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Detection of Salmonella enterica isolates producing CTX-M Cephalosporinase in U.S. livestock populations.

Journal:
Applied and environmental microbiology
Year:
2012
Authors:
Wittum, Thomas E et al.
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine · United States
Species:
horse

Abstract

We report the detection of Salmonella carrying bla(CTX-M) in U.S. livestock populations. We identified 12 of 2,034 (0.6%) Salmonella isolates originating from turkeys, horses, and pigs from at least 6 U.S. states, all carrying bla(CTX-M-1), many on a pandemic sequence type 1 IncN plasmid.

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Original publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22885753/