Emergence of colistin-resistant Enterobacter cloacae and Raoultella ornithinolytica carrying the phosphoethanolamine transferase gene, mcr-9, derived from vegetables in Japan

ABSTRACT Colistin, a last-line antimicrobial agent, is recommended for the treatment of severe infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) microorganisms. However, reports on plasmid-mediated mobilized colistin resistance (mcr) genes have prompted the importance of routine colistin resistance sur...

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Published in:Microbiology Spectrum
Main Authors: Christian Xedzro, Toshi Shimamoto, Liansheng Yu, Hui Zuo, Yo Sugawara, Motoyuki Sugai, Tadashi Shimamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-12-01
Subjects:
vegetables
mcr-9
Enterobacteriaceae
WGS
Japan
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01063-23

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