Presence of disinfectant resistance genes in Escherichia coli isolated from retail meats in the USA
Author(s) -
Likou Zou,
Jianghong Meng,
Patrick F. McDermott,
Fei Wang,
Qianru Yang,
Guojie Cao,
Maria Hoffmann,
Shaohua Zhao
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/dku197
Subject(s) - disinfectant , agar dilution method , escherichia coli , antimicrobial , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , gene , antibiotic resistance , multiple drug resistance , cross resistance , drug resistance , antibiotics , minimum inhibitory concentration , chemistry , genetics , organic chemistry
To examine the distribution of all genes known to be responsible for resistance to quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs), and their association with resistance to QACs and other antimicrobials, in Escherichia coli recovered from retail meats.
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