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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2009 63(6):1286-1288; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp101
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Comparative analysis of extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-carrying plasmids from different members of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from poultry, pigs and humans: evidence for a shared β-lactam resistance gene pool?

Annemieke Smet1,2,*, An Martel1, Davy Persoons3,4, Jeroen Dewulf3, Marc Heyndrickx4, Axel Cloeckaert5, Karine Praud5, Geert Claeys6, Boudewijn Catry7, Lieve Herman4, Freddy Haesebrouck1 and Patrick Butaye1,2

1 Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium 2 Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, CODA-CERVA-VAR, Groeselenberg 99, 1180 Brussels, Belgium 3 Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health, Veterinary Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium 4 Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Technology and Food Unit, Brusselsesteenweg 370, B-9090 Melle, Belgium 5 INRA, UR1282, Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique, IASP, F-37380 Nouzilly, France 6 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medecin, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium 7 Scientific Institute of Public Health, J. Wytsmanstraat 14, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

* Corresponding author. Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium. Tel: +32-9264-7435; Fax: +32-9264-7494; E-mail: Annemieke.Smet@Ugent.be

Keywords: RFLP , ESBLs , conjugation

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Sir,

β-Lactam antibiotics are extensively used in human and veterinary medicine. The detection rate of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolated from humans has increased rapidly worldwide.1 In addition, ESBLs have been increasingly described in bacterial populations circulating in animals.2,3 Recently, a high diversity of ESBLs in Escherichia coli was reported in Belgian poultry farms. In that instance, CTX-M enzymes were the predominant ESBL family.4 CTX-M-2-producing Salmonella enterica serovar Virchow strains and TEM-52-producing S. enterica serovar Infantis strains have also been isolated from Belgian poultry.2,3 This raises a potential public . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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