Molecular characterisation of blaESBL-harbouring conjugative plasmids identified in multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli isolated from food-producing animals and healthy humans

Molecular characterisation of blaESBL-harbouring conjugative plasmids identified in multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli isolated from food-producing animals and healthy humans

Background: Extended-spectrum β-lactamse (ESBL)-encoding genes are frequently mapped to plasmids, yet few of these structures have been characterized at the molecular level, to date.Methods: Eighty-seven ESBL-producing E. coli were isolated from fecal samples of food-producing animals and healthy hu...

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Main Authors: Juan eWang, Roger eStephan, Maria eKarczmarczyk, Qiongqiong eYan, Herbert eHächler, Seamus eFanning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Plasmids
E. coli
conjugation
horizontal gene transfer
ESBLs
replicon typing
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00188/full

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