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Seagulls and beaches as reservoirs for multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2010
Simões Roméo Rocha, Poirel Laurent, Da Costa Paulo Martins, Nordmann Patrice
Abstract excerpt
A variety of extended-spectrum Beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolates, with a high rate of cefotaximase-15 resistance, were identified in seagull feces from Porto, Portugal, beaches. Beaches may therefore present a risk to public health because of the potential pathogen-spreading capa...
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