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Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. doi:10.1128/AAC.00916-09
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First Report of Extended Spectrum {beta}-Lactamase producing Salmonella Kentucky isolated from Poultry in Ireland

F. Boyle*, D. Morris, J. O'Connor, N. DeLappe, J. Ward, and M. Cormican

Department of Bacteriology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; National Salmonella Reference Laboratory, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: fiona.boyle{at}nuigalway.ie.


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Therapy of invasive human salmonellosis is complicated by increasing antimicrobial resistance. Food animals are the principal source of infection with non-typhoid Salmonella. We report the emergence of broad spectrum cephalosporin resistance in S. enterica serovar Kentucky in poultry in Ireland.






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