Christa Ewers

TL;DR: Multilocus sequence typing data revealed that most strains that were virulent in chicken infection experiments belonged to sequence types that are almost exclusively associated with extraintestinal diseases not only in birds but also in humans, supporting the hypothesis that not the ecohabitat but the phylogeny of E. coli strains determines virulence.

TL;DR: This is the first known report of OXA-48-producing bacteria from companion animals and suggests a nosocomial dissemination rather than repeated introduction by individual patients into the clinic.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that certain subgroups of E. coli D-ST648-CTX-M may represent a novel genotype that combines multiresistance, extraintestinal virulence and zoonotic potential.

TL;DR: Initial evidence for a recent interspecies transmission of a new successful clone of ST410 E. coli between wildlife, humans, companion animals and the environment is given to underline the zoonotic potential of clinically relevant multi-resistant bacteria found in the environment as well as the mandatory nature of the 'One Health' approach.

TL;DR: The authors' data indicate a wide spread of ST15-CTX-M-15 K. pneumoniae subsp.