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Identification and expression of cephamycinase bla(CMY) genes in Escherichia coli and Salmonella isolates from food animals and ground meat.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2001
Zhao S, White D G, McDermott P F, Friedman S, English L, Ayers S, Meng J, Maurer J J, Holland R, Walker R D
Abstract excerpt
Twenty-one Salmonella and 54 Escherichia coli isolates, recovered from food animals and retail ground meats, that exhibited decreased susceptibilities to ceftiofur and ceftriaxone were shown to possess a bla(CMY) gene. The bla(CMY-4) gene was identified in an E. coli isolate recovered from retail chicken and was further shown to be responsible for resistance to cephalothin, ampicillin, and amoxicillin-clavulanic...
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