Open AccessExtended-Spectrum β-Lactamase CTX-M-1 in Escherichia coli Isolates from Healthy Poultry in France
Author(s) -
Delphine Girlich,
Laurent Poirel,
Alessandra Carattoli,
Isabelle Kempf,
MarieFrédérique Lartigue,
Alessia Bertini,
Patrice Nordmann
Publication year - 2007
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.02491-06
Subject(s) - escherichia coli , plasmid , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , enterobacteriaceae , gene , escherichia coli proteins , genetics
Genes encoding extended-spectrum β-lactamase CTX-M-1 were detected in 12Escherichia coli isolates recovered over a 7-month period from the ceca of healthy poultry in seven districts in France in 2005. Eleven of those strains were not clonally related and had abla CTX-M-1 gene located on transferable plasmids of different sizes and structures.