| Literature DB >> 27168587 |
Miriam R Fernandes1, Quezia Moura, Luciana Sartori, Ketrin C Silva, Marcos Pv Cunha, Fernanda Esposito, Ralf Lopes, Luciana K Otutumi, Daniela D Gonçalves, Milena Dropa, Maria H Matté, Daniel Fm Monte, Mariza Landgraf, Gabriela R Francisco, Maria Fc Bueno, Doroti de Oliveira Garcia, Terezinha Knöbl, Andrea M Moreno, Nilton Lincopan.
Abstract
During a Brazilian multicentric antimicrobial resistance surveillance study, colistin resistance was investigated in 4,620 Enterobacteriaceae isolated from human, animal, food and environmental samples collected from 2000 to 2016. We present evidence that mcr-1-positive Escherichia coli has been emerging in South America since at least 2012, supporting a previous report on the possible acquisition of mcr-1-harbouring E. coli by European travellers visiting Latin American countries.Entities:
Keywords: Brazil; ESBL; Enterobacteriaceae; MCR-1; South America; colistin resistance
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27168587 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.17.30214
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Euro Surveill ISSN: 1025-496X