Extensive dissemination of CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli with multidrug resistance to 'critically important' antibiotics among food animals in Hong Kong, 2008―10

To assess the occurrence of faecal carriage of Escherichia coli with resistance to 'critically important' antibiotics in various animals. Rectal or cloacal swabs were obtained weekly from cattle, pigs, chickens, cats, dogs and wild rodents over a 2 year period. Plain and antibiotic-contain...

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