Quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli at the interface between humans, poultry and their shared environment- a potential public health risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Commensal Escherichia coli residing in the guts of humans and animals are reservoirs of multidrug resistance (MDR) genes, including quinolone resistance genes, in humans and poultry. This study aimed to characterize quinolones resistance in E. coli recovered from poultry workers, chickens, and poultry farm/market environments in Abuja, Nigeria.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study conducted between December 2018 and April 2019 comprising poultry workers, chickens and their poultry farm/market environments. This study characterized E. coli isolates from stool, faecal and environmental samples using antimicrobial susceptibility testing and whole-genome sequencing methods. Core-genome multilocus sequences-based phylogeny was used to determine the relatedness betw

SUBMITTER: Aworh MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9976508 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature