Antibiotic resistance among verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) and non-VTEC isolated from domestic animals and humans
| Autor: | Alexander Kuzevski, Karl A. Bettelheim, Steven P. Djordjevic, Michael A. Hornitzky |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Microbiology (medical) Serotype Veterinary medicine Disease reservoir Meat Swine medicine.drug_class Antibiotics Microbial Sensitivity Tests Drug resistance Biology Shiga Toxins Sensitivity and Specificity Microbiology Disease Outbreaks chemistry.chemical_compound fluids and secretions Antibiotic resistance Shiga-like toxin Drug Resistance Multiple Bacterial Drug Resistance Bacterial Escherichia coli Prevalence medicine Animals Humans Serotyping Escherichia coli Infections Disease Reservoirs Antibacterial agent Sheep Infant food and beverages General Medicine chemistry VTEC Animals Domestic Food Microbiology Cattle human activities |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Microbiology. 52:155-162 |
| ISSN: | 1473-5644 0022-2615 |
| DOI: | 10.1099/jmm.0.04903-0 |
| Popis: | Two hundred verocytotoxigenic and 216 non-verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC and non-VTEC), isolated from a variety of sources were tested for their resistances to 11 antimicrobial agents. The strains included isolates from domestic food animals and both symptomatic and asymptomatic infections in man. A much higher level of resistance was found among the non-VTEC than among the VTEC, regardless of source. The resistant VTEC isolated from animals were predominantly from specimens associated with sick animals. Antibiotic resistance was detected in only four of the 59 (6.8 %) VTEC of human origin, whereas more of the human non-VTEC possessed antibiotic resistance determinants. It was particularly noteworthy that 24/87 (28 %) strains isolated from healthy babies, who had neither contact with antibiotics nor had gastrointestinal symptoms for at least 2 weeks prior to the specimen being taken, were resistant to one or more of the antibiotics tested. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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