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A geospatial analysis of flies and the spread of antimicrobial resistant bacteria.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Nov 2016
Schaumburg Frieder, Onwugamba Francis Chinedum, Akulenko Ruslan, Peters Georg, Mellmann Alexander, Köck Robin, Becker Karsten
Abstract excerpt
Livestock is often colonized with ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) and Staphylococcus aureus. There is a risk that flies spread antimicrobial resistant bacteria from livestock to humans. Here, we screened flies from urban and rural areas near the city of Münster, Germany, for the presence of ESBL-E and S. aureus and compared molecular characteristics of these isolates with those isolated from humans in...
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