Acquisition of Plasmid-Mediated Colistin Resistance Gene <i>mcr-1</i> in <i>Escherichia coli</i> of Livestock Origin in Bangladesh

Dutta, Avijit; Zohorul Islam, Md; Barua, Himel; Ahmed Rana, Eaftekhar; Jalal, Mohammad; Kumar Dhar, Pangkaj; Das, Avijit; Das, Tridip; Manohar Sarma, Sabuj; Kanti Biswas, Sanjoy; Kumar Biswas, Paritosh

doi:10.1089/mdr.2019.0304

Public

Acquisition of Plasmid-Mediated Colistin Resistance Gene mcr-1 in Escherichia coli of Livestock Origin in Bangladesh

Published in Microbial Drug Resistance • Apr 29, 2020

Authors:

Avijit Dutta

Md Zohorul Islam

Himel Barua

Abstract

Aims: To investigate plasmid-borne colistin resistance mechanism (plasmid-mediated colistin resistance [ mcr-1 ]) in Escherichia coli of human, veterinary, and environmental origin in Bangladesh. Materials and methods: A total of 810 samples were collected from different sources. Isolation and ident...

Subject

MCR-1

Colistin

Escherichia coli

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!