RESISTANCE TO METAL-IONS AND ANTIBIOTICS IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI ISOLATED FROM FOODSTUFFS

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GREWAL, JS [1 ]
TIWARI, RP [1 ]
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[1] PUNJAB UNIV, DEPT MICROBIOL, BASIC MED SCI BLDG, CHANDIGARH 160014, INDIA
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10.1099/00222615-32-4-223
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Of 39 strains of Escherichia coli isolated from foodstuffs, all were resistant to at least one of a panel of four metallic ions tested. The most common resistance (94.9%) was against cadmium, followed by arsenate (76.9%), silver (71.8%) and mercury (61.5%). Multiple resistance to three (35.9%) or four (38.5%) metals was seen more often than resistance to two (18%) or one (7.7%) metal only. The opposite trend was seen in antibiotic resistance; resistance to one (30%) or two (49%) antibiotics was more common than to three or more antibiotics (13%). Resistance to kanamycin correlated with resistance to silve and cadmium ions and resistance to ampicillin or cephalothin was, with one exception, associated with resistance to cadmium ions.
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