Horizontal transfer of a multi-drug resistance plasmid between coliform bacteria of human and bovine origin in a farm environment

H Oppegaard; T M Steinum; Y Wasteson

doi:10.1128/AEM.67.8.3732-3734.2001

Horizontal transfer of a multi-drug resistance plasmid between coliform bacteria of human and bovine origin in a farm environment

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2001 Aug;67(8):3732-4. doi: 10.1128/AEM.67.8.3732-3734.2001.

Authors

H Oppegaard¹, T M Steinum, Y Wasteson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pharmacology, Microbiology, and Food Hygiene, The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, N-0033 Oslo, Norway. hanne.oppegaard@veths.no

Abstract

Multi-drug-resistant coliform bacteria were isolated from feces of cattle exposed to antimicrobial agents and humans associated with the animals. Isolates from both cattle and humans harbored an R plasmid of 65 kb (pTMS1) that may have been transferred between them due to selective antibiotic pressure in the farm environment.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Cattle
Cattle Diseases / microbiology*
Conjugation, Genetic
Drug Resistance, Microbial / genetics
Drug Resistance, Multiple / genetics
Escherichia coli / drug effects*
Escherichia coli / genetics*
Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
Escherichia coli Infections / veterinary
Gene Transfer, Horizontal*
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
R Factors / genetics*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents