• Characterization of Escherichia coli carrying mcr-1-plasmids recovered from food animals from Argentina 

      Dominguez, Johana Elizabeth; Faccone, Diego; Tijet, Nathalie; Gomez, Sonia; Corso, Alejandra; Fernandez Miyakawa, Mariano Enrique; Melano, Roberto G. (Frontiers Media, 2019-03)
      In this study, we found mcr-1.1 and mcr-1.5 genes carried by IncI2 plasmids in a subset of Escherichia coli isolates recovered from commercial broiler farms in Argentina. The comparative analysis of the sequences of these ...
    • Simultaneous carriage of mcr-1 and other antimicrobial resistance determinants in Escherichia coli from poultry 

      Dominguez, Johanna Elizabeth; Redondo, Leandro Martín; Figueroa Espinosa, Roque A.; Cejas, Daniela; Gutkind, Gabriel Omar; Chacana, Pablo; Di Conza, José Alejandro; Fernandez Miyakawa, Mariano Enrique (Frontiers Media, 2018-07)
      The use of antimicrobial growth promoters (AGPs) in sub-therapeutic doses for long periods promotes the selection of resistant microorganisms and the subsequent risk of spreading this resistance to the human population and ...