E. coli, Antimicrobial resistance -- Germany
Researchers in Germany yesterday [Mon 25 Jul 2015] reported finding more than 400 _Escherichia coli_ isolates from livestock and food products that tested positive for the _mcr-1_ gene, which can make bacteria resistant to the powerful antibiotic colistin.
Writing in PLoS One [1], the researchers reported that screening detected _mcr-1_ in 402 of 505 (79.8 percent) colistin-resistant _E. coli_ isolates derived from a German monitoring program on antibiotic resistance in zoonotic
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2aNyVuU
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