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Monte, Daniel Farias; Mem, Andressa; Fernandes, Miriam R; Cerdeira, Louise; Esposito, Fernanda; Galvão, Julia A; Franco, Bernadette D G M; Lincopan, Nilton; Landgraf, Mariza
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 05/2017, Letnik: 61, Številka: 5Journal Article
The detection and rapid spread of colistin-resistant carrying the gene has created an urgent need to strengthen surveillance. In this study, eight clonally unrelated colistin-resistant isolates carrying and or genes were isolated from commercial chicken meat in Brazil. Most strains carried IncX4 plasmids, previously identified in human and animal isolates. These results highlight a new reservoir of -harboring strains in South America.
