TY - JOUR AU - Yi, Linxian AU - Wang, Jing AU - Gao, Yanling AU - Liu, Yiyun AU - Doi, Yohei AU - Wu, Renjie AU - Zeng, Zhenling AU - Liang, Zisen AU - Liu, Jian-Hua T1 - mcr-1−Harboring Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Sequence Type 34 in Pigs, China T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 2 SP - 291 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We detected the mcr-1 gene in 21 (14.8%) Salmonella isolates from pigs at slaughter; 19 were serovar Typhimurium sequence type 34. The gene was located on IncHI2-like plasmids that also harbored IncF replicons and lacked a conjugative transfer region. These findings highlight the need to prevent further spread of colistin resistance in animals and humans. KW - mcr-1 gene KW - Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium ST34 KW - bacteria KW - clonal spread KW - sequence type KW - pigs KW - slaughter KW - zoonoses KW - China KW - colistin KW - Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium ST34 KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - food safety DO - 10.3201/eid2302.161543 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/2/16-1543_article ER - End of Reference