Risk of Transmission of Antimicrobial Resistant Escherichia coli from Commercial Broiler and Free-Range Retail Chicken in India

Risk of Transmission of Antimicrobial Resistant Escherichia coli from Commercial Broiler and Free-Range Retail Chicken in India

Multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli infections are a growing public health concern. This study analyzed the possibility of contamination of commercial poultry meat (broiler and free-range) with pathogenic and or multi-resistant E. coli in retail chain poultry meat markets in India. We analyzed 168...

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Main Authors: Arif Hussain, Sabiha Shaik, Amit Ranjan, Nishant Nandanwar, Sumeet K. Tiwari, Mohammad Majid, Ramani Baddam, Insaf A. Qureshi, Torsten Semmler, Lothar H. Wieler, Mohammad A. Islam, Dipshikha Chakravortty, Niyaz Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
food borne pathogens
poultry
antibiotic resistance
zoonosis
whole genome sequencing
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02120/full

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