Antimicrobial Resistance Genes and Diversity of Clones among Faecal ESBL-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolated from Healthy and Sick Dogs Living in Portugal

• Main Authors: Isabel Carvalho (Author), Rita Cunha (Author), Carla Martins (Author), Sandra Martínez-Álvarez (Author), Nadia Safia Chenouf (Author), Paulo Pimenta (Author), Ana Raquel Pereira (Author), Sónia Ramos (Author), Madjid Sadi (Author), Ângela Martins (Author), Jorge Façanha (Author), Fazle Rabbi (Author), Rosa Capita (Author), Carlos Alonso-Calleja (Author), Maria de Lurdes Nunes Enes Dapkevicius (Author), Gilberto Igrejas (Author), Carmen Torres (Author), Patrícia Poeta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The purpose of this study was to analyse the prevalence and genetic characteristics of ESBL and acquired-AmpC (qAmpC)-producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> isolates from healthy and sick dogs in Portugal. Three hundred and sixty-one faecal samples from sick and healthy dogs were seeded on Ma...