Browsing by Author "Prado Stuardo, Sandra Antonia"

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    Primera comunicación en Chile de la detección del gen mcr-1 en un aislado clínico
    (Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2018) Legarraga Raddatz, Paulette; Wozniak Banchero, Aniela; Garcia Canete, Patricia Del Carmen; Prado Stuardo, Sandra Antonia; Estrella Cedeno, Laura Estefania
    © 2018, Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia. All rights reserved.Recently it was described the plasmidial gene mcr-1 associated with colistin resistance. We screened by PCR and sequencing for gene mcr-1 in thirteen clinical isolates resistant to colistin. We observed amplification in one E. coli. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the presence of mcr-1 gene in Chile.