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Prevalence and characterization of cephalosporin resistance in nonpathogenic Escherichia coli from food-producing animals slaughtered in Poland.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Feb 2012
Wasyl Dariusz, Hasman Henrik, Cavaco Lina M, Aarestrup Frank M
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of Escherichia coli with putative extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance was assessed in cattle, pigs, broilers, layers, and turkey slaughtered in Poland. The occurrence of random E. coli isolates recovered from MacConkey agar plates with non-wild-type minimal inhibitory concentrations for cefotaxime and ceftazidime reached 0.6% in layers, 2.3% in turkey, and 4.7% in broilers, whereas all...
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