The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LAC DPH) reported yesterday that a bacterial isolate harboring the MCR-1 gene, which confers resistance to the last-resort antibiotic colistin, has been identified in a patient with an Escherichia coli infection.
The findings are a sign the gene has spread widely in community and healthcare settings throughout the country.
President-elect Donald Trump has named Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an outspoken critic of vaccines, chair of a panel on vaccine safety and scientific integrity, according to the Washington Post today. Trump met with Kennedy at Trump Towers in New York today.
Tonnage of fluoroquinolones, macrolides, and polymyxins for animals rose 14%, 13%, and 19%, respectively.
The case involved Caribbean travel and possible foodborne infection; also, officials note no spread in the first US case.
An E coli isolate resistant to both colistin and carbapenem antibiotics has been found in a US hospital patient.
An international team of researchers is reporting the first case of the colistin-resistance gene MCR-1 on the Arabian Peninsula.
Experts say resistance, though not a huge concern, is on the rise among pets.
Researchers in Switzerland yesterday reported they detected the MCR-1 resistance gene in a single Escherichia coli isolate collected from samples of human urinary tract infections. The research appeared in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Researchers in Brazil said today they've detected the MCR-1 gene, which confers resistance to the antibiotic colistin, in a hospital patient. It's the first time the plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance mechanism has been detected in a human in Brazil.