Whole-Genome Sequences of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Strains Sharing the Same Sequence Type (ST410) and Isolated from Human and Avian Sources in Italy

Maria Giufré; Marisa Accogli; Caterina Graziani; Luca Busani; Marina Cerquetti

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00757-15

Whole-Genome Sequences of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Strains Sharing the Same Sequence Type (ST410) and Isolated from Human and Avian Sources in Italy

Genome Announc. 2015 Jul 9;3(4):e00757-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00757-15.

Authors

Maria Giufré¹, Marisa Accogli¹, Caterina Graziani², Luca Busani², Marina Cerquetti³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy marina.cerquetti@iss.it.

Abstract

Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) is involved in a wide spectrum of human diseases. Chickens have been suggested as reservoirs for fluoroquinolone (FQ)-resistant ExPEC strains. Here, we report the whole-genome sequences of 4 E. coli strains sharing the same sequence type (ST) (ST410) and that were isolated from human and avian sources in Italy.