Molecular characteristics of mcr-1-carrying plasmids and new mcr-1 variant recovered from polyclonal clinical Escherichia coli from Argentina and Canada.

PMID: 286788742017Argentina|Canada

Key Findings

The study characterizes mcr-1-carrying plasmids from clinical E. coli isolates in Argentina and Canada, identifying a new mcr-1 variant, mcr-1.5, which confers resistance to colistin.

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AMR Genes

Gene Name	Alleles	Encodes	Confers Resistance To	Organisms	Database	Validation Status
mcr-1	2	phosphoethanolamine transferase	ColistinCOLISTIN	E. coli Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DT104 Escherichia coli	Card DatabaseReference Gene CatalogResFinder DatabaseReslit	-

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Molecular characteristics of mcr-1-carrying plasmids and new mcr-1 variant recovered from polyclonal clinical Escherichia coli from Argentina and Canada.

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