Antimicrobial resistance genes aph(3')-III, erm(B), sul2 and tet(W) abundance in animal faeces, meat, production environments and human faeces in Europe.
Dongsheng YangDick J J HeederikPeter ScherpenisseLiese Van GompelRoosmarijn E C LuikenKatharina WadepohlMagdalena SkarżyńskaEri Van HeijnsbergenInge M WoutersGerdit D GreveBetty G M Jongerius-GortemakerMonique Tersteeg-ZijderveldLützen PortengenKatharina JuraschekJennie FischerMagdalena ZającDariusz WasylJaap A WagenaarDik J MeviusLidwien A M SmitHeike SchmittPublished in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2022)
qPCR analysis is a valuable tool to assess ARG abundance in a large collection of livestock-associated samples. The between-country and between-farm variation of ARG abundance could partially be explained by antimicrobial use and farm biosecurity levels. ARG abundance in human faeces was related to livestock antimicrobial resistance exposure.