Open AccessHigh diversity of plasmids harbouring blaCMY-2 among clinical Escherichia coli isolates from humans and companion animals in the upper Midwestern USA
Author(s) -
Valeria Bortolaia,
Katrine Hartung Hansen,
Christine Ahl Nielsen,
Thomas R. Fritsche,
Luca Guardabassi
Publication year - 2014
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/dku011
Subject(s) - plasmid , replicon , biology , typing , escherichia coli , multilocus sequence typing , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , population , gene , genotype , demography , sociology
To determine the population structure and genetic relatedness of plasmids encoding CMY-2 β-lactamase in clinical Escherichia coli from humans and companion animals within a defined geographical area.
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