Temporal Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance of Fecal Escherichia coli from Deer.
Ecohealth
; 18(3): 288-296, 2021 09.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34609648
The changing epidemiologic role of wildlife as reservoirs of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria (ARB) is poorly understood. In this study, we characterize the phenotypic resistance of commensal Escherichia coli from fecal samples of 879 individual white-tailed (Odocoileus virginianus; WTD) over a ten-year period and analyze resistance patterns. Our results show commensal E. coli from WTD had significant linear increases in reduced susceptibility to 5 of 12 antimicrobials, including broad-spectrum cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones, from 2006 to 2016. In addition, the relative frequency distribution of minimal inhibitory concentrations of two additional antimicrobials shifted towards higher values from across the study period. The prevalence of multidrug-resistant commensal E. coli increased over the study period with a prevalence of 0%, 2.2%, and 3.7% in 2006, 2012, and 2016, respectively. WTD may be persistently and increasingly exposed to antibiotics or their residues, ARB, and/or antimicrobial resistance genes via contaminated environments like surface water receiving treated wastewater effluent.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Ciervos
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Antiinfecciosos
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ecohealth
Año:
2021
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos