A clinical isolate of Escherichia coli co-harbouring mcr-1 and blaNDM-5 in Japan.

This study describes the emergence of a colistin- and carbapenem-resistant clinical isolate of Escherichia coli harbouring mcr-1 and blaNDM-5 genes, located on 90 and 150 Kb plasmids, respectively. The isolate belonged to ST132. This is the first report of a clinical isolate in Japan co-harbouring mcr-1 and blaNDM-5.
PMID: 29972350 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - July 4, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Uchida H, Tada T, Sugahara Y, Kato A, Miyairi I, Kirikae T Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research