posted on 2025-05-11, 15:00authored byJustin A. Ellem, Andrew N. Ginn, Sharon C.-A. Chen, John Ferguson, Sally R. Partridge, Jonathan R. Iredell
We identified discrete importation events of the mcr-1 gene on incompatibility group IncI2 plasmids in Escherichia coli isolated from patients in New South Wales, Australia, in 2011 and 2013. mcr-1 is present in a small minority of colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and appears not to be established locally.
History
Journal title
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume
23
Issue
7
Pagination
1160-1163
Publisher
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention