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Repeated occurrence of diverse extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in minor serotypes of food-borne Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica.

Politi L, Tassios PT, Lambiri M, Kansouzidou A, Pasiotou M, Vatopoulos AC, Mellou K, Legakis NJ, Tzouvelekis LS

Department of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, M. Asias 75, Athens 11527, Greece.

Screening of Greek nontyphoid salmonellae from 2000 to 2002 yielded three extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing human isolates. Salmonella enterica serotype Brandenburg harbored a multiresistant SHV-5 gene-carrying plasmid. S. enterica serotype Blockley and S. enterica serotype Hadar harbored a TEM-52 gene-carrying plasmid. An S. enterica serotype Virchow strain producing plasmid-mediated CTX-M-32 was isolated twice from poultry end products. All ESBL plasmids were self-transferable and carried by clones currently common in Greece.

Published 7 July 2005 in J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3453-6.
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