Antimicrobial Resistance Genes and Diversity of Clones among Faecal ESBL-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolated from Healthy and Sick Dogs Living in Portugal

Antimicrobial Resistance Genes and Diversity of Clones among Faecal ESBL-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolated from Healthy and Sick Dogs Living in Portugal

The purpose of this study was to analyse the prevalence and genetic characteristics of ESBL and acquired-AmpC (qAmpC)-producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> isolates from healthy and sick dogs in Portugal. Three hundred and sixty-one faecal samples from sick and healthy dogs were seeded on Ma...

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Main Authors: Isabel Carvalho, Rita Cunha, Carla Martins, Sandra Martínez-Álvarez, Nadia Safia Chenouf, Paulo Pimenta, Ana Raquel Pereira, Sónia Ramos, Madjid Sadi, Ângela Martins, Jorge Façanha, Fazle Rabbi, Rosa Capita, Carlos Alonso-Calleja, Maria de Lurdes Nunes Enes Dapkevicius, Gilberto Igrejas, Carmen Torres, Patrícia Poeta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
antimicrobial resistance
dogs
<i>Escherichia coli</i>
ESBL
CTX-M-15
CTX-M-1
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/8/1013

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