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Transmission of IncN Plasmids Carrying <i>bla</i> <sub>CTX-M-1</sub> between Commensal <i>Escherichia coli</i> in Pigs and Farm Workers
3 Feb 2009
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CTX-M-1-producing Escherichia coli were isolated from 56 pigs, three farm personnel, two manure samples, and two air samples from two Danish pig farms where an association between prophylactic ceftiofur use and the occurrence of cephalosporin resistance was previously demonstrated. Human, animal, and environmental strains displayed high genetic diversity but harbored indistinguishable or closely related IncN...
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