Genomic description of colistin resistant Escherichia coli from healthy broilers and turkeys
Several E. coli, isolated along the French antimicrobial surveillance programme for food producing broilers and turkeys, were detected resistant to colistin by phenotypic method. Colistin resistance genes, antibiotic co-resistance genes, MLST and serotypes were characterized by whole genome sequencing to evaluate the epidemiology of colistin resistance in healthy animals at slaughter.