Antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacteria isolated from chicks of Canarian Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus majorensis): A "one health" problem?

Autor: Suárez-Pérez A; Departamento de Patología Animal, Producción Animal, Bromatología y Tecnología de los Alimentos. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. Electronic address: alejandro.suarezperez@ulpgc.es., Corbera JA; Departamento de Patología Animal, Producción Animal, Bromatología y Tecnología de los Alimentos. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas y Sanitarias. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. Electronic address: juan.corbera@ulpgc.es., González-Martín M; Departamento de Ciencias Clínicas. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas y Sanitarias. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. Electronic address: margaritarosa.gonzalez@ulpgc.es., Tejedor-Junco MT; Departamento de Ciencias Clínicas. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas y Sanitarias. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. Electronic address: mariateresa.tejedor@ulpgc.es.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases [Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis] 2023 Jan; Vol. 92, pp. 101925. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 05.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2022.101925
Abstrakt: Antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative bacteria isolated from cloacal samples of chicks of Canarian Egyptian vultures was investigated. Prevalence of Salmonella was also studied. Forty-seven isolates, obtained from 23 animals, were analysed. Escherichia coli (n = 29), Proteus mirabilis (n = 17) and Salmonella spp. (n = 1) were identified using API 20E system. Antimicrobial susceptibility to 13 antibiotics included in nine different categories was determined using disk-diffusion technique. The higher percentages of susceptible E. coli isolates were found for aminoglycosides and cefoxitin, and the lower ones were found for ampicillin, enrofloxacin and tetracycline. Proteus mirabilis isolates were susceptible to most of antimicrobials tested. Multidrug resistance patterns were found in 13 E. coli and four Proteus mirabilis. Salmonella spp. was detected in one chick (4.37%), and the isolate was also resistant to ampicillin and tetracycline. Thirteen E. coli isolates and four Proteus isolates showed a multidrug-resistance pattern, being resistant at least to one antibiotic in three or more different antimicrobial categories. This high level of antibiotic resistance in chickens of an endangered bird may be a limitation for possible treatments of infections in this species, as well as representing a source of resistant bacteria for animal care staff and for other animals in wildlife recovery centres. A "One Health" approach to this problem is necessary to reduce the levels of antimicrobial resistance in wild birds.
Competing Interests: Conflict of interest None of the authors of this study has a financial or personal relationship with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias the content of the paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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