Carriage and Transmission of mcr-1 in Salmonella Typhimurium and Its Monophasic 1,4,[5],12:i:- Variants from Diarrheal Outpatients: a 10-Year Genomic Epidemiology in Guangdong, Southern China

Colistin is one of the last-line antibiotics for the clinical treatment of Enterobacteriaceae . However, the emergence of the mobilized colistin resistance ( mcr-1 ) gene has spread throughout the entire human health system and largely threatens the usage of colistin in the clinical setting.