Wide dissemination of colistin-resistant Escherichia coli with the mobile resistance gene mcr in healthy residents in Vietnam

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019 Feb 1;74(2):523-524. doi: 10.1093/jac/dky435.

Authors

Yoshimasa Yamamoto¹, Ryuji Kawahara², Yoshihiro Fujiya³, Tadahiro Sasaki¹, Itaru Hirai⁴, Diep Thi Khong⁵, Thang Nam Nguyen⁵, Bai Xuan Nguyen⁵

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
² Department of Microbiology, Osaka Institute of Public Health, Osaka, Japan.
³ Graduate School of Medical Science, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.
⁵ Centre of Medical and Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Services, Thai Binh University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Thai Binh, Vietnam.

PMID: 30380052
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dky435

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Colistin / pharmacology*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
Escherichia coli / drug effects*
Escherichia coli / genetics
Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics*
Feces / microbiology
Female
Healthy Volunteers
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Plasmids
Rural Population
Vietnam
Young Adult

Substances

Escherichia coli Proteins
MCR-1 protein, E coli
Colistin