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High frequency transfer and horizontal spread of apramycin resistance in calf faecal Escherichia coli.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2004
Yates C M, Pearce M C, Woolhouse M E J, Amyes S G B
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The aminoglycoside apramycin has been used extensively in animal husbandry in the UK since 1978. This study aimed to determine both whether calves that had never been treated with aminoglycoside antibiotics harboured apramycin-resistant (apr(R)) commensal Escherichia coli, and the mode of spread of the resistance gene. METHODS: Apr(R) E. coli from weekly calf faecal samples were typed by pulsed-field...
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