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Antibiotic resistance integrons and extended-spectrum {beta}-lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae isolates recovered from chickens and swine in Portugal.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2008
Machado Elisabete, Coque Teresa M, Cantón Rafael, Sousa João Carlos, Peixe Luísa
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the diversity of integrons and extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) among Enterobacteriaceae from chickens and swine in Portugal and analyse the clonal relationships between Portuguese ESBL-producing isolates of animal and human origin. METHODS: We analysed samples from faeces of healthy swine (HSF, n = 35), from uncooked chicken carcasses (CM, n = 20) and from faeces of healthy...
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