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Analysis of Salmonella enterica with reduced susceptibility to the third-generation cephalosporin ceftriaxone isolated from U.S. cattle during 2000-2004.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Dec 2008
Frye Jonathan G, Fedorka-Cray Paula J, Jackson Charlene R, Rose Markus
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Over the past decade enteric bacteria in Europe, Africa, and Asia have become increasingly resistant to cephalosporin antimicrobial agents. This is largely due to the spread of genes encoding extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) enzymes that can inactivate many cephalosporins. Recently, these resistance mechanisms have been identified in Salmonella isolated from humans in the United States. Due to the...
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