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Escherichia coli Population Structure and Antibiotic Resistance at a Buffalo/Cattle Interface in Southern Africa.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 28 Dec 2015
Mercat Mathilde, Clermont Olivier, Massot Méril, Ruppe Etienne, de Garine-Wichatitsky Michel, Miguel Eve, Valls Fox Hugo, Cornelis Daniel, Andremont Antoine, Denamur Erick, Caron Alexandre
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At a human/livestock/wildlife interface, Escherichia coli populations were used to assess the risk of bacterial and antibiotic resistance dissemination between hosts. We used phenotypic and genotypic characterization techniques to describe the structure and the level of antibiotic resistance of E. coli commensal populations and the resistant Enterobacteriaceae carriage of sympatric African buffalo (Syncerus...
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