Third-Generation Cephalosporin-Resistant Enterobacterales and Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MRSA) in Pigs in Rwanda.

ABSTRACT: This pilot study investigated the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and third-generation cephalosporin-resistant (3GC-R) Enterobacterales in conventionally kept domestic pigs and their environment across four districts in Rwanda. A total of 114 swabs (nasal, rectal, manure, dust) from 29 farms were collected and processed to isolate resistant bacteria. Thirty-two 3GC-R Enterobacterales were detected. Escherichia coli predominantly harboring bla_CTX-M group 1 β-lactamase genes, alongside Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates, all displaying extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) phenotypes. Four MRSA isolates, all belonging to clonal complex 398 and SCCmec type IV, the typical livestock MRSA, were recovered from nasal and envi

SUBMITTER: Irimaso E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12784880 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature