Putative connection between zoonotic multiresistant extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli in dog feces from a veterinary campus and clinical isolates from dogs

African Journal of Disability

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Schaufler, Katharina ^a   Bethe, Astrid ^a   Lübke Becker, Antina ^a   Ewers, Christa ^b   Kohn, Barbara ^a   Wieler, Lothar H ^a   Guenther, Sebastian ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Clonality; Environmental spread; Shared ESBL STs; Urban environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019944592     PISSN: 22239170     EISSN: 22267220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/iee.v5.25334     Document Type: Article

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