Antimicrobial drug resistance and genetic properties of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis circulating in chicken farms in Tunisia

• Main Authors: Rakia Ben Salem (Author), Mohamed S. Abbassi (Author), Vanesa García (Author), Raquel García-Fierro (Author), Javier Fernández (Author), Hajer Kilani (Author), Imen Jaouani (Author), Monia Khayeche (Author), Lilia Messadi (Author), María R. Rodicio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study focused on 77 isolates of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis collected during 2009 to 2013 from healthy and sick chickens and environmental farm samples in Tunisia. Resistance to 14 antimicrobials and the encoding genes were analyzed. 66, 26, 6.5, 3.9 and 1.3% were pan-susceptible o...