Detection of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli in the urban waterways of Milwaukee, WI

Urban waterways represent a natural reservoir of antibiotic resistance which may provide a source of transferable genetic elements to human commensal bacteria and pathogens. The objective of this study was to evaluate antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from the urban waterways of Mil...

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Main Authors: Anthony D. Kappell, Maxwell S. DeNies, Neha H. Ahuja, Nathan A. Ledeboer, Ryan J. Newton, Krassimira R. Hristova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00336/full