Augmented surveillance of antimicrobial resistance with high-throughput robotics detects transnational flow of fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli strain into poultry.

These data amply demonstrate the ineffectiveness of commonly relied-on approaches to AMR surveillance for achieving early detection of emergence, or for measuring spatial and temporal resistance trends. Genetic analysis suggested there has been transnational flow of a ciprofloxacin-resistant strain into Australian poultry flocks, explaining their detection in a nation that prohibits fluoroquinolone use in poultry.