Prevalence of beta-lactam drug-resistance genes in commensal Escherichia coli contaminating ready-to-eat lettuce
N. Liao, J. Rubin, Y. Hu, H. A. Ramirez, C. Araujo Borges, B. Zhou, Y. Zhang, R. Zhang, J. Jiang, L. W. Riley
This study found that a significant proportion of E. coli isolates from ready-to-eat lettuce in Northern California carry beta-lactam resistance genes, posing a potential risk for human infections.
bioRxiv · Oct 30, 2019Microbiology