Antibiotic resistance among verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) and non-VTEC isolated from domestic animals and humans
Bettelheim, K.A.; Hornitzky, M.A.; Djordjevic, S.P.; Kuzevski, A.
Journal of Medical Microbiology 52(Pt 2): 155-162
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-2615
PMID: 12543922
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.04903-0
Accession: 003646607
Two hundred verocytotoxigenic and 216 non-verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC and non-VTEC), isolated from a variety of sources, were tested for their resistances to 11 antimicrobial agents. The strains included isolates from domestic food animals and both symptomatic and asymptomatic infections in man. A much higher level of resistance was found among the non-VTEC than among the VTEC, regardless of source.