Abstract
We report a high prevalence of MCR-1 and CTX-M-1producing Escherichia coli in three Tunisian chicken farms. Chickens were imported from France or derived from French imported chicks. The same IncHI2-type plasmid reported to carry those genes in cattle in France and in a food sample in Portugal was found in Tunisian chickens of French origin. This suggests a significant impact of food animal trade on the spread of mcr-1-mediated colistin resistance in Europe.
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Grami, R., Mansour, W., Mehri, W., Bouallègue, O., Boujaâfar, N., Madec, J., & Haenni, M. (2016). Impact of food animal trade on the spread of mcr-1-mediated colistin resistance, tunisia, july 2015. Eurosurveillance, 21(8), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.8.30144
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