates from 5 farms) or IncFII (1 isolate from 1 farm) plasmids. The mcr-1 gene was coharbored by 4 isolates. The IncX3 plasmids (∼46 kb) carrying bla_NDM-5 were identical or nearly identical to each other.

SUBMITTER: Ho PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5826167 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature