mcr-1 in Enterobacteriaceae from Companion Animals, Beijing, China, 2012-2016.
To investigate the prevalence of the recently emerging colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in Enterobacteriaceae among companion animals, we examined 566 isolates collected from cats and dogs in Beijing, China, during 2012-2016. Of these isolates, 49 (8.7%) were mcr-1-positive.
Lei
L
Lei
Yang
Y
Wang
Stefan
S
Schwarz
Timothy R
TR
Walsh
Yanran
Y
Ou
Yifan
Y
Wu
Mei
M
Li
Zhangqi
Z
Shen
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000068476:Beijing; D002415:Cats / Q000382:microbiology*; D003091:Colistin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004285:Dogs / Q000382:microbiology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D057805:Pets / Q000382:microbiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C000614037:MCR-1 protein, E coli; D003091:Colistin
China; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia coli; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; colistin resistance; epidemiology; mcr-1; vector-borne infections; zoonoses