Drug Resistance

Antimicrobial resistance found in Shiga toxin-producing E. coli

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 18th, 2005

Researchers have identified antimicrobial resistance and class 1 integrons in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli recovered from humans and food animals.

"The objective of this study was to identify antimicrobial resistance and class 1 integrons among Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). Two-hundred and seventy-four STEC recovered from poultry, cattle, swine, and humans were characterized by antimicrobial susceptibility testing, screened for the presence of class 1 integrons by PCR, and assayed for integron transfer by conjugation," scientists writing in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy report.

"Ninety-three...

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