Plasmid-borne colistin resistance gene mcr-3 in Salmonella isolates from human infections, Denmark, 2009-17

This report describes one Salmonella isolate harbouring bothmcr-1 andmcr-3. We also found nine other Salmonella isolates positive for the plasmid-borne colistin resistance gene,mcr-3. The strains were isolated from patients in Denmark between 2009 and 2017 and five of the patients had travelled to Asia. In addition tomcr-3, all strains were found positive forblaTEM-1,strA,strB,sul2 andtet(A) ortet(B), and most strains were positive forblaCTX-M-55 andqnrS.
Source: Eurosurveillance - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research