First description of plasmid-mediated colistin-resistant extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in a wild migratory bird from Asia

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2016 Oct;48(4):463-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.07.001. Epub 2016 Jul 8.

Authors

Mashkoor Mohsin¹, Shahbaz Raza², Nicole Roschanski³, Katharina Schaufler⁴, Sebastian Guenther⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Microbiology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan. Electronic address: mashkoormohsin@uaf.edu.pk.
² Institute of Microbiology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan.
³ Institute of Animal Hygiene and Environmental Health, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

PMID: 27451084
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.07.001

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Asia
Birds / microbiology*
Colistin / pharmacology*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
Escherichia coli / drug effects
Escherichia coli / enzymology*
Escherichia coli / genetics
Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Multilocus Sequence Typing
Plasmids / analysis
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sequence Analysis, DNA
beta-Lactamases / genetics
beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
beta-Lactamases
Colistin