Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Antimicrobial resistance and population genomics of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in pig farms in mainland China

  • Zhong Peng,
  • Zizhe Hu,
  • Zugang Li,
  • Xiaoxue Zhang,
  • Chaoying Jia,
  • Tianzhi Li,
  • Menghong Dai,
  • Chen Tan,
  • Zhuofei Xu,
  • Bin Wu,
  • Huanchun Chen,
  • Xiangru Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28750-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Use of antimicrobials in livestock contributes to development of antimicrobial resistance but there are few large-scale surveillance studies. Here, the authors describe E. coli surveillance in pig farms in China, reporting high levels of multidrug-resistance across all mainland provinces.