Novel plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mcr-4 gene in Salmonella and Escherichia coli, Italy 2013, Spain and Belgium, 2015 to 2016
Istituto Superiore di Sanità · Freie Universität Berlin · +2 more institutions
Abstract
A novel mcr colistin resistance gene was identified in a strain of Salmonella enterica, monophasic variant of serovar Typhimurium (4,5,12:i:- ), isolated from a pig at slaughter in Italy in 2013, and in Escherichia coli strains collected during routine diagnostic of post-weaning diarrhoea in pigs from Spain and Belgium in 2015 and 2016. Immediate implementation of mcr-screening including this novel gene variant is required for Salmonella and E. coli from humans and food-producing animals in Europe.
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- 100%
- References
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Authors
8- ACAlessandra CarattoliCorresponding
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
- LVLaura Villa
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
- CFClaudia Feudi
Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Freie Universität Berlin
- LCLudovica Curcio
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Umbria e delle Marche
- SOSerenella Orsini
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Umbria e delle Marche
Topics & keywords
- MCR-1
- Colistin
- Escherichia coli
- Salmonella enterica
- Microbiology
- Salmonella
- Plasmid
- Serotype
- Zero hunger