Antimicrobial Resistance in Wildlife in Guadeloupe (French West Indies): Distribution of a Single bla _CTX-M-1/IncI1/ST3 Plasmid Among Humans and Wild Animals.

ABSTRACT: Limited data are available on the contribution of wildlife to the spread of antibacterial resistance. We determined the prevalence of resistance to antibiotics in Escherichia coli isolates collected from wild animals in 2013 and 2014 and the genetic basis for resistance to third-generation cephalosporin in Guadeloupe. We recovered 52 antibiotic-resistant (AR) E. coli strains from 48 of the 884 (5.4%) wild animals tested (46 iguanas, 181 birds, 289 anoles, and 368 rodents at 163 sampling sites). Rodents had higher rates of carriage (n = 38, 10.3%) than reptiles and birds (2.4% and 1.1%, respectively, p < 0.001). A significant association (p < 0.001) was found between the degree of anthropization and the frequency of AR E. coli carriage for all speci

SUBMITTER: Guyomard-Rabenirina S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7366356 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature