Emergence of mcr-1 and mcr-3 variants coding for plasmid-mediated colistin resistance in Escherichia coli isolates from food- producing animals in South Korea - PubMed (original) (raw)

Emergence of mcr-1 and mcr-3 variants coding for plasmid-mediated colistin resistance in Escherichia coli isolates from food- producing animals in South Korea

Kuastros Mekonnen Belaynehe et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2018 Jul.

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Abstract

We hereby report the first characterization of mcr-3 gene from healthy animals in South Korea. Out of 636 E. coli isolates, collected between 2014- 2017, nine colistin resistant isolates were screened for the presence of mcr-1 and mcr-3 genes. Nine (1.4%) isolates had shown resistance for colistin and among them three and two isolates were mcr-1 harboring and mcr-3 harboring strains, respectively. All the colistin-resistant isolates were multidrug-resistant. mcr-1 and mcr-3 genes were confirmed to be transferred to a recipient E. coli J53 AZR.

Keywords: Colistin resistance; Healthy animals; Transferability; mcr-1 gene; mcr-3 gene.

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