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Mass gatherings pose a threat to the spread of antimicrobial resistant E. coli strains

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Abstract

The results of antimicrobial sensitivity test of E. coli recovered from human samples indicated that 29/29 strains (100%) were resistant to tetracycline, naldixic acid, ampicillin, trimethoprim, neomycin, oxytetracycline, sulpha-methoxazole trimethoprim, erythromycin and 25/29 strains (86.2%) were sensitive to colistin sulfate. On the other hand, 57/57 (100%) poultry strains were resistant to oxytetracycline and streptomycin, 7/57 (12.3%) were resistant to gentamycin while 100% were sensitive to colistin sulfate. The results also record a severe diversity in the antimicrobial

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Kamelia M Osman , Mahmoud D ElHariri, Ghada S AbdElHamed (2014); Mass gatherings pose a threat to the spread of antimicrobial resistant E. coli strains, Int. J. of Adv. Res., 2 (04), 0, ISSN 2320-5407.

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