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High prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamases Escherichia coli and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci isolates from chicken products. A problem of public health
2010-02-01
Abstract excerpt
Twenty-nine chicken products were acquired from different supermarkets in Portugal during September to December 2007 and were analyzed for extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) Escherichia coli and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Cefotaxime-resistant E. coli isolates were recovered in 27 of 29 chicken samples representing 93% of the analyzed samples. The highest percentages of resistance (more than 50% of...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 034316e3-9bdd-564e-b049-38cd2bfb6742
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1745-4565.2009.00195.x
