Dutch patients, retail chicken meat and poultry share the same ESBL genes, plasmids and strains
Leverstein-van Hall MA;Dierikx CM;Cohen Stuart J;Voets GM;van den Munckhof MP;van Essen-Zandbergen A;Platteel T;Fluit AC;van de Sande-Bruinsma N;Scharinga J;Bonten MJ;Mevius DJ; ;;
clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the european society of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases2011Vol. 17pp. -
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Abstract
Intestinal carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) -producing bacteria in food-producing animals and contamination of retail meat may contribute to increased incidences of infections with ESBL-producing bacteria in humans. Therefore, distribution of ESBL genes, plasmids and strain genoty …