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Multiple resistance genes found in commercial chickens in China

23 May 2018

• 23 May 09:15

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A team of investigators have isolated colistin resistant Escherichia coli from a commercial poultry farm in China. Colistin is an antibiotic of last resort against certain bacteria.In research published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, scientists found that E.coli from the chickens often carried multiple resistant genes, including one copy of the colistin-resistance gene mcr-1 and one copy of the resistance gene, mcr-3. Discovery poses huge human health threat The evidence was found as part of ongoing surveillance by researchers at the Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University, who collected rectal swabs from randomly selected birds in. Read more...