Detection of CTX-M-15 harboring Escherichia coli isolated from wild birds in Tunisia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The spreading of antibiotic resistant bacteria is becoming nowadays an alarming threat to human and animal health. There is increasing evidence showing that wild birds could significantly contribute to the transmission and spreading of drug-resistant bacteria. However, data for antimicrobial resistance in wild birds remain scarce, especially throughout Africa. The aims of this investigation were to analyze the prevalence of ESBL-producing E. coli in faecal samples of wild birds in Tunisia and to characterize the recovered isolates.

Results

One hundred and eleven samples were inoculated on MacConkey agar plates supplemented with cefotaxime (2 μg/ml). ESBL-producing E. coli isolates were detected in 12 of 111 faecal samples (10.81%) and one isolate per sample was fu

SUBMITTER: Ben Yahia H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5879578 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature