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We have shown for the first time that ESBL and AmpC b-lactamase producing E. coli isolates were prevalent in food-producing animals in Japan.
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Japanese Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring Program (JVARM) started from from 1999 reported that CTX-M-type and CMY-2 producers were found in Escherichia coli strains isolated from food-producing animals in Japan from 1999 to 2002.
Perspectives
A nationwide surveillance for antimicrobial susceptibility in Escherichia coli strains isolated from foodproducing animals in Japan was conducted from 1999 to 2002. Eighteen cefazolin-resistant E. coli strains were isolated from broilers. Six were CTX-M-type producing, and eight were CMY-2 producing, while eight had mutations at the ampC promoter region.
Prof Tetsuo Asai
Gifu Daigaku
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This page is a summary of: Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Farm Animals from 1999 to 2002: Report from the Japanese Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring Program, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2005, ASM Journals,
DOI: 10.1128/aac.49.8.3533-3537.2005.
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