Prevalence of multiple drug-resistant Escherichia coli from chicken, pig and nile tilapia (Oreochromis nilotica) intestines sold in wet markets in Manila and the conjugative transferability of the resistance

• Main Authors: Jiao, Stephanie C., Fami, Rea Marie L., Pedernal, Vena Airene D., Cabrera, Esperanza C.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2007
• Subjects: Escherichia coli infections in animals; Escherichia coli; Microorganisms—Effect of antibiotics on; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1507
• Institution: De La Salle University

One hundred eighty (180) Escherichia coli isolates from chicken, pig and Nile tilapia intestines sold in wet markets in Manila were studied for their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns using the disc diffusion method, and for conjugative transferability of the resistance. The highest prevalence o...