Colistin Resistance Question

[Kevin Kavanagh]

Opinions needed regarding the risk of triple antibiotic ointment and
neosporin (both have polymixin b) conferring colistin (polymixin e)
resistance by selecting for the *mcr-1* gene.

In the USA, there has been identification of the mc1 gene in a pig.
Colistin is not used in agriculture in the USA and the source is unknown.

Kevin T. Kavanagh, MD
Health Watch USA
Somerset, KY USA
606-875-3642

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