Comparative genomics of quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli from broilers and humans in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The usage of fluoroquinolones in Norwegian livestock production is very low, including in broiler production. Historically, quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli (QREC) isolated from Norwegian production animals rarely occur. However, with the introduction of a selective screening method for QREC in the Norwegian monitoring programme for antimicrobial resistance in the veterinary sector in 2014; 89.5% of broiler caecal samples and 70.7% of broiler meat samples were positive. This triggered the concern if there could be possible links between broiler and human reservoirs of QREC. We are addressing this by characterizing genomes of QREC from humans (healthy carriers and patients) and broiler isolates (meat and caecum).

Results

The most frequent mechanism for quinolon

SUBMITTER: Slettemeas JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11227169 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature