ESBL- and AmpC-producing Escherichia coli from legally and illegally imported meat: Characterization of isolates brought into the EU from third countries

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 283, Issue , 2018, Pages 52-58

  Müller, Anja ^a   Jansen, Wiebke ^b   Grabowski, Nils Th ^a   Monecke, Stefan ^c,d   Ehricht, Ralf ^c,d   Kehrenberg, Corinna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^c ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^d InfectoGnostics Research Campus ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; ESBL; Escherichia coli; Illegal import; Legal import; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; BETA LACTAMASE CMY 2; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 1; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 104; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 12; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 2; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 79; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 8; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M 9; BETA LACTAMASE SHV; BETA LACTAMASE SHV 12; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMPC BETA-LACTAMASES; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHICKEN MEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; EUROPEAN UNION; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; ILLEGALLY IMPORTED MEAT; LEGALLY IMPORTED MEAT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY MEAT; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PIG;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EUROPEAN UNION; MEAT; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SWINE;

EID: 85049311689     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2018.06.009     Document Type: Article

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