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Multidrug resistant, extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli isolated from a dairy farm.
FEMS microbiology ecology - 1 Apr 2016
Ibrahim Delveen R, Dodd Christine E R, Stekel Dov J, Ramsden Stephen J, Hobman Jon L
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Escherichia coli strains were isolated from a single dairy farm as a sentinel organism for the persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in the farm environment. Selective microbiological media were used to obtain 126 E. coli isolates from slurry and faeces samples from different farm areas. Antibiotic resistance profiling for 17 antibiotics (seven antibiotic classes) showed 57.9% of the isolates were resistant...
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