The carbapenemase threat in the animal world: the wrong culprit

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¹ Medical and Molecular Microbiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland laurent.poirel@unifr.ch.
² Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
⁴ Medical and Molecular Microbiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.

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Laurent Poirel et al. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Jul.

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. 2014 Jul;69(7):2007-8.

doi: 10.1093/jac/dku054. Epub 2014 Feb 26.

¹ Medical and Molecular Microbiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland laurent.poirel@unifr.ch.
² Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
⁴ Medical and Molecular Microbiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.

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Keywords: ESBLs; carbapenems; food chain; veterinary medicine.

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