Prevalence of mcr-1 in commensal Escherichia coli from French livestock, 2007 to 2014.

Prevalence of mcr-1 in commensal Escherichia coli from French livestock, 2007 to 2014.
Euro Surveill. 2016 Feb 11;21(6)
Authors: Perrin-Guyomard A, Bruneau M, Houée P, Deleurme K, Legrandois P, Poirier C, Soumet C, Sanders P
Abstract
Colistin resistance was investigated in 1,696 isolates collected from 2007 to 2014 within the frame of the French livestock antimicrobial resistance surveillance programme. The mcr-1 gene was detected in all commensal Escherichia coli isolates with a minimum inhibitory concentration to colistin above the 2 mg/L cut-off value (n=23). In poultry, mcr-1 prevalence was 5.9% in turkeys and 1.8% in broilers in 2014. In pigs, investigated in 2013, this prevalence did not exceed 0.5%. These findings support that mcr-1 has spread in French livestock.
PMID: 26898350 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Euro Surveill - February 11, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Perrin-Guyomard A, Bruneau M, Houée P, Deleurme K, Legrandois P, Poirier C, Soumet C, Sanders P Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: research