Antibiotic resistance integrons and extended-spectrum -lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae isolates recovered from chickens and swine in Portugal | Zendy

Elisabete Machado | Zendy; Teresa M. Coque | Zendy; Rafael Cantón | Zendy; Jailson Carmo de Sousa | Zendy; Luı́sa Peixe | Zendy

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Antibiotic resistance integrons and extended-spectrum -lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae isolates recovered from chickens and swine in Portugal

Author(s) -

Elisabete Machado,

Teresa M. Coque,

Rafael Cantón,

Jailson Carmo de Sousa,

Luı́sa Peixe

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkn179

Subject(s) - integron , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , macconkey agar , enterobacteriaceae , cefotaxime , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , escherichia coli , rapd , antibiotic resistance , genetics , antibiotics , genetic diversity , genotype , gene , population , demography , sociology

To investigate the diversity of integrons and extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) among Enterobacteriaceae from chickens and swine in Portugal and analyse the clonal relationships between Portuguese ESBL-producing isolates of animal and human origin.

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