Emergence of colistin-resistant Escherichia coli clinical isolates harboring mcr-1 in Vietnam

Abstract

The mcr-1 was first detected on a plasmid in colistin-resistant Escherichia coli from livestock and patients in China. We described here the emergence of colistin-resistant E. coli clinical isolates harboring mcr-1 on the chromosomes in Vietnam. To our knowledge, this is the first report of hospital-acquired E. coli isolates harboring mcr-1 in a medical setting in Vietnam.

Keywords

• Colistin resistance
• mcr-1
• Escherichia coli
• Vietnam