[Correspondence] MCR-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in China

In January, 2017, The Lancet Infectious Diseases published our finding1 that Enterobacteriaceae carrying mcr-1, a plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene, are highly heterogenous in sequence type (ST) grouping and plasmid types indicating the diversity of mcr-1-carrying bacteria in China, and mcr-1-positive Enterobacteriaceae infections were associated with male sex, immunosuppression and antibiotics use before hospitalisation. Here we report a hospital outbreak of the MCR-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - May 24, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Guo-Bao Tian, Yohei Doi, Jianzhong Shen, Timothy R Walsh, Yang Wang, Rong Zhang, Xi Huang Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research