The highly diverse and complex plasmid population found in Escherichia coli colonising travellers to Laos and their role in antimicrobial resistance gene carriage
A. E. Snaith, S. J. Dunn, R. A. Moran, P. Newton, D. Dance, V. Davong, E. Keunzli, A. Kantele, J. Corander, A. McNally
This study characterizes the diverse plasmid population in ESBL-producing E. coli from travellers to Laos, revealing AMR gene carriage and potential for global AMR spread.
bioRxiv · Aug 22, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology