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. 2017 Mar 24;61(4):e02326-16.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.02326-16. Print 2017 Apr.

Evaluation of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification-Based Assay for the Rapid Detection of Plasmid-Encoded Colistin Resistance Gene mcr-1 in Enterobacteriaceae Isolates

Can Imirzalioglu  1 , Linda Falgenhauer  1 , Judith Schmiedel  1 , Said-Elias Waezsada  1 , Konrad Gwozdzinski  1 , Nicole Roschanski  2 , Uwe Roesler  2 , Lothar Kreienbrock  3 , Arthur P Schiffmann  4 , Alexandra Irrgang  5 , Annemarie Käsbohrer  5   6 , Rolf Bauerfeind  7 , Eugen Domann  1 , Trinad Chakraborty  8
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Evaluation of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification-Based Assay for the Rapid Detection of Plasmid-Encoded Colistin Resistance Gene mcr-1 in Enterobacteriaceae Isolates

Can Imirzalioglu et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. .
No abstract available

Keywords: LAMP; MCR-1; antimicrobial drug resistance; colistin; mcr-1; polymyxin; rapid detection.

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