Transmission of Similar Mcr-1 Carrying Plasmids among Different <i>Escherichia coli</i> Lineages Isolated from Livestock and the Farmer

• Main Authors: Joaquim Viñes (Author), Anna Cuscó (Author), Sebastian Napp (Author), Julio Alvarez (Author), Jose Luis Saez-Llorente (Author), Montserrat Rosàs-Rodoreda (Author), Olga Francino (Author), Lourdes Migura-Garcia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Colistin use has mostly been stopped in human medicine, due to its toxicity. However, nowadays, it still is used as a last-resort antibiotic to treat hospital infections caused by multi-drug resistant Enterobacteriaceae. On the contrary, colistin has been used in veterinary medicine until recently....