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Impact of food animal trade on the spread of mcr-1-mediated colistin resistance, Tunisia, July 2015
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsMarisa Haennimarisa.haenni anses.fr
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Citation style for this article: . Impact of food animal trade on the spread of mcr-1-mediated colistin resistance, Tunisia, July 2015. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(8):pii=30144. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.8.30144 Received: 08 Feb 2016; Accepted: 25 Feb 2016
Abstract
We report a high prevalence of MCR-1 and CTX-M-1-producing Escherichia coli in three Tunisian chicken farms. Chickens were imported from France or derived from French imported chicks. The same IncHI2-type plasmid reported to carry those genes in cattle in France and in a food sample in Portugal was found in Tunisian chickens of French origin. This suggests a significant impact of food animal trade on the spread of mcr-1-mediated colistin resistance in Europe.
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