Emergence of colistin-resistant Escherichia coli clinical isolates harboring mcr-1 in Vietnam.

Int J Infect Dis

Department of Microbiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address:

Published: October 2017

The mcr-1 was first detected on a plasmid in colistin-resistant Escherichia coli from livestock and patients in China. We described here the emergence of colistin-resistant E. coli clinical isolates harboring mcr-1 on the chromosomes in Vietnam. To our knowledge, this is the first report of hospital-acquired E. coli isolates harboring mcr-1 in a medical setting in Vietnam.

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