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Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Companion Birds
Antimicrobial resistance is a public health concern worldwide and it is largely attributed to the horizontal exchange of transferable genetic elements such as plasmids carrying integrons. Several studies have been conducted on livestock showing a correlation between the systemic use of antibiotics a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7694600/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33171927 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9110780 |
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author | Varriale, Lorena Dipineto, Ludovico Russo, Tamara Pasqualina Borrelli, Luca Romano, Violante D’Orazio, Stefano Pace, Antonino Menna, Lucia Francesca Fioretti, Alessandro Santaniello, Antonio |
author_facet | Varriale, Lorena Dipineto, Ludovico Russo, Tamara Pasqualina Borrelli, Luca Romano, Violante D’Orazio, Stefano Pace, Antonino Menna, Lucia Francesca Fioretti, Alessandro Santaniello, Antonio |
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description | Antimicrobial resistance is a public health concern worldwide and it is largely attributed to the horizontal exchange of transferable genetic elements such as plasmids carrying integrons. Several studies have been conducted on livestock showing a correlation between the systemic use of antibiotics and the onset of resistant bacterial strains. In contrast, although companion birds are historically considered as an important reservoir for human health threats, little information on the antimicrobial resistance in these species is available in the literature. Therefore, this study was aimed at evaluating the antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from 755 companion birds. Cloacal samples were processed for E. coli and P. aeruginosa isolation and then all isolates were submitted to antimicrobial susceptibility testing. P. aeruginosa was isolated in 59/755 (7.8%) samples, whereas E. coli was isolated in 231/755 (30.7%) samples. Most strains showed multidrug resistance. This study highlights that companion birds may act as substantial reservoirs carrying antimicrobial resistance genes which could transfer directly or indirectly to humans and animals, and from a One Health perspective this risk should not be underestimated. |
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spelling | pubmed-76946002020-11-28 Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Companion Birds Varriale, Lorena Dipineto, Ludovico Russo, Tamara Pasqualina Borrelli, Luca Romano, Violante D’Orazio, Stefano Pace, Antonino Menna, Lucia Francesca Fioretti, Alessandro Santaniello, Antonio Antibiotics (Basel) Communication Antimicrobial resistance is a public health concern worldwide and it is largely attributed to the horizontal exchange of transferable genetic elements such as plasmids carrying integrons. Several studies have been conducted on livestock showing a correlation between the systemic use of antibiotics and the onset of resistant bacterial strains. In contrast, although companion birds are historically considered as an important reservoir for human health threats, little information on the antimicrobial resistance in these species is available in the literature. Therefore, this study was aimed at evaluating the antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from 755 companion birds. Cloacal samples were processed for E. coli and P. aeruginosa isolation and then all isolates were submitted to antimicrobial susceptibility testing. P. aeruginosa was isolated in 59/755 (7.8%) samples, whereas E. coli was isolated in 231/755 (30.7%) samples. Most strains showed multidrug resistance. This study highlights that companion birds may act as substantial reservoirs carrying antimicrobial resistance genes which could transfer directly or indirectly to humans and animals, and from a One Health perspective this risk should not be underestimated. MDPI 2020-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7694600/ /pubmed/33171927 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9110780 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Communication Varriale, Lorena Dipineto, Ludovico Russo, Tamara Pasqualina Borrelli, Luca Romano, Violante D’Orazio, Stefano Pace, Antonino Menna, Lucia Francesca Fioretti, Alessandro Santaniello, Antonio Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Companion Birds |
title | Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Companion Birds |
title_full | Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Companion Birds |
title_fullStr | Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Companion Birds |
title_full_unstemmed | Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Companion Birds |
title_short | Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Companion Birds |
title_sort | antimicrobial resistance of escherichia coli and pseudomonas aeruginosa from companion birds |
topic | Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7694600/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33171927 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9110780 |
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