ESBL-Producing Bacteria — From Chicken

Extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing Escherichia coli, detected in 94% of retail chicken meat samples in the Netherlands, is probably transmitted through the food chain to humans.

Recent years have seen an alarming worldwide rise in the incidence of infections caused by multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria that produce extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs). Now, researchers in the Netherlands have used molecular methods to examine the relation among ESBL-producing bacteria in retail chicken meat, in poultry isolates from a prevalence survey, and in human patients.

Ninety-eight fresh, raw chicken breasts bought in 12 stores in Utrecht in 2010 were sampled. ESBL-producing Escherichia coli was isolated from 92 (94%) of the samples (total, 163 isolates). Further analysis of 81 isolates from 42 samples revealed genes from six ESBL groups. Taken together, bla_CTX-M-1 and bla_TEM-52 — both considered “poultry associated…

Reviewing Author

Thomas Glück, MD

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Editorial BoardsConsilium Infectiorum by InfectoPharm, Infection

Thomas Glück, MD

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Editorial BoardsConsilium Infectiorum by InfectoPharm, Infection