Antimicrobial resistance and virulence gene profiles of Escherichia coli isolated from poultry farms using One Health perspective in Abeokuta, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimicrobial resistant Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) includes uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), the causative agents of urinary tract infections (UTI), neonatal meningitis E. coli (NMEC), implicated in neonatal meningitis in humans, and avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC). Antimicrobial resistant ExPEC infections are associated with economic losses in poultry worldwide. However, few studies have been done on ExPEC in Nigeria.

Methods

In order to gain further insight into the presence of antimicrobial resistant ExPEC in poultry and the putative transmission of E. coli isolates from healthy chickens to poultry owners and/or the environment, antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to determine the presence of 5 vi

SUBMITTER: Ajibola AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12265224 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature