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Molecular characterization of blaESBL-producing Escherichia coli cultured from pig farms in Ireland.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2016
Wang Juan, Gibbons James F, McGrath Kathleen, Bai Li, Li Fengqin, Leonard Finola C, Stephan Roger, Fanning Séamus
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OBJECTIVES: To characterize ESBL-encoding Escherichia coli cultured from pigs and their plasmids carrying these genes following conjugation into recipient strains. METHODS: Six ESBL-producing E. coli were recovered from faecal samples taken from pigs along with a further isolate from the environment of a farrowing house on three pig farms in Ireland. These isolates were characterized by phylogenetic grouping,...
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