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Macrolide- and Rifampin-Resistant<i>Rhodococcus equi</i>on a Horse Breeding Farm, Kentucky, USA

Alexandra J. Burton, Steeve Giguère, Tracy L. Sturgill, Londa J. Berghaus, Nathan M. Slovis, Jeremy L. Whitman, Court Levering, Kyle R. Kuskie, Noah D. Cohen

Emerging infectious diseases · 2013 · 104 citations · 11 references

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Macrolide and rifampin resistance developed on a horse breeding farm after widespread use was instituted for treatment of subclinical pulmonary lesions in foals. Resistance occurred in 6 (24%) of 25 pretreatment and 8 (62%) of 13 (62%) posttreatment isolates from affected foals. Drug-resistant isolates formed 2 distinct genotypic clusters.

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