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. 2008 Dec;74(23):7439-41.
doi: 10.1128/AEM.00949-08. Epub 2008 Oct 3.

Seagulls of the Berlengas natural reserve of Portugal as carriers of fecal Escherichia coli harboring CTX-M and TEM extended-spectrum beta-lactamases

Patricia Poeta  1 , Hajer Radhouani, Gilberto Igrejas, Alexandre Gonçalves, Carlos Carvalho, Jorge Rodrigues, Laura Vinué, Sergio Somalo, Carmen Torres
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Seagulls of the Berlengas natural reserve of Portugal as carriers of fecal Escherichia coli harboring CTX-M and TEM extended-spectrum beta-lactamases

Patricia Poeta et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 Dec.

Abstract

Escherichia coli isolates containing the following extended-spectrum beta-lactamases have been detected in 11 of 57 fecal samples (19.3%) in Berlengas Island seagulls: TEM-52 (eight isolates), CTX-M-1 (one isolate), CTX-M-14a (one isolate), and CTX-M-32 (one isolate). Most of the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-positive isolates harbored class 1 or class 2 integrons, which included different antibiotic resistance gene cassettes.

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Genetic environment of blaCTX-M genes in three E. coli isolates recovered from seagull fecal samples (the intergenic X, Y, and W regions have been previously reported [10]).
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