Identification of an extensively drug-resistant Escherichia coli clinical strain harboring mcr-1 and blaNDM-1 in Korea

• Published in: Journal of antibiotics Vol. 73; no. 12; pp. 852 - 858
• Main Authors: Han, Sunghee, Kim, Jin Seok, Hong, Chae-Kyu, Park, Sang-Hun, Kim, Hee Soon, Yu, Jin Kyung, Park, Jungsun, Kim, Junyoung, Lee, Sang-Me, Oh, Young-Hee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.12.2020; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 45/23; 45/29; 45/77; 631/326/107; 631/326/2521; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Bacteriology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bioorganic Chemistry; Drug resistance; E coli; Genes; Life Sciences; Medicinal Chemistry; Microbiology; Organic Chemistry; Public health

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