Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
December 17, 2015
The Central Veterinary Institute, part of Wageningen University (CVI) recently has found the transferable colistin resistance gene mcr-1 - described in China - in the Netherlands. In an initial screening of a large collection of salmonella (N = 3274) of the RIVM and NVWA from 2014 and 2015 derived primarily from sick people, farm animals and food, three colistin resistant strains that contain the transferable mcr-1 gene.
CVI is investigating in the coming weeks, the presence of the mcr-1 gene in a collection E. coli bacteria from farm animals (chickens, pigs, veal calves and dairy cows) from manure samples taken by the NVWA under national resistance monitoring in animals. This will make it possible to make a risk assessment.
The Central Veterinary Institute, part of Wageningen University (CVI) recently has found the transferable colistin resistance gene mcr-1 - described in China - in the Netherlands. In an initial screening of a large collection of salmonella (N = 3274) of the RIVM and NVWA from 2014 and 2015 derived primarily from sick people, farm animals and food, three colistin resistant strains that contain the transferable mcr-1 gene.
CVI is investigating in the coming weeks, the presence of the mcr-1 gene in a collection E. coli bacteria from farm animals (chickens, pigs, veal calves and dairy cows) from manure samples taken by the NVWA under national resistance monitoring in animals. This will make it possible to make a risk assessment.