Imported Poutry Meat Products in Portugal as a source of Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporin-Resistant Salmonella Heidelberg CYM-2-Producing

Campos, Joana; Mourão, Joana; Silveira, Leonor; Saraiva, Margarida; Belo Correia, Cristina; Antunes, Patrícia

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Belo Correia, Cristina

Antunes, Patrícia

Abstract(s)

Extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant (ESC-R) Salmonella has been described at low level in EU, including Portugal. Nevertheless, the increasing poultry meat trade involving countries with different animal production practices could be an important source of epidemic clones carrying ESC-R genes.