Wild coastline birds as reservoirs of broad-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Miami Beach, Florida.
A high rate of broad-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolates was identified from seagull and pelican feces collected in the Miami Beach, Florida, area. The most commonly identified resistance determinants were CMY-2 and CTX-M-15. Those wild birds might be therefore considered vehicles for wide dissemination of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in the United States.
Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, INSERM U914, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique/Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine et Université Paris Sud, K.-Bicêtre, France. laurent.poirel@bct.aphp.fr
Laurent
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Poirel
Anaïs
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Potron
Carolina
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De La Cuesta
Timothy
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Cleary
Patrice
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Nordmann
L Silvia
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Munoz-Price
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D001717:Birds; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005431:Florida; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D018440:beta-Lactam Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C103022:beta-lactamase CMY-2; C473109:beta-lactamase CTX-M-15; D001618:beta-Lactamases