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Three cases of mcr-1-positive colistin-resistant Escherichia coli bloodstream infections in Italy, August 2016 to January 2017
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsMarta Corbellam.corbella smatteo.pv.it
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Citation style for this article: . Three cases of mcr-1-positive colistin-resistant Escherichia coli bloodstream infections in Italy, August 2016 to January 2017. Euro Surveill. 2017;22(16):pii=30517. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.16.30517 Received: 28 Mar 2017; Accepted: 20 Apr 2017
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Abstract
We describe three cases of bloodstream infection caused by colistin-resistant Escherichia coli in patients in a tertiary hospital in Italy, between August 2016 and January 2017. Whole genome sequencing detected the mcr-1 gene in three isolated strains belonging to different sequence types (STs). This occurrence of three cases with mcr-1-positive E. coli belonging to different STs in six months suggests a widespread problem in settings where high multidrug resistance is endemic such as in Italy.
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