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Similarity between human and chicken Escherichia coli isolates in relation to ciprofloxacin resistance status.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2006
Johnson James R, Kuskowski Michael A, Menard Megan, Gajewski Abby, Xercavins Mariona, Garau Javier
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BACKGROUND: The food supply is suspected to be a source of fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli that cause disease in humans, but supporting molecular data are lacking. METHODS: We performed a molecular-epidemiological comparison, in Barcelona, Spain (1996-1998), of 117 contemporaneous, geographically matched E. coli isolates from humans (35 blood isolates and 33 fecal) or chickens (49 fecal) that were...
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