Emerging microbes & infectionsChinaHumansAnimalsColistinAnti-Bacterial Agents
Epidemiology, genetic dynamics, and transmission of the mcr-1 gene in China.
Boqian Wang, Zhong Li, Mingliang Chen, Yuxin Wang, Buaijier Aimaiti, Jingjing Fu, Kexin Li, Zhixi Peng, Rui Zhang, Tianyi Wang, Honghao Wang, Bin Gu, Hongbin Song, Hongguang Ren, Xiaofeng Hu
Published: 202510.1080/22221751.2025.2595798
Abstract
Colistin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that kills bacteria through the disruption of the cell membrane, making it effective against various bacterial infections. Since the first global report of mobile colistin-resistant (mcr-1)-positive bacteria, w…
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