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Zero prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in 300 breeding Collared Flycatchers in Sweden

Wild birds are important indicators and potential spreaders of antibiotic resistance. The order Passerines is scarcely studied apart from Corvus sp. but extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) has been found in Blackbirds. We tested 300 fecal samples from a well-studied population of Collared Flyc...

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Autores principales: Järhult, Josef D., Stedt, Johan, Gustafsson, Lars
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3724952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23898397
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/iee.v3i0.20909
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description Wild birds are important indicators and potential spreaders of antibiotic resistance. The order Passerines is scarcely studied apart from Corvus sp. but extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) has been found in Blackbirds. We tested 300 fecal samples from a well-studied population of Collared Flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) at the Island of Gotland in Sweden and found no ESBL-producing bacteria. These results support the idea of ‘ecological guild’ as Blackbirds are ground-foraging invertebrate feeders, whereas Collared Flycatchers are aerial insectivores not regularly coming into contact with fecal contaminations and therefore less prone to acquire pathogens spread by the fecal–oral route.
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spelling pubmed-37249522013-07-29 Zero prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in 300 breeding Collared Flycatchers in Sweden Järhult, Josef D. Stedt, Johan Gustafsson, Lars Infect Ecol Epidemiol Short Communication Wild birds are important indicators and potential spreaders of antibiotic resistance. The order Passerines is scarcely studied apart from Corvus sp. but extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) has been found in Blackbirds. We tested 300 fecal samples from a well-studied population of Collared Flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) at the Island of Gotland in Sweden and found no ESBL-producing bacteria. These results support the idea of ‘ecological guild’ as Blackbirds are ground-foraging invertebrate feeders, whereas Collared Flycatchers are aerial insectivores not regularly coming into contact with fecal contaminations and therefore less prone to acquire pathogens spread by the fecal–oral route. Co-Action Publishing 2013-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3724952/ /pubmed/23898397 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/iee.v3i0.20909 Text en © 2013 Josef D. Järhult et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Zero prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in 300 breeding Collared Flycatchers in Sweden
title Zero prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in 300 breeding Collared Flycatchers in Sweden
title_full Zero prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in 300 breeding Collared Flycatchers in Sweden
title_fullStr Zero prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in 300 breeding Collared Flycatchers in Sweden
title_full_unstemmed Zero prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in 300 breeding Collared Flycatchers in Sweden
title_short Zero prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in 300 breeding Collared Flycatchers in Sweden
title_sort zero prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in 300 breeding collared flycatchers in sweden
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3724952/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/iee.v3i0.20909
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