Multiresistant Enterobacteriaceae in yellow-legged gull chicks in their first weeks of life.

ABSTRACT: Wild animal species living in anthropogenic areas are commonly carriers of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria (AMRB), but their role in the epidemiology of these bacteria is unclear. Several studies on AMRB in wildlife have been cross-sectional in design and sampled individual animals at only one point in time. To further understand the role of wildlife in maintaining and potentially transmitting these bacteria to humans and livestock, longitudinal studies are needed in which samples are collected from individual animals over multiple time periods. In Europe, free-ranging yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) commonly live in industrialized areas, forage in landfills, and have been found to carry AMRB in their feces. Using bacterial metagenomics and antimicrobial resistance characte

SUBMITTER: Vittecoq M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9188031 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature