Antimicrobial resistance in wildlife and in the built environment in a wildlife rehabilitation center.

ABSTRACT: Injured and orphaned wildlife are often brought to Wildlife Rehabilitation Centers (WRC) to be cared for by professionals to ultimately be released back to their natural habitats. In these centers, animals may spend months and frequently receive prolonged antibiotic therapy. Therefore, WRC may play a role in the emergence and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The goal of this study was to investigate the presence and antibiotic resistance profiles of Gram-negative bacteria with reduced susceptibility to cephalosporins in both the wildlife admitted to a WRC and in the WRC built environment in Chile. A cross-sectional study was conducted sampling animals undergoing rehabilitation (n = 64) and the WRC environment (n = 160). Isolated bacterial species were identifi

SUBMITTER: Baros Jorquera C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8350056 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature