Clinically Relevant Escherichiacoli Isolates from Process Waters and Wastewater of Poultry and Pig Slaughterhouses in Germany.

ABSTRACT: Escherichia coli is frequently associated with multiple antimicrobial resistances and a major cause of bacterial extraintestinal infections in livestock and humans. However, data on the epidemiology of (i) multidrug-resistant (MDR) and (ii) extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) in poultry and pig slaughterhouses in Germany is currently lacking. Selected E. coli isolates (n = 71) with phenotypic resistance to cephalosporins from two poultry and two pig slaughterhouses expressing high MDR rates (combined resistance to piperacillin, cefotaxime and/or ceftazidime, and ciprofloxacin) of 51.4% and 58.3%, respectively, were analyzed by whole-genome sequencing. They constituted a reservoir for 53 different antimicrobial resistance determinants and were assigned various sequence types, includi

SUBMITTER: Savin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8066038 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature