Funding Information: This work was partially financed by the Portuguese Red Cross, by the University of Fribourg, and by the Swiss National Science Foundation (projects FNS-31003A_163432 and FNS-407240_177381). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.; Bivalves are filter-feeding organisms and biomarkers of bacterial pollution. Our study aimed to analyze the occurrence and characteristics of extended-spectru...
Funding Information: Funding: This work was partially supported by the Portuguese Red Cross, the University of Fribourg, and the Swiss National Science Foundation (projects FNS-31003A_163432 and FNS-407240_177381 ). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors; Objectives: To evaluate the occurrence of plasmid-mediated fos genes among fosfomycin-resistant Escherichia coli isolates collected from patients in Lisbon, ...
Background In 2016, very high rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-ST398 (99%) were found in Portuguese pig farms that used colistin, amoxicillin, and zinc oxide as feed additives. Since then, farms A and B banned the use of colistin, and farm C banned the use of both antibiotics. Objective The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of the ban of colistin and amoxicillin on p...