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ArticleBMC microbiology2018

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

Houssem Ben Yahia, Rym Ben Sallem, Ghassan Tayh, Naouel Klibi, Insaf Ben Amor, Haythem Gharsa, Abdellatif Boudabbous, Karim Ben Slama

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  12. A Health Threat from Farm to Fork: Shiga Toxin-ProducingPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  13. Occurrence of ESBL- and AmpC-ProducingAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  14. One health clones of multidrug-resistantOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023
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  15. Co-Occurrence ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  16. Comparison of HorizontalArchives of molecular biology and genetics · 2023
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  18. Multi-Drug Resistant PathogenicAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Houssem Ben YahiaLaboratoire des Microorganismes et Biomolécules actives, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisie.
Rym Ben SallemLaboratoire des Microorganismes et Biomolécules actives, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisie.
Ghassan TayhLaboratoire des Microorganismes et Biomolécules actives, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisie.
Naouel KlibiLaboratoire des Microorganismes et Biomolécules actives, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisie.
Insaf Ben AmorLaboratoire des Microorganismes et Biomolécules actives, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisie.
Haythem GharsaLaboratoire des Microorganismes et Biomolécules actives, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisie.
Abdellatif BoudabbousLaboratoire des Microorganismes et Biomolécules actives, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisie.
Karim Ben SlamaLaboratoire des Microorganismes et Biomolécules actives, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisie. karim.benslama@fst.rnu.tn.ORCID 0000-0001-5745-3930

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe 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.

resultsOne 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 further characterized. β-lactamase detected genes were as follows: bla

conclusionTo our knowledge, this study provides the first insight into the contribution of wild birds to the dynamics of ESBL-producing E. coli in Tunisia.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnimals, WildBacterial Proteinsbeta-LactamasesBirdsDNA, BacterialDrug Resistance, BacterialEscherichia coliEscherichia coli InfectionsFecesGenes, BacterialGenotyping TechniquesIntegronsPlasmidsSerotypingTunisiaBacterial Proteinsbeta-lactamase CTX-M-15beta-Lactamasesbeta-lactamase TEM-1DNA, BacterialVirulence FactorsESBLEscherichia coliIntegronsMolecular characterization

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PMID29609544
PMCPMC5879578

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