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Antimicrobial drug resistance and genetic properties of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis circulating in chicken farms in Tunisia.
Journal of infection and public health - 1 Jan 2000
Ben Salem Rakia, Abbassi Mohamed S, García Vanesa, García-Fierro Raquel, Fernández Javier, Kilani Hajer, Jaouani Imen, Khayeche Monia, Messadi Lilia, Rodicio María R
Abstract excerpt
This study focused on 77 isolates of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis collected during 2009 to 2013 from healthy and sick chickens and environmental farm samples in Tunisia. Resistance to 14 antimicrobials and the encoding genes were analyzed. 66, 26, 6.5, 3.9 and 1.3% were pan-susceptible or showed resistance to nalidixic acid (Asp87 to Tyr and Asp87 to Asn substitutions in GyrA), ampicillin...
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