Colistin resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in humans and backyard animals in Ecuador

• Main Authors: Carlos Bastidas-Caldes (Author), Salomé Guerrero-Freire (Author), Nimer Ortuño-Gutiérrez (Author), Temmy Sunyoto (Author), Cícero Armídio Gomes-Dias (Author), Maria Soledad Ramírez (Author), William Calero-Cáceres (Author), Anthony D. Harries (Author), Joaquín Rey (Author), Jacobus H. de Waard (Author), Manuel Calvopiña (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. Colistin is an antibiotic of last resort for treating serious Gram-negative bacterial infections. However, the misuse of colistin, especially as an animal growth promoter, has contributed to increasing antimicrobial resistance, mediated mainly through plasmid transfer of the mcr-1 gene. T...