Molecular characterization of blaESBL-harboring conjugative plasmids identified in multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli isolated from food-producing animals and healthy humans

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Juan ^a   Stephan, Roger ^b   Karczmarczyk, Maria ^a   Yan, Qiongqiong ^a   Hächler, Herbert ^b   Fanning, Séamus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conjugation; E. coli; ESBLs; Horizontal gene transfer; Plasmid profiling; Plasmids; Replicon typing; S1 nuclease PFGE

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFPODOXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA MICROARRAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENE TRANSFER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPLICON;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84885347324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00188     Document Type: Article

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