Prevalence and distribution of antimicrobial resistance determinants of Escherichia coli isolates obtained from meat in South Africa.

OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to characterise antibiotics resistance of Escherichia coli isolates from the formal meat sector (FMS) and informal meat sectors (INMS). METHOD:A total of 162 and 102 E. coli isolates from the FMS, and INMS respectively were isolated by standard culture-based, and biochemic...

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Main Authors: Ishmael Festus Jaja, James Oguttu, Chinwe-Juliana Iwu Jaja, Ezekiel Green
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216914