Plasmid Dynamics of mcr-1-Positive Salmonella spp. in a General Hospital in China

Plasmid Dynamics of mcr-1-Positive Salmonella spp. in a General Hospital in China

Salmonella is an important food pathogen that can cause severe gastroenteritis with more than 600,000 deaths globally every year. Colistin (COL), a last-resort antibiotic, is ineffective in bacteria that carry a functional mcr-1 gene, which is often spread by conjugative plasmids. Our work aimed to...

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Main Authors: Jianzhong Fan, Linghong Zhang, Jintao He, Maoying Zhao, Belinda Loh, Sebastian Leptihn, Yunsong Yu, Xiaoting Hua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Salmonella
mcr-1
IS
inactivation
ISApl1
ISVsa5
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.604710/full

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