PMID: 7016108Jan 1, 1981Paper

The isolation of antibiotic resistant coliforms from meat and sewage

Australian Veterinary Journal
J C BensinkJ B Woolcock

Abstract

Beef and pig carcases, meat products, frozen chickens, and sewage were examined in 3 separate surveys for antibiotic resistant coliforms. Escherichia coli was isolated from 18 of 50 beef carcases; the numbers were low and resistance was found only to tetracycline. E. coli was isolated from 45 to 50 pig carcases; the numbers were high and showed a range of patterns of multiple antibiotic resistance. In meat products, the proportion of E. coli in contaminating organisms was low, and most resistance found was to tetracycline and streptomycin. E. coli was isolated from 66 of 75 chickens and these gave 23 patterns of antibiotic resistance, often multiple. Sewage from hospital or domestic origin and abattoir effluent yielded approximately 10(6) coliforms/ml, most of which were resistant to one or more antibiotics; few of those from hospital or domestic origin however, were classified as E. coli of faecal origin. Twenty-four patterns of resistance were found in coliforms from domestic sewage, 19 from hospital sewage and 11 from abattoir effluent. Transfer of resistance, often multiple, was achieved from 55% of 447 resistant strains to an E. coli K12 recipient. Much more information is required on the prevalence of R-factors in bacteri...Continue Reading

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Dec 1, 1991·New Zealand Veterinary Journal·J C Bensink, F P Bothmann
Dec 2, 2005·Emerging Infectious Diseases·Elizabeth L HannahMatthew H Samore
Mar 1, 1984·Australian Veterinary Journal·S Moss, A J Frost
Feb 1, 1982·Australian Veterinary Journal·M D MutimerJ B Woolcock
Apr 7, 2009·The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science·Yasunori ShinozukaYasuho Taura
Nov 1, 1996·Tropical Animal Health and Production·Y Abd el RaoufO F Idris

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