title: Emerging plasmid-encoded colistin resistance: the animal world as the culprit?
authors.affiliation: Medical and Molecular Microbiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland laurent.poirel@unifr.ch.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Poirel
authors.affiliation: Medical and Molecular Microbiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland HFR - Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nordmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003091:Colistin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C000614037:MCR-1 protein, E coli; D003091:Colistin