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Clonal diversity of CTX-M-producing, multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli from rodents.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Feb 2015
Ho Pak-Leung, Lo Wai-U, Lai Eileen L, Law Pierra Y, Leung Sammy M, Wang Ya, Chow Kin-Hung
Abstract excerpt
This territory-wide study investigated the occurrence of faecal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli among wild rodents from the 18 districts in Hong Kong. Individual rectal swabs were obtained from the trapped animals and cultured in plain and selective media. A total of 965 wild rodents [148 chestnut spiny rats (Niviventer fulvescens), 326 Indo-Chinese forest rats (Rattus...
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