E. coli — Belgium
A team of researchers in Belgium is reporting the discovery of a new gene distinct from _mcr-1_ that can confer colistin resistance in _Escherichia coli_ samples taken from cows and pigs.
The authors of the report, published today [7 Jul 2016] in the journal Eurosurveillance [1], said the gene, which they are calling _mcr-2_, was detected on plasmids from 3 of 10 colistin-resistant _E. coli_ isolates taken from calves and piglets in Belgium.
Those isolates had been randomly selected from
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