Escherichia coli of animal origin in Norway contains a blaTEM-20-carrying plasmid closely related to blaTEM-20 and blaTEM-52 plasmids from other European countries

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 215-216

  Sunde, Marianne ^a   Tharaldsen, Hanne ^a   Slettemeås, Jannice Schau ^a   Norström, Madelaine ^a   Carattoli, Alessandra ^b   Bjorland, Jostein ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Broiler; E. coli; ESBLs; Extended spectrum lactamases; IncI1 plasmids; pMLST

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE TEMP 20; BETA LACTAMASE TEMP 52; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIOFUR; CEPHALOSPORIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI;

ANIMALS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY; PLASMIDS; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 57649187980     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn445     Document Type: Letter

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