Antimicrobial resistance — China
Two studies [1,2] today [27 Jan 2017] in The Lancet Infectious Diseases indicate that a gene that can confer resistance to the last-resort antibiotic colistin has spread widely in clinical settings in China.
The gene, known as _MCR-1_, was 1st identified in China in November 2015 in _Escherichia coli_ samples from pigs, pork products, and a handful of human cases. It has since been detected in more than 30 countries, including the United States. The emergence of the resistance gene was
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