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1 April 2018 WILD BIRDS AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF KNOWN AND NOVEL MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPES OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS
Dagmara Stępień-Pyśniak, Tomasz Hauschild, Anna Nowaczek, Agnieszka Marek, Marta Dec
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Abstract

We assessed the antibiotic resistance and genetic diversity of 27 Enterococcus faecalis isolates from 25 wild bird species in Poland. Resistance to lincomycin (100%) was most common followed by tetracycline (48%), erythromycin (44%), and ciprofloxacin (22%). High-level resistance to streptomycin and kanamycin was observed in 19% and 15% of isolates, respectively. One isolate (4%) exhibited low-level resistance to penicillin and vancomycin, and all isolates were susceptible to gentamicin and chloramphenicol. Antibiotic resistance was linked to the tet(M), tet(L), erm(A), erm(B), msr(A/B), ant(6)-Ia, and aph(3′)-IIIa genes. None of the tested van (vanA, vanB, vanC1, vanC2/C3, vanD, vanE, vanG) genes were found in the vancomycin-resistant isolate. Based on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and multilocus sequence typing analysis, the E. faecalis population from wild birds revealed high genetic diversity. All isolates were divided into 22 pulsotypes and 18 sequence types (STs), among which seven STs were newly assigned (ST748-ST753 and ST764). The most-prevalent STs were ST290 and ST374 followed by ST287 and ST34. The coexistence of strains assigned to the same STs in wild birds and in nonwildlife populations strongly indicated that many wild bird species could constitute a source of E. faecalis for infections in humans, pets, and farm animals.

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Dagmara Stępień-Pyśniak, Tomasz Hauschild, Anna Nowaczek, Agnieszka Marek, and Marta Dec "WILD BIRDS AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF KNOWN AND NOVEL MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPES OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 54(2), 219-228, (1 April 2018). https://doi.org/10.7589/2017-05-118
Received: 25 May 2017; Accepted: 1 September 2017; Published: 1 April 2018
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