Background: Antimicrobial resistance is a serious public-health problem throughout the
world. Escherichia coli, the most common Gram-negative microorganism, has developed …

Mobile colistin resistance (mcr) genes (mcr-1 to mcr-10) are plasmid-encoded genes that
threaten the clinical utility of colistin (COL), one of the highest-priority critically important …

Background The spread of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) producing E. coli from
food animals and the environment to humans has become a significant public health …

Colistin is a high priority, last-resort antibiotic recklessly used in livestock and poultry farms.
It is used as an antibiotic for treating multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections …

Since mcr-1 was first discovered in 2015, this gene has shown excellent transmission ability
and evolutionary characteristics worldwide, leading to major public health and food safety …

Background Extended-spectrum-ß-lactamase-producing, carbapenemase-producing, and
colistin-resistant Enterobacterales (ESBL-E, CPE, and Col-E) are multiresistant pathogens …

Considering the serious threat to food safety and public health posed by pathogens with
colistin resistance, colistin was banned as a growth promoter in 2017 in China. In recent …

Bacterial biofilms pose health challenges both in clinical environments and the food
industry. Major foodborne bacterial pathogens form biofilms on surfaces and persist, causing …

Foodborne infections caused by drug-resistant Salmonella spp. are a global health concern.
Moreover, commensal Escherichia coli is considered risky due to the presence of …

The emergence and dissemination of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance pose a serious
threat to global public health. In this study, a total of 454 commensal Escherichia coli strains …