,mcrESBL

K M G Houkes1,2, V Weterings3, J J Verweij2

  • 1Microvida, Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Amphia Hospital, Breda, Netherlands.

Microbial genomics
|July 29, 2025
PubMed
概括

携带扩展谱β-乳糖酶 (ESBLs) 和胆固醇抗性 (mcr) 基因的耐多药性肠道细菌是一个主要威胁. 这项研究发现,5.9%的ESBL-E分离物在IncHI等离子体上含有mcr基因,主要是mcr-9,这表明单一的引入事件和广泛传播.

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