Broiler Chickens as Source of Human Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Escherichia coli, Iceland

To investigate feed as a source for fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli in broiler chickens, we compared antimicrobial drug–resistant E. coli from broiler feed and broilers with ciprofloxacin-resistant human clinical isolates by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Feed was implicated as a...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Thorsteinsdottir, Thorunn R., Haraldsson, Gunnsteinn, Fridriksdottir, Vala, Kristinsson, Karl G., Gunnarsson, Eggert
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Iceland
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874351
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20031060
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1601.090243
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Summary:To investigate feed as a source for fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli in broiler chickens, we compared antimicrobial drug–resistant E. coli from broiler feed and broilers with ciprofloxacin-resistant human clinical isolates by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Feed was implicated as a source for ciprofloxacin-resistant broiler-derived E. coli and broilers as a source for ciprofloxacin-resistant human-derived E. coli.

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