title: Imported reptiles as a risk factor for the global distribution of Escherichia coli harbouring the colistin resistance gene mcr-1.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene and Infectious Diseases of Animals, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Frankfurter Str. 85-89, Giessen 35392, Germany.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Unger
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, Hessian State Laboratory (LHL), Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene and Infectious Diseases of Animals, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Frankfurter Str. 85-89, Giessen 35392, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Prenger-Berninghoff
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene and Infectious Diseases of Animals, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Frankfurter Str. 85-89, Giessen 35392, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Leidner
authors.affiliation: Hessian State Laboratory (LHL), Border Inspection Post, Airport Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
authors.forename: M-L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.affiliation: Hessian State Laboratory (LHL), Border Inspection Post, Airport Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rothe
authors.affiliation: Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Semmler
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene and Infectious Diseases of Animals, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Frankfurter Str. 85-89, Giessen 35392, Germany. Electronic address: christa.ewers@vetmed.uni-giessen.de.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ewers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003091:Colistin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D012104:Reptiles / Q000382:microbiology*; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C000614037:MCR-1 protein, E coli; D003091:Colistin