Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Antibiotic resistance (05): China, colistin, mcr-1, hospital outbreak
PRO/AH/EDR> Antibiotic resistance (05): China, colistin, mcr-1, hospital outbreak
E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae -- ChinaChinese scientists are reporting a deadly outbreak of MCR-1-producing _Klebsiella pneumoniae_ among pediatric leukemia patients in China, apparently the 1st reported hospital outbreak involving the colistin-resistance gene [1].In a letter published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, researchers say clinical isolates--including 1 _Escherichia coli_ and 5 _K. pneumoniae_--from 6 patients with pneumonia admitted to a pediatric leukemia ward in Guangzhou, China, Read more [...]
