Antimicrobial resistance -- China
Two studies [1,2] today [27 Jan 2017] in The Lancet Infectious Diseases indicate that a gene that can confer resistance to the last-resort antibiotic colistin has spread widely in clinical settings in China.
The gene, known as _MCR-1_, was 1st identified in China in November 2015 in _Escherichia coli_ samples from pigs, pork products, and a handful of human cases. It has since been detected in more than 30 countries, including the United States. The emergence of the resistance gene was
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2k61g4i
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