title: Audouin's gull, a potential vehicle of an extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Salmonella Agona.
abstract: The genome of a multidrug-resistant Salmonella Agona isolated from Larus audouinii (Audouin's gull) in Spain was examined. The isolate showed high levels of resistance to different antimicrobials, including third generation cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones, which is a public health concern as those being used to treat severe salmonellosis in humans. Whole genome sequencing revealed the strain being multilocus sequence type ST13, and eight resistance genes (aadA2, aadB, blaCTX-M-9,blaDHA-1, qnrA1, tetA, sul1 and dfrA16) belonging to seven antimicrobial classes were confirmed, as well as the presence of two plasmids. Migratory Audouin's gulls have the ability to cover long distances during annual movements. Therefore, they have the potential to disseminate multidrug-resistant Salmonella and resistance genes in the environment and over great geographic distances, contributing to the global dissemination of resistance genes.
authors: Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193-Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona, Spain.
authors: Noelia
authors: N
authors: Antilles
authors: Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193-Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona, Spain.
authors: Lourdes
authors: L
authors: Garcia-Migura
authors: WHO Collaborating Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance in Food borne Pathogens and European Union Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
authors: Katrine Grimstrup
authors: KG
authors: Joensen
authors: WHO Collaborating Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance in Food borne Pathogens and European Union Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
authors: Pimlapas
authors: P
authors: Leekitcharoenphon
authors: WHO Collaborating Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance in Food borne Pathogens and European Union Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
authors: Frank M
authors: FM
authors: Aarestrup
authors: Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193-Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona, Spain Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), 08140-Caldes de Montbui (Barcelona), Spain marta.cerda@cresa.uab.cat.
authors: Marta
authors: M
authors: Cerdà-Cuéllar
authors: WHO Collaborating Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance in Food borne Pathogens and European Union Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
authors: Rene S
authors: RS
authors: Hendriksen
mesh_terms: D025041:Animal Migration; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000494:pharmacology; D046091:Charadriiformes / Q000382:microbiology*; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D024841:Fluoroquinolones / Q000494:pharmacology; D016678:Genome; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010802:Phylogeny; D010957:Plasmids; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012475:Salmonella / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013030:Spain; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002511:Cephalosporins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D001618:beta-Lactamases
keywords: Larus audouinii; Salmonella Agona; fluoroquinolones; multidrug resistance; plasmid; resistance genes