High carriage of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes by ESBL-producing and fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli recovered from animal waste dumps.

Elizabeth Omokoshi JoelOlabisi Comfort Akinlabi Adedolapo Victoria OlaposiTemitayo Omotunde OlowomofeAbimbola Olumide Adekanmbi

Published in: Molecular biology reports (2024)

This study showed that animal wastes disposed indiscriminately into dumps could be a budding 'hotspot' for multidrug resistant, ESBL-producing and fluoroquinolone-resistant E. coli carrying multiple genes encoding resistance to fluoroquinolone antibiotics.

Keyphrases

escherichia coli
multidrug resistant
klebsiella pneumoniae
genome wide
genome wide identification
sewage sludge
drug resistant
acinetobacter baumannii
heavy metals
genome wide analysis
transcription factor
cystic fibrosis
anaerobic digestion
municipal solid waste
life cycle