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JAC Advance Access published online on November 5, 2009
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, doi:10.1093/jac/dkp403
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Research letter

Detection of Escherichia coli harbouring extended-spectrum β-lactamases of the CTX-M classes in faecal samples of common buzzards (Buteo buteo)

Hajer Radhouani1,2,3,4, Luís Pinto1,2,3,4, Céline Coelho1,2,3,4, Alexandre Gonçalves1,2,3,4, Roberto Sargo5, Carmen Torres6, Gilberto Igrejas1,2 and Patrícia Poeta3,4,*

1 Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal 2 Center of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal 3 Center of Studies of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vila Real, Portugal 4 Veterinary Science Department, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal 5 CRATAS, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal 6 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Area, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain

* Corresponding author. Tel: +351-259-350-466; Fax: +351-259-350-629; E-mail: ppoeta@utad.pt

Key Words: antibiotics , wild animals , phylogenetic groups , Portugal

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Sir,

In recent years, infections due to Escherichia coli harbouring extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) of the CTX-M classes have dramatically increased among human populations, particularly in the community setting.1 There exist just a few previous reports in which ESBLs were detected in faecal E. coli isolates of wild animals,2 but, to our knowledge, never in faecal E. coli isolates of buzzards (Buteo buteo).

Thirty-three faecal samples from buzzards of Portugal were recovered from September 2007 to February 2008 and were studied for the presence of ESBL-producing E. coli isolates. All the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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