ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2022
Wildlife and Antibiotic Resistance.
Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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70 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 110 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in free-ranging wild mammals.BMC veterinary research · 2025Pooled it
- Antimicrobial resistance in wild game mammals: a glimpse into the contamination of wild habitats in a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC veterinary research · 2025Pooled it
- Wild birds as potential reservoirs of antimicrobial-resistantFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Pooled it
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- Genomic features of mecA-harboring Staphylococcus epidermidis infecting an illegally traded rufous-bellied thrush (T. rufiventris).Veterinary research communications · 2026Article
- Role of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) genes in the dissemination of β-lactam resistance within aquatic environments: mechanisms, persistence, and one health implications.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Review
- Genomic Analysis of CTX-M-15-Producing E. coli Colonizing a Rescued Capuchin Monkey.EcoHealth · 2026Article
- Review
- Using Ongoing Wildlife Surveillance Programs to Monitor Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in the Environment.Environmental microbiology reports · 2026Article
- How do anthropogenic changes affect wildlife microbiomes?PLoS biology · 2026Article
- Rectal Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance in Zoo Animals in Algeria.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Occurrence of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli in European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) from a wildlife rescue centre in Lombardy, Northern Italy.Veterinary research communications · 2026Article
- Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Staphylococcus aureus, including MRSA and PVL-positive isolates, in Egyptian fruit bats.BMC veterinary research · 2026Article
- Antimicrobial resistance genes in wild coyotes (One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Article
- Antimicrobial resistance in wildlife: detection of β-lactam/carbapenem resistance genes in European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus, Linnaeus 1758) in Italy.Veterinary research communications · 2026Article
- A New Challenge of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: Carbapenem-ResistantMicroorganisms · 2026Review
- The Role of the Environmental Microbiome in Modulating the Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance.Current microbiology · 2026Review
- Antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli in Hungarian wild rats and characterization of a CTX-M-1 type ESBL plasmid.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Diet and environmental factors jointly drive the gut microbiome, resistome, and virulome of urban bats.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2026Article
- Evolution and rise of antimicrobial resistance in key public health bacteria within and across the One Health sectors.Future microbiology · 2026Review
10 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Antibiotic resistance is a major human health problem. While health care facilities are main contributors to the emergence, evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance, other ecosystems are involved in such dissemination. Wastewater, farm animals and pets have been considered important contributors to the development of antibiotic resistance. Herein, we review the impact of wildlife in such problem. Current evidence supports that the presence of antibiotic resistance genes and/or antibiotic resistant bacteria in wild animals is a sign of anthropic pollution more than of selection of resistance. However, once antibiotic resistance is present in the wild, wildlife can contribute to its transmission across different ecosystems. Further, the finding that antibiotic resistance genes, currently causing problems at hospitals, might spread through horizontal gene transfer among the bacteria present in the microbiomes of ubiquitous animals as cockroaches, fleas or rats, supports the possibility that these organisms might be bioreactors for the horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes among human pathogens. The contribution of wildlife in the spread of antibiotic resistance among different hosts and ecosystems occurs at two levels. Firstly, in the case of non-migrating animals, the transfer will take place locally; a One Health problem. Paradigmatic examples are the above mentioned animals that cohabit with humans and can be reservoirs and vehicles for antibiotic resistance dissemination. Secondly, migrating animals, such as gulls, fishes or turtles may participate in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance across different geographic areas, even between different continents, which constitutes a Global Health issue.
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