Colistin resistance gene mcr-1 and pHNSHP45 plasmid in human isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae

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¹ Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. Electronic address: nicole.stoesser@ndm.ox.ac.uk.
² University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
³ Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
⁴ Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand.

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Nicole Stoesser et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Mar.

. 2016 Mar;16(3):285-6.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)00010-4. Epub 2016 Jan 8.

¹ Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. Electronic address: nicole.stoesser@ndm.ox.ac.uk.
² University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
³ Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
⁴ Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand.

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Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism MCR-1 in animals and human beings in China: a microbiological and molecular biological study.
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