The role of wildlife (wild birds) in the global transmission of antimicrobial resistance genes

Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent global health challenge in human and veterinary medicine. Wild animals are not directly exposed to clinically relevant antibiotics; however, antibacterial resistance in wild animals has been increasingly reported worldwide in parallel to the situation in human a...

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Published in:Dōngwùxué yánjiū 2017-03, Vol.38 (2), p.55
Main Authors: Wang, Jing, Ma, Zhen-Bao, Zeng, Zhen-Ling, Yang, Xue-Wen, Huang, Ying, Liu, Jian-Hua
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Birds
Drug resistance
Genes
Global health
Wildlife
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Summary:Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent global health challenge in human and veterinary medicine. Wild animals are not directly exposed to clinically relevant antibiotics; however, antibacterial resistance in wild animals has been increasingly reported worldwide in parallel to the situation in human and veterinary medicine. This underlies the complexity of bacterial resistance in wild animals and the possible interspecies transmission between humans, domestic animals, the environment, and wildlife. This review summarizes the current data on expandedspectrum Β-lactamase (ESBL), AmpC Β-lactamase, carbapenemase, and colistin resistance genes in Enterobacteriaceae isolates of wildlife origin. The aim of this review is to better understand the important role of wild animals as reservoirs and vectors in the global dissemination of crucial clinical antibacterial resistance. In this regard, continued surveillance is urgently needed worldwide.
ISSN:0254-5853
DOI:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2017.003