Emergence of a Clonal Lineage of Multidrug-Resistant ESBL-Producing Salmonella Infantis Transmitted from Broilers and Broiler Meat to Humans in Italy between 2011 and 2014

• Alessia Franco,

  Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri”, National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Via Appia Nuova 1411, 00178, Rome, Italy

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• Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon,

  Affiliation National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, WHO Collaborating Center for Antimicrobial Resistance in Food borne Pathogens, and European Union Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

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• Fabiola Feltrin,

  Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri”, National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Via Appia Nuova 1411, 00178, Rome, Italy

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• Patricia Alba,

  Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri”, National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Via Appia Nuova 1411, 00178, Rome, Italy

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• Gessica Cordaro,

  Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri”, National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Via Appia Nuova 1411, 00178, Rome, Italy

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• Manuela Iurescia,

  Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri”, National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Via Appia Nuova 1411, 00178, Rome, Italy

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• Rita Tolli,

  Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri”, National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Via Appia Nuova 1411, 00178, Rome, Italy

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• Mario D’Incau,

  Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia–Romagna ‘‘Bruno Ubertini”, Via Bianchi 9, 25124, Brescia, Italy

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• Monica Staffolani,

  Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche, Sezione di Macerata, Via dei Velini, 15, 62100, Macerata, Italy

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• Elisabetta Di Giannatale,

  Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale”, Via Campo Boario, 64100, Teramo, Italy

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• Rene S. Hendriksen,

  Affiliation National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, WHO Collaborating Center for Antimicrobial Resistance in Food borne Pathogens, and European Union Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

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• Antonio Battisti

  * E-mail: antonio.battisti@izslt.it

  Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri”, National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Via Appia Nuova 1411, 00178, Rome, Italy

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