Emergence of CTX-M-2-producing Escherichia coli in diseased horses: Evidence of genetic exchanges of bla CTX-M-2 linked to ISCR1

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1289-1291

  Smet, Annemieke ^a   Boyen, Filip ^a   Flahou, Bram ^a   Doublet, Benôt ^b   Praud, Karine ^b   Martens, Ann ^a   Butaye, Patrick ^a,c   Cloeckaert, Axel ^b   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UR1282   (France)

^c VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diseased animals; ESBLs; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; CEFTIOFUR; CEPHALOSPORIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; PLASMID DNA; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FISTULA; HUMAN; INTEGRON; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONITIS; PLASMID; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BETA-LACTAMASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84859610367     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks016     Document Type: Letter

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