2012
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822012000300026
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Molecular characterization of vanA-containing Enterococcus from migratory birds: song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

Abstract: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) were detected in two faecal samples (1.3%) of song thrush in Portugal. vanA isolates showed high level vancomycin/teicoplanin resistance, as well as resistance to ciprofloxacin, quinupristin-dalfopristin and cloranfenicol. Thrush can be a reservoir of VRE and transmit these resistant bacteria to other animals including humans.

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“…The presence of vanA in other wild mammals, such as woodmice (Apodemus sylvaticus), black rats (Rattus rattus), or badgers (Meles meles), has been previously reported [13,25]. This gene has also been identified in wild birds and amphibians [26][27][28][29][30][31]. Resistance mediated by vanA is characterized by high levels of resistance to glycopeptides; our isolate showed a high MIC value to vancomycin (>256 μg/mL) and teicoplanin (128 μg/mL).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 56%
“…The presence of vanA in other wild mammals, such as woodmice (Apodemus sylvaticus), black rats (Rattus rattus), or badgers (Meles meles), has been previously reported [13,25]. This gene has also been identified in wild birds and amphibians [26][27][28][29][30][31]. Resistance mediated by vanA is characterized by high levels of resistance to glycopeptides; our isolate showed a high MIC value to vancomycin (>256 μg/mL) and teicoplanin (128 μg/mL).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 56%
“…in wild animals in percentages very variable (0-13.5%) Mallon et al, 2002;Oravcova et al, 2013Oravcova et al, , 2014Poeta et al, 2007;Radhouani et al, 2010Radhouani et al, , 2011Radhouani et al, , 2012Santos et al, 2013;Silva et al, 2011Silva et al, , 2012. The vanA gene has been detected in these studies in E. faecalis, E. faecium, E. hirae, and E. durans (Oravcova et al, 2014;Silva et al, 2011Silva et al, , 2012, being vanA-containing E. faecium the most frequent (Oravcova et al, 2013;Radhouani et al, 2010;Silva et al, 2011Silva et al, , 2012.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 62%
“…However, the problem persists and several hypotheses point out that the co-selection phenomenon could be one of the causes (Aarestrup, 2000;Hammerum, 2012). Moreover, vanA containing enterococci have been also described in different wild animal species such as woodmice, badgers, crows, wild boars, seagulls, and song thrush (Mallon et al, 2002;Oravcova et al, 2014;Poeta et al, 2007;Radhouani et al, 2010Radhouani et al, , 2011Silva et al, 2012), but never before in Spain.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Within the heterogeneous class of birds, two groups seem to be in the focus of ESBL- E. coli and VRE carriage in wildlife: birds of prey (Costa et al, 2006; Pinto et al, 2010; Radhouani et al, 2010a,b; Silva et al, 2011a) and waterfowl/water related species (Poeta et al, 2008; Bonnedahl et al, 2009; Dolejska et al, 2009; Guenther et al, 2010a; Hernandez et al, 2010; Literak et al, 2010a; Radhouani et al, 2010c; Simões et al, 2010; Garmyn et al, 2011). However, recent studies in Passeriformes have also described a significant incidence of VRE (Silva et al, 2011a, 2012; Oravcova et al, 2013a,b). …”
Section: Wildlife As Reservoirs Of Antibiotic Resistancementioning
confidence: 99%