title: Broiler chickens as source of human fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli, Iceland.
abstract: To investigate feed as a source for fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli in broiler chickens, we compared antimicrobial drug-resistant E. coli from broiler feed and broilers with ciprofloxacin-resistant human clinical isolates by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Feed was implicated as a source for ciprofloxacin-resistant broiler-derived E. coli and broilers as a source for ciprofloxacin-resistant human-derived E. coli.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Experimental Pathology, University of Iceland, Keldur v/Vesturlandsveg, 112 Reykjavík, Iceland. thoruth@hi.is
authors.forename: Thorunn R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Thorsteinsdottir
authors.forename: Gunnsteinn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Haraldsson
authors.forename: Vala
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fridriksdottir
authors.forename: Karl G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Kristinsson
authors.forename: Eggert
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gunnarsson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D024841:Fluoroquinolones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007055:Iceland / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones