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Whole-Genome Analysis of Antimicrobial-Resistant and Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli in River Water.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2017
Gomi Ryota, Matsuda Tomonari, Matsumura Yasufumi, Yamamoto Masaki, Tanaka Michio, Ichiyama Satoshi, Yoneda Minoru
Abstract excerpt
Contamination of surface waters by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and pathogenic bacteria is a great concern. In this study, 531 Escherichia coli isolates obtained from the Yamato River in Japan were evaluated phenotypically for resistance to 25 antimicrobials. Seventy-six isolates (14.3%) were multidrug resistant (MDR), 66 (12.4%) were nonsusceptible to one or two classes of agents, and 389 (73.3%) were...
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