Comparative analysis of ESBL-positive Escherichia coli isolates from animals and humans from the UK, The Netherlands and Germany.

The putative virulence and antimicrobial resistance gene contents of extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-positive E. coli (n=629) isolated between 2005 and 2009 from humans, animals and animal food products in Germany, The Netherlands and the UK were compared using a microarray approach to test the...

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Main Authors: Guanghui Wu, Michaela J Day, Muriel T Mafura, Javier Nunez-Garcia, Jackie J Fenner, Meenaxi Sharma, Alieda van Essen-Zandbergen, Irene Rodríguez, Cindy Dierikx, Kristina Kadlec, Anne-Kathrin Schink, Marie Chattaway, John Wain, Reiner Helmuth, Beatriz Guerra, Stefan Schwarz, John Threlfall, Martin J Woodward, Neil Woodford, Nick Coldham, Dik Mevius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3784421?pdf=render