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Real-time quantitative PCR assay with Taqman® probe for rapid detection of MCR-1 plasmid-mediated colistin resistance
- Source :
- New Microbes and New Infections, Vol 13, Iss C, Pp 71-74 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2016.
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Abstract
- Here we report the development of two rapid real-time quantitative PCR assays with TaqMan® probes to detect the MCR-1 plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene from bacterial isolates and faecal samples from chickens. Specificity and sensitivity of the assay were 100% on bacterial isolates including 18 colistin-resistant isolates carrying the mcr-1 gene (six Klebsiella pneumoniae and 12 Escherichia coli) with a calibration curve that was linear from 101 to 108 DNA copies. Five out of 833 faecal samples from chickens from Algeria were positive, from which three E. coli strains were isolated and confirmed to harbour the mcr-1 gene by standard PCR and sequencing.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20522975
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- C
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- New Microbes and New Infections
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.b20d770b6df04e0cb5b75767eab1bc15
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.06.017