Salmonellosis is a common subclinical infection in pigs and therefore apparently healthy
animals may represent a reservoir of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella for humans. This study …

Colistin is a last-resort antibiotic in fighting severe infections caused by multidrug resistant
Gram negative pathogens in hospitals. Zoonotic bacteria acquire colistin resistance in …

Salmonellosis is one of the most important zoonoses in Europe and the world. Human
infection may evolve in severe clinical diseases, with the need for hospitalization and …

This work aimed to evaluate phenotypically and genotypically the colistin susceptibility of 85
Salmonella Infantis strains isolated in Italy from the broiler production chain, and to apply a …

Colistin-resistance mediated by mobilisable and plasmid-borne mcr genes has emerged
worldwide, threatening the efficacy of colistin, a last resort antibiotic increasingly used for …

IN November 2015, Liu and others (2015) reported the finding of a transferable plasmid-
mediated colistin resistance gene, mcr-1, in Escherichia coli isolates from animals, food and …

Location of colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in Enterobacteriaceae from livestock and meat
performed in Portugal to evaluate the susceptibility to 33 antibiotics and associations of 258 …

The polymyxin antibiotic colistin has been used in decades for treatment and prevention of
infectious diseases in livestock. Nowadays, it is even considered as last-line treatment …

Plasmid-borne colistin resistance is considered one of the most complex public health
concerns worldwide. Several studies reported the presence of the mcr-1.1 harboring …

As Salmonella is a common foodborne pathogen, the present study aimed to determine the
distribution of Salmonella enterica serotypes isolated during 2011–2012 from poultry, swine …