Potential Pathogenicity and Host Range of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Healthy Poultry

Valeria Bortolaia, Jesper Larsen, Peter Damborg, Luca Guardabassi

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Abstract

Thirty of 33 epidemiologically unrelated extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli isolates from healthy poultry lacked the virulence genes commonly associated with human-pathogenic strains. The main zoonotic risk is associated with the broad host range of avian E. coli belonging to sequence type complex 10 and of IncN and IncI1 plasmids carrying blaCTX-M or blaSHV.
Original languageEnglish
JournalApplied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume77
Issue number16
Pages (from-to)5830-5833
Number of pages4
ISSN0099-2240
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes

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