Colistin drug resistance is an emerging public health threat worldwide. The adaptability,
existence and spread of colistin drug resistance in multiple reservoirs and ecological …

Escherichia coli are one of the most important pathogenic bacteria readily found in the
livestock and widely studied as an indicator that carries drug-resistant genes between …

The widespread and poorly regulated use of antibiotics in animal production in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs) is increasingly associated with the emergence and …

Mobile colistin resistance (mcr) genes (mcr-1 to mcr-10) are plasmid-encoded genes that
threaten the clinical utility of colistin (COL), one of the highest-priority critically important …

Due to the high prevalence of colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in poultry and pigs,
process waters and wastewater from slaughterhouses were considered as a hotspot for …

Abstract Ready-to-eat (RTE) foods have been considered to be reservoirs of antibiotic
resistance bacteria, which constitute direct threat to human health, but the potential …

Colistin, a polycationic antimicrobial peptide, is one of the last-resort antibiotics for treating
infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. The antibacterial …

The aim of this study was to determine the occurrence of plasmid-mediated colistin
resistance in domestic and imported meat and slaughter animals in the Czech Republic …

Aquaculture systems are widely recognised as hotspots for horizontal gene transfer, and the
need for screening for bacteria carrying antimicrobial resistance genes in aquaculture …

Expansion of mcr‐carrying Enterobacteriaceae (MCR‐E) is a well‐recognized problem
affecting animals, humans and the environment. Ongoing global control actions involve …