Various Sequence Types of Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from Commercial Chicken Farms in China and Carrying the blaNDM-5 Gene.
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SUBMITTER: Xiang R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6153833 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
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Various Sequence Types of Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from Commercial Chicken Farms in China and Carrying the <i>bla</i><sub>NDM-5</sub> Gene.
Xiang Rong R Zhang An-Yun AY Ye Xiao-Lan XL Kang Zhuang-Zhuang ZZ Lei Chang-Wei CW Wang Hong-Ning HN
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20180924 10
A total of 108 meropenem-resistant <i>Enterobacteriaceae</i> isolates were obtained from 1,658 rectal swabs collected from 15 unrelated commercial chicken farms in China between 2014 and 2016. These samples yielded 16 <i>Escherichia coli</i> and 2 <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> isolates of diverse sequence types carrying a <i>bla</i><sub>NDM-5</sub>-bearing IncX3 plasmid. <i>K. pneumoniae</i> strain sequence type 709 (ST709) has two <i>bla</i><sub>NDM-5</sub>-carrying plasmids that were transferre ...[more]
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