Decreased colistin resistance and mcr-1 prevalence in pig-derived Escherichia coli in Japan after banning colistin as a feed additive

Background: Antimicrobial resistance to colistin, a widely used feed additive for farm animals across the world, has raised public health concern in recent years. Since July 2018, its use as feed additive has been banned in Japan to reduce the spread of plasmid-based mobilized colistin resistance (m...

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Main Authors: Masaru Usui, Yohei Nozawa, Akira Fukuda, Tomomi Sato, Michi Yamada, Kohei Makita, Yutaka Tamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Subjects:
Pig
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716521000278