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Detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli on flies at poultry farms.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2014
Blaak Hetty, Hamidjaja Raditijo A, van Hoek Angela H A M, de Heer Lianne, de Roda Husman Ana Maria, Schets Franciska M
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In the Netherlands, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli bacteria are highly prevalent in poultry, and chicken meat has been implicated as a source of ESBL-producing E. coli present in the human population. The current study describes the isolation of ESBL-producing E. coli from house flies and blow flies caught at two poultry farms, offering a potential alternative route of...
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