Antimicrobial resistance patterns in Streptococcus dysgalactiae in a One Health perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Streptococcus dysgalactiae (SD) is an important pathogen in humans as well as in a broad range of animal species. Escalating rates of antibiotic resistance in SD has been reported in both human and veterinary clinical practice, but the dissemination of resistance determinants has so far never been examined in a One Health Perspective. We wanted to explore the occurrence of zoonotic transmission of SD and the potential for exchange of resistance traits between SD from different host populations.

Methods

We compared whole genome sequences and phenotypical antimicrobial susceptibility of 407 SD isolates, comprising all isolates obtained from human bloodstream infections in 2018 (n = 274) and available isolates associated with animal infections from the

SUBMITTER: Glambek M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11348040 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature