Antimicrobial resistance among indicator Enterococcus faecium and Escherichia coli in Swedish pig farms.

ABSTRACT: Monitoring the use of antimicrobials and the emergence of resistance in animals and people is important for the control of antimicrobial resistance, and for establishing sustainable and effective disease management practices. In this study, we used Enterococcus spp. and Escherichia coli as indicator species to investigate antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and how these change over time, on ten Swedish pig farms. Indoor environmental sock sampling was performed once a month during the entire production cycle of one batch of pigs on each farm, resulting in 60 samples collected in total. Selective culture for E. coli and Enterococcus spp. resulted in 122 isolates of E. coli, 74 isolates of E. faecium, but no isolates of E. faecalis. Microdilution was used to determine minimum inhibitory c

SUBMITTER: Ladyhina V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11256653 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature