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. 2016 Sep;22(9):1679–1681. doi: 10.3201/eid2209.160464

Table. Characteristics of 9 mcr-1–positive Escherichia coli isolates from companion animals and human patients, Guangzhou, China.

Characteristic Isolate
PET01 PET02 PET03 PET04 PET05 PET06 EC07 EC08 EC09
Isolation date
2016 Jan 1
2016 Jan 1
2016 Jan 2
2016 Jan 2
2016 Jan 2
2016 Jan 4
2015 Oct 10
2015 Nov 2
2015 Nov 21
Specimen source
Cat
Dog
Dog
Dog
Cat
Dog
Human
Human
Human
Specimen type
Feces
Feces
Feces
Feces
Feces
Feces
Urine
Urine
Blood
Phylogenetic group
B2
D
D
D
B2
D
D
B1
B1
ST†
ST93
ST354
ST354
ST354
New
ST354
ST354
ST156
ST156
PFGE type
IV
I
I
I
V
I
I
II
III
Resistance genes
mcr-1, blaTEM-1, qepA
mcr-1, blaTEM-1, blaCTX-M-15, fosA3, aac(6′)-Ib-cr
mcr-1, blaTEM-1, blaCTX-M-15, fosA3, aac(6′)-Ib-cr
mcr-1, blaTEM-1, blaCTX-M-15, fosA3, aac(6′)-Ib-cr
mcr-1, blaTEM-1, blaSHV-12, blaCTX-M-15, fosA3, rmtB, qnrS, aac(6′)-Ib-cr
mcr-1, blaTEM-1, blaCTX-M-15, fosA3, aac(6′)-Ib-cr
mcr-1, blaTEM-1, blaCTX-M-15, fosA3, aac(6′)-Ib-cr
mcr-1, blaTEM-1, blaCTX-M-55, fosA3, rmtB, qepA1
mcr-1, blaIMP-4, blaTEM-1, blaCTX-M-55, fosA3, rmtB, qepA1
MIC, μg/mL
Colistin 16 8 8 16 16 8 8 8 64
Polymyxin B 16 16 16 32 16 16 8 8 64
Ampicillin >256 >256 >256 >256 >256 >256 >256 >256 >256
AMX/CLV 16 32 32 32 256 16 32 16 16
Cefotaxime 64 >256 256 >256 256 >256 256 256 >256
Ceftazidime 16 256 128 256 64 256 128 32 >256
Cefepime 8 256 128 256 16 256 64 64 >256
Gentamicin 128 >256 >256 >256 256 >256 >256 >256 >256
Amikacin 4 >256 >256 >256 >256 >256 >256 >256 >256
Ertapenem <0.25 1 0.5 0.25 <0.25 1 0.5 <0.25 >16
Imipenem <0.25 <0.25 <0.25 <0.25 <0.25 <0.25 <0.25 <0.25 >16
Meropenem <0.25 <0.25 <0.25 <0.25 <0.25 <0.25 <0.25 <0.25 >16
Fosfomycin 32 >512 >512 >512 >512 >512 >512 >512 >512
Tigecycline <2 <2 <2 <2 <2 <2 <2 <2 4
Nitrofurantoin <16 32 32 32 128 32 64 64 32
Ciprofloxacin 256 128 128 128 64 128 128 256 256

*AMX/CLV, amoxicillin clavulanic acid; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; ST, sequence type.
†By multilocus sequence typing.