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The risk to import ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae and Staphylococcus aureus through chicken meat trade in Gabon.
BMC microbiology - 19 Nov 2014
Schaumburg Frieder, Alabi Abraham S, Frielinghaus Lisa, Grobusch Martin P, Köck Robin, Becker Karsten, Issifou Saadou, Kremsner Peter G, Peters Georg, Mellmann Alexander
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BACKGROUND: A main export market for chicken meat from industrialized countries is sub-Saharan Africa. We hypothesized that antibiotic resistant bacteria could be exported to developing countries through chicken meat trade. The objective was to investigate the occurrence and molecular types of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae and Staphylococcus aureus in chicken meat in Gabon and to assess their dissemination...
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