Horizontal transfer of a multi-drug resistance plasmid between coliform bacteria of human and bovine origin in a farm environment.
Multi-drug-resistant coliform bacteria were isolated from feces of cattle exposed to antimicrobial agents and humans associated with the animals. Isolates from both cattle and humans harbored an R plasmid of 65 kb (pTMS1) that may have been transferred between them due to selective antibiotic pressure in the farm environment.
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Department of Pharmacology, Microbiology, and Food Hygiene, The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, N-0033 Oslo, Norway. hanne.oppegaard@veths.no
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D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011815:R Factors / Q000235:genetics*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents