Large-Scale Studies on Antimicrobial Resistance and Molecular Characterization of Escherichia coli from Food Animals in Developed Areas of Eastern China

• DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02015-22
• Publication Date: 2022-08-11T12:00:45Z
• Authors: Jiangang Ma; Wei Zhou; Jing Wu; Xiaofeng Liu; Jiahui Lin; Xiaofeng Ji; Hui Lin; Jianmei Wang; Han Jiang; Qianjin Zhou; Guoping Zhao; Hua Yang; Biao Tang
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; Colistin; Swine; Escherichia coli Proteins; food animal; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; heavy metal; Microbiology; Tigecycline; QR1-502; Anti-Bacterial Agents; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; antimicrobial resistance gene; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Escherichia coli; Animals; Humans; antimicrobial resistance; Chickens; Escherichia coli Infections; Research Article; Plasmids

Pigs and chickens are the most common food animals that important vectors for spreading antimicrobial-resistant pathogens among humans. Limited systematic AMR monitoring of these animal origin bacteria had been reported, especially in developed areas China.