Characteristics of colistin-resistant Escherichia coli from pig farms in Central China

• Main Authors: Zhong Peng (Author), Xiaoxue Zhang (Author), Xiaosong Li (Author), Zizhe Hu (Author), Zugang Li (Author), Chaoying Jia (Author), Menghong Dai (Author), Chen Tan (Author), Huanchun Chen (Author), Xiangru Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The emergence and dissemination of colistin resistance in Enterobacteriaceae mediated by plasmid-borne mcr genes in recent years now pose a threat to public health. In this study, we isolated and characterized colistin-resistant and/or mcr-positive E. coli from pig farms in Central China. B...