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Antimicrobial drug-resistant Escherichia coli from humans and poultry products, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 2002-2004.
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases; Jun2007, Vol. 13 Issue 6, p838-846, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- The food supply, including poultry products, may transmit antimicrobial drug-resistant Escherichia coli to humans. To assess this hypothesis, 931 geographically and temporally matched E. coli isolates from human volunteers (hospital inpatients and healthy vegetarians) and commercial poultry products (conventionally raised or raised without antimicrobial drugs) were tested by PCR for phylogenetic group (A, B1, B2, D) and 60 virulence genes associated with extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli. Isolates resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, quinolones, and extended spectrum cephalosporins (n = 331) were compared with drug-susceptible isolates (n = 600) stratified by source. Phylogenetic and virulence markers of drug-susceptible human isolates differed considerably from those of human and poultry isolates. In contrast, drug-resistant human isolates were similar to poultry isolates, and drug-susceptible and drug-resistant poultry isolates were largely indistinguishable. Many drug-resistant human fecal E. coli isolates may originate from poultry, whereas drug-resistant poultry source E. coli isolates likely originate from susceptible poultry-source precursors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ESCHERICHIA coli
POULTRY products
MICROBIAL virulence
CO-trimoxazole
QUINOLONE antibacterial agents
ANTIBIOTICS
MICROBIOLOGY
FECES
ANIMAL experimentation
CARRIER state (Communicable diseases)
COMPARATIVE studies
DRUG resistance in microorganisms
BIOLOGICAL evolution
ESCHERICHIA coli diseases
FOOD contamination
FOOD supply
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
MICROBIAL sensitivity tests
POLYMERASE chain reaction
POULTRY
RESEARCH
RESEARCH funding
SENTINEL health events
VEGETARIANISM
EVALUATION research
GENOTYPES
INFECTIOUS disease transmission
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806040
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25357128
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1306.061576