Antimicrobial drug-resistant Escherichia coli in wild birds and free-range poultry, Bangladesh

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Dec;18(12):2055-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1812.120513.

Abstract

Multidrug resistance was found in 22.7% of Escherichia coli isolates from bird samples in Bangladesh; 30% produced extended-spectrum β-lactamases, including clones of CTX-M genes among wild and domestic birds. Unrestricted use of antimicrobial drugs in feed for domestic birds and the spread of resistance genes to the large bird reservoir in Bangladesh are growing problems.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Wild
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bangladesh
  • Birds / microbiology*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Genotype
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Poultry / microbiology*
  • Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • beta-Lactamases