Salmonella is a primary cause of foodborne diseases, and the increasing prevalence of mcr-1-carrying plasmids, which confer colistin resistance to Salmonella, poses significant global health concerns. As the frequency of occurrence of the mcr-1 gene is increasing globally, we studied the prevalence of mcr-1 in clinical Salmonella isolates by analyzing 195 clinical strains isolated in 2020. Of the 195 Salmonella isolates, 41 isolates were resistant to colistin. We found mcr-1 in two strains (Salmonella Typhimurium ZJJX20006 and Salmonella Kentucky ZJJX20014), which we analyzed in detail via whole-genome sequencing and antibiotic susceptibility testing. Two strains displayed resistance to ampicillin, ampicillin–sulbactam, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, and cotrimoxazole, while ZJJX20006 displayed resistance to colistin and ZJJX20014 was sensitive. Genomic analysis revealed that these strains had plasmid-encoded mcr-1 in IncHI2 plasmids, which were not similar to the mcr-1-IncX4 identified in 2016. These two strains also harbored other drug resistance genes, including blaOXA-1 and blaCTX-M-14. Our findings may help clarify the molecular mechanisms of mcr-1 dissemination among Salmonella strains in Jiaxing City and offer insights into the evolution of mcr-1 in Salmonella.
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