Comparative analysis of an mcr-4 Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica monophasic variant of human and animal origin
Objectives In this study we compared the recently described mcr-4-positive Salmonella enterica monophasic variant, isolated in 2016 in two Italian patients affected by gastroenteritis, with the first mcr-4-positive Salmonella isolate identified in 2013 in a pig at slaughter in Italy. Methods WGS of the two Salmonella isolates of human origin was performed using a MiSeq instrument (Illumina).