Emergence of Chromosome-Borne Colistin Resistance Gene mcr-1 in Clinical Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae from India

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018 Jan 25;62(2):e01885-17. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01885-17. Print 2018 Feb.

Authors

Sanjay Singh^#¹, Ashutosh Pathak^#¹, Awadhesh Kumar¹, Mohibur Rahman¹, Avinash Singh¹, Bruno Gonzalez-Zorn^{2

3}, Kashi N Prasad⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
² Department of Animal Health, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
³ VISAVET, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India kashinprasad@gmail.com.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: Klebsiella; chromosome; colistin; mcr-1.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
Chromosomes / genetics*
Colistin / pharmacology*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / drug effects
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
Humans
India
Klebsiella Infections / drug therapy*
Klebsiella Infections / microbiology
Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects*
Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Proteins
Colistin