The initial report of the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene mcr-1 detected in
Escherichia coli isolates from China (1) and the numerous follow up publications reporting …

Yi-Yun Liu and colleagues recently reported the emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin
resistance in China, raising great concern around the world (1–5). The mcr-1 gene was …

4 Olaitan AO, Chabou S, Okdah L et al. Dissemination of the mcr-1 colistin resistance gene.
Lancet Infect Dis 2016; 16: 147. 5 Falgenhauer L, Waezsada SE, Yao Y et al. Colistin …

The plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene mcr-1 was first reported in China in 2013 and
has since been identified in both humans and livestock from many other countries (1–4) …

To investigate whether introduction of colistin into the clinical settings selected colistin-
resistant CRE, we performed molecular epidemiological study of 1868 CRE strains collected …

Background: The emerging mobile colistin resistance gene, mcr-1, is an ongoing worldwide
concern and an evaluation of clinical isolates harboring this gene is required in Korea. We …

The emergence of the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene mcr-1 is threatening the
last-line role of colistin in human medicine. With mcr-1-positive Escherichia coli (E. coli) …

The gene mcr-1 was reported as the first plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene in
Escherichia coli isolates from food animals, food, and patients in China (1). Since then …

The emergence of mobile colistin resistance (mcr) genes has raised a global concern (1–3),
as colistin is considered a last-resort antimicrobial for treating fatal infections caused by …

During a Brazilian multicentric antimicrobial resistance surveillance study, colistin resistance
was investigated in 4,620 Enterobacteriaceae isolated from human, animal, food and …