Seasonal Occurrence and Carbapenem Susceptibility of Bovine Acinetobacter baumannii in Germany

Seasonal Occurrence and Carbapenem Susceptibility of Bovine Acinetobacter baumannii in Germany

Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the leading causes of nosocomial infections in humans. To investigate its prevalence, distribution of sequence types (STs), and antimicrobial resistance in cattle, we sampled 422 cattle, including 280 dairy cows, 59 beef cattle, and 83 calves over a 14-month period....

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Main Authors: Peter Klotz, Paul G. Higgins, Andreas R. Schaubmar, Klaus Failing, Ursula Leidner, Harald Seifert, Sandra Scheufen, Torsten Semmler, Christa Ewers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
ESKAPE
Acinetobacter baumannii
antimicrobial susceptibility
MLST
cattle
epidemiology
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00272/full

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