β-Lactamase Producing Escherichia coli Encoding bla_CTX-M and bla_CMY Genes in Chicken Carcasses from Egypt.

ABSTRACT: Escherichia coli with multidrug resistance and β-lactamase genes may constitute a great public health hazard due to the potential for their transmission to humans through the food chain. This study determined the prevalence, antibiotic resistance profiles, phylogroups, and β-lactamase genes of E. coli isolates from chicken carcasses marketed in Mansoura, Egypt. Interestingly, E. coli was detected in 98% (98/100) of the chicken carcasses examined, which seemed among the highest contamination rates by E. coli worldwide. From the 425 genetically verified uidA gene-positive E. coli, 85 isolates were further studied for antimicrobial resistance profiles, phylogroups, and β-lactamase genes. Interestingly, 89.41% of E. coli (76/85) strains t

SUBMITTER: Abo-Almagd EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9914308 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature