Increase in Resistance to Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporins in Salmonella Isolated from Retail Chicken Products in Japan

• Tamie Noda,

  Current address: Chikushi Office for Health, Human Services and Environmental Issues, 3-5-25 Shirakibaru, Onojo, Fukuoka 816-0943, Japan

  Affiliations Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan, Division of Pathology and Bacteriology, Department of Health Science, Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, 39 Mukaizano, Dazaifu, Fukuoka 818-0135, Japan

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• Koichi Murakami ,

  * E-mail: murakami@fihes.pref.fukuoka.jp

  Affiliation Division of Pathology and Bacteriology, Department of Health Science, Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, 39 Mukaizano, Dazaifu, Fukuoka 818-0135, Japan

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• Yoshiki Etoh,

  Affiliation Division of Pathology and Bacteriology, Department of Health Science, Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, 39 Mukaizano, Dazaifu, Fukuoka 818-0135, Japan

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• Fuyuki Okamoto,

  Affiliation Division of Pathology and Bacteriology, Department of Health Science, Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, 39 Mukaizano, Dazaifu, Fukuoka 818-0135, Japan

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• Jun Yatsuyanagi,

  Affiliation Akita Prefectural Institute of Public Health, 6-6 Sensyukubota, Akita 010-0874, Japan

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• Nobuyuki Sera,

  Affiliation Division of Pathology and Bacteriology, Department of Health Science, Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, 39 Mukaizano, Dazaifu, Fukuoka 818-0135, Japan

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• Munenori Furuta,

  Affiliation Nakamura Gakuen University Junior College, 5-7-1 Befu, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0198, Japan

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• Daisuke Onozuka,

  Affiliation Department of Health Care Administration and Management, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan

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• Takahiro Oda,

  Affiliation Nakamura Gakuen University Junior College, 5-7-1 Befu, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0198, Japan

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• Tetsuo Asai,

  Affiliation Animal Infectious Disease Control, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan

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• Shuji Fujimoto

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan

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