Plasmid-mediated carbapenem and colistin resistance in a clinical isolate of Escherichia coli

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¹ Emerging Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. Electronic address: laurent.poirel@unifr.ch.
² Emerging Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
³ Dianalabs S A, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Clinique des Grangettes, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Emerging Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; HFR-Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland.

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Laurent Poirel et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Mar.

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. 2016 Mar;16(3):281.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)00006-2. Epub 2016 Jan 8.

¹ Emerging Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. Electronic address: laurent.poirel@unifr.ch.
² Emerging Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
³ Dianalabs S A, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Clinique des Grangettes, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Emerging Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; HFR-Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland.

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