Detection of the transferable tigecycline resistance gene tet(X4) in Escherichia coli from pigs in the United Kingdom

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2022 Feb 23;77(3):846-848. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkab439.

Affiliations

¹ Bacteriology Department, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK.
² HCAI & AMR Division, National Infection Service, UKHSA, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5EQ, UK.
³ Gastrointestinal Pathogens Unit, Gastrointestinal Bacteria Reference Unit, National Infection Service, UKHSA, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5EQ, UK.

PMID: 34897485
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkab439

No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Animals
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics
Escherichia coli Infections* / veterinary
Escherichia coli* / genetics
Swine
Tigecycline / pharmacology
United Kingdom

Substances

Tigecycline