Study: E. coli can transfer antibiotic resistance to other bacteria
Story Date: 11/23/2015

 

Source: FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 11/21/15

Scientists have discovered a gene in E. coli that makes it resistant to a class of “last-resort” antibiotics known as polymyxins. The gene can also transfer resistance to other epidemic pathogens such as K. pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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