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Commensal Escherichia coli of healthy humans: a reservoir for antibiotic-resistance determinants.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Nov 2010
Bailey Jannine K, Pinyon Jeremy L, Anantham Sashindran, Hall Ruth M
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This study examined in detail the population structure of Escherichia coli from healthy adults with respect to the prevalence of antibiotic resistance and specific resistance determinants. E. coli isolated from the faeces of 20 healthy adults not recently exposed to antibiotics was tested for resistance to ten antibiotics and for carriage of integrons and resistance determinants using PCR. Strain diversity was...
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