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Prevalence of bacterial resistance to quinolones and other antimicrobials among avian Escherichia coli strains isolated from septicemic and healthy chickens in Spain.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 35 ·No. 8 ·1997-08-00 ·Pages 2184-5

Blanco JE, Blanco M, Mora A, Blanco J

Abstract

Antimicrobial therapy is an important tool in reducing the enormous losses in the poultry industry caused by Escherichia coli infections (colibacillosis). However, resistance to existing antimicrobials is widespread and of concern to poultry veterinarians. Antimicrobial resistance testing of 468 avian E. coli strains isolated in Spain showed very high levels of resistance to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (67%) and the new fluoroquinolones (13 to 24%). As these antimicrobial agents may cause cross-resistance with human enteric pathogens, prudent use of them in veterinary medicine is highly recommended.

MeSH Terms

4-Quinolones Animals Anti-Infective Agents/pharmacology Bacteremia/microbiology,veterinary Chickens/microbiology Drug Resistance, Microbial Escherichia coli/drug effects Microbial Sensitivity Tests Poultry Diseases/microbiology Spain

Chemicals

4-Quinolones Anti-Infective Agents

Authors & Affiliations

4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Blanco J E

Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain.

Blanco M

Mora A

Blanco J

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.35.8.2184-2185.1997

Published

1997-08-00

Pages

2184-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC229934

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.2184-2185.1997 PMC Full Text View journal details

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