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Variable within- and between-herd diversity of CTX-M cephalosporinase-bearing Escherichia coli isolates from dairy cattle.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2012
Mollenkopf Dixie F, Weeman Matthew F, Daniels Joshua B, Abley Melanie J, Mathews Jennifer L, Gebreyes Wondwossen A, Wittum Thomas E
Abstract excerpt
bla(CTX-M) beta-lactamases confer resistance to critically important cephalosporin drugs. Recovered from both hospital- and community-acquired infections, bla(CTX-M) was first reported in U.S. livestock in 2010. It has been hypothesized that veterinary use of cephalosporins in livestock populations may lead to the dissemination of beta-lactamase-encoding genes. Therefore, our objectives were to estimate the...
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