On the edge of a precipice: The global emergence and dissemination of plasmid-borne mcr genes that confer resistance to colistin, a last-resort antibiotic

J Hassan, L El-Gemayel, I Bashour… - … resistance genes in the …, 2020 - Elsevier
Colistin (polymyxin E) is used as a last-resort antibiotic to treat complicated infections with
gram-negative bacteria. However, global dissemination of transmissible plasmid-borne …

Identification of mcr-8 in Clinical Isolates From Qatar and Evaluation of Their Antimicrobial Profiles

NO Eltai, B Kelly, HA Al-Mana, EB Ibrahim… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This study was performed to investigate the genotypic causes of colistin resistance in 18
colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (n= 13), Escherichia coli (n= 3) and Pseudomonas …

[引用][C] A Nationwide Assessment On The Occurrence Of Plasmid-Borne Mobile Colistin-Resistance Gene, mcr-1, In Escherichia Coli Isolated From Lebanese River …

J Hassan - 2020