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Carriage of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli among healthy children and home-raised chickens: a household study in a resource-limited setting.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Feb 2012
Riccobono Eleonora, Pallecchi Lucia, Mantella Antonia, Bartalesi Filippo, Zeballos Ignacio Chavez, Trigoso Christian, Villagran Ana Liz, Bartoloni Alessandro, Rossolini Gian Maria
Abstract excerpt
We have previously observed high rates of acquired antibiotic resistance in commensal Escherichia coli from healthy children living in urban areas of Bolivia and Peru, including resistance to tetracycline and quinolones, which are not routinely used in childhood. In this work we investigated acquired resistance in commensal E. coli from healthy children and home-raised chickens in 12 households from one of the...
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