Fecal Carriage of <i>Escherichia coli</i> Harboring the <i>tet</i>(X4)-IncX1 Plasmid from a Tertiary Class-A Hospital in Beijing, China

• Main Authors: Weishuai Zhai (Author), Yingxin Tian (Author), Dongyan Shao (Author), Muchen Zhang (Author), Jiyun Li (Author), Huangwei Song (Author), Chengtao Sun (Author), Yang Wang (Author), Dejun Liu (Author), Ying Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The emergence of the mobile tigecycline-resistance gene, <i>tet</i>(X4), poses a significant threat to public health. To investigate the prevalence and genetic characteristics of the <i>tet</i>(X4)-positive <i>Escherichia coli</i> in humans, 1101 human stool sampl...