Detection of Salmonella enterica Isolates Producing CTX-M Cephalosporinase in U.S. Livestock Populations | Zendy

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Detection of Salmonella enterica Isolates Producing CTX-M Cephalosporinase in U.S. Livestock Populations

Author(s) -

Thomas E. Wittum,

Dixie F. Mollenkopf,

Matthew M. Erdman

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.01682-12

Subject(s) - salmonella enterica , salmonella , livestock , biology , plasmid , microbiology and biotechnology , serotype , enterobacteriaceae , virology , veterinary medicine , bacteria , genetics , gene , escherichia coli , ecology , medicine

We report the detection ofSalmonella carryingbla CTX-M in U.S. livestock populations. We identified 12 of 2,034 (0.6%)Salmonella isolates originating from turkeys, horses, and pigs from at least 6 U.S. states, all carryingbla CTX-M-1 , many on a pandemic sequence type 1 IncN plasmid.

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