Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases producing E. coli in wildlife, yet another form of environmental pollution?

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2011, Pages

  Guenther, Sebastian ^a   Ewers, Christa ^a   Wieler, Lothar H ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ESBL; Multiresistance; Rodents; Wild birds; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84864110334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00246     Document Type: Review

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