First Detection of GES-5-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> from Livestock—An Increasing Diversity of Carbapenemases Recognized from German Pig Production

Resistance to carbapenems due to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) is an increasing threat to human health worldwide. In recent years, CPE could be found only sporadically from livestock, but concern rose that livestock might become a reservoir for CPE. In 2019, the first GES carbapen...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Irrgang, Simon H. Tausch, Natalie Pauly, Mirjam Grobbel, Annemarie Kaesbohrer, Jens A. Hammerl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Microorganisms
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/10/1593