Detection of Escherichia coli harbouring extended-spectrum beta-lactamases of the CTX-M, TEM and SHV classes in faecal samples of wild animals in Portugal

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006 Dec;58(6):1311-2. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkl415. Epub 2006 Oct 5.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Wild / microbiology*
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology*
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Portugal
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • beta-Lactam Resistance*
  • beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis*
  • beta-Lactamases / classification
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • beta-Lactamases