Article
Strain-specific transfer of antibiotic resistance from an environmental plasmid to foodborne pathogens.
Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology - 1 Jan 2012
Van Meervenne Eva, Van Coillie Els, Kerckhof Frederiek-Maarten, Devlieghere Frank, Herman Lieve, De Gelder Leen S P, Top Eva M, Boon Nico
Abstract excerpt
Pathogens resistant to multiple antibiotics are rapidly emerging, entailing important consequences for human health. This study investigated if the broad-host-range multiresistance plasmid pB10, isolated from a wastewater treatment plant, harbouring amoxicillin, streptomycin, sulfonamide, and tetracycline resistance genes, was transferable to the foodborne pathogens Salmonella spp. or E. coli O157:H7 and how this...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Escherichia coli O157
- Flow Cytometry
- Foodborne Diseases
- Gene Transfer, Horizontal
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Plasmids
