Inducible colistin resistance via a disrupted plasmid-borne mcr-1 gene in a 2008 Vietnamese Shigella sonnei isolate
Duy Pham Thanh, Ha Thanh Tuyen, To Nguyen Thi Nguyen, Hao Chung The, Ryan R Wick, Guy Thwaites, Stephen Baker, Kathryn E Holt
The paper identifies an inactive mcr-1 gene on a plasmid in a 2008 Vietnamese Shigella sonnei isolate, which becomes active under colistin exposure.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy · May 30, 2016Peer-reviewedMicrobiology