Screening for fecal presence of colistin-resistant Escherichia coli and mcr-1 and mcr-2 genes in camel-calves in southern Tunisia

Screening for fecal presence of colistin-resistant Escherichia coli and mcr-1 and mcr-2 genes in camel-calves in southern Tunisia

Abstract Camels (Camelus dromedarius) are known to harbor multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria and to be involved in the transmission of various microorganisms to humans. Data on the occurrence of colistin resistant Escherichia coli as well as mobilized colistin resistance (mcr) genes in camel...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Rhouma, Salma Bessalah, Imed Salhi, William Thériault, John Morris Fairbrother, Philippe Fravalo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Subjects:
Camel
Colistin resistance
E. coli
Human
MCR
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13028-018-0389-1

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