The Colonization of the Human Gut by Antibiotic Resistant Escherichia coli from Chickens |
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| Authors: | A. H. LINTON KATHERINE HOWE P. M. BENNETT M. H. RICHMOND E. J. WHITESIDE |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Bacteriology, Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, England;Salmonella and Shigella Reference Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, England |
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| Abstract: | Antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli on a commercially prepared chicken carcass colonized the gut of a human volunteer handling the raw meat. Strains from both sources, identified on the basis of serotype and characterization of plasmids carried, were found to be identical. |
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