Analysis of the occurrence and molecular characteristics of drug-resistant strains of Enterococcus faecalis isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of insectivorous bat species in Poland: A possible essential impact on the spread of drug resistance?

Nowakiewicz, Aneta; Zięba, Przemysław; Gnat, Sebastian; Osińska, Marcelina; Łagowski, Dominik; Kosior-Korzecka, U.; Puzio, Iwona; Król, Jarosław

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116099

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“…The results of our previous research showed how serious the problem of resistance was. We observed a much higher percentage of multidrug-resistant indicator bacteria in other species of free-living animals, but the studied groups were characterized by either much greater synanthropization compared to the currently tested turtles or a very diversified diet (e.g., carnivorous mammals), allowing for an easier accumulation of drug-resistant microorganisms [75,76] Fortunately, there are still several antibiotics to which Aeromonas are susceptible or almost completely susceptible to, including chloramphenicol, tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, doxycycline, and cefotaxime. However, our research has a limitation.…”

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Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Aeromonas spp. Colonizing European Pond Turtles Emys orbicularis and Their Natural Environment. First Study from Poland

Guz

Nowakiewicz

Puk

et al. 2021

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The aim of the study was to isolate and identify species belonging to the Aeromonas genus and evaluate the antimicrobial resistance and virulence patterns of isolates colonizing European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) from natural environment of Eastern Poland. In total, 74 turtles and 15 samples of water from their natural environment were examined. More than 40 strains were isolated and identified: A. bestiarum (n = 1), A. hydrophila (n = 13), A. allosaccharophila (n = 2), A. salmonicida (n = 3), and A. veronii (n = 23). The highest incidence of resistance was noted for ampicillin (100%) and sulfamethoxazole (62.0%), followed by erythromycin and colistin (both 40.5%). Moreover, eight strains were intermediately resistant to meropenem (19%). Most Aeromonas isolates were found to possess more than one virulence gene among fla, aer, hlyA, act, ela, alt, and ast. We showed that the population of free-living European pond turtles was highly colonized by Aeromonas spp. Such strains may be an infectious agent not only for the population of turtles but also for other species of animals inhabiting their natural environment. Moreover, the undesirable properties of water quality caused by the presence of drug-resistant aeromonads could have a negative impact on human health.

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Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Aeromonas spp. Colonizing European Pond Turtles Emys orbicularis and Their Natural Environment. First Study from Poland

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Puk

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“…The relative frequency of the genus Bartonella (Rhizobiaceae) observed in mammals aligns with the reports of this bacteria associated with the common vampire bat, D. rotundus , in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biome ( Ferreira et al, 2018 ). Other bacteria genera such as Acinetobacter (Moraxellaceae), Anaplasma (Anaplasmataceae), Enterococcus (Enterococcaceae), Prevotella (Prevotellaceae), Pseudomonas (Pseudomonadaceae), Rubellimicrobium (Rhodobacteraceae), and Sarcina (Clostridiaceae) contains zoonotic pathogens that infect a wide range of wild and domestic mammal species ( Tate et al, 2013 ; Battilani et al, 2017 ; Chen et al, 2020 ; Nowakiewicz et al, 2021 ; Qi et al, 2022 ; dos Santos Costa et al, 2023 ; Makovska et al, 2023 ).…”

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Bacterial community of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and mammals from Arauca, Colombian Orinoquia

Ossa-López,

Ramírez-Chaves,

Álvarez López

et al. 2024

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

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“…resistant to chloramphenicol (18%) and vancomycin (18%) [56]. Recently, a Polish study by Nowakiewicz et al, reported isolation of Enterococcus faecalis from bat guano sample and the isoaltes were highly resistant to tetracycline (69.4%), streptomycin (41.7%) and kanamycin (38.9%) [81]. Another Spanish study also reported isolation of two Enterococcus isolates from bats rectal swab, one out of two isolates were resisatnt to ciprofloxacin and erythromycin and both of these were resistant to quinupristin-dalfopristin [82].…”

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Evidence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Bats and Its Planetary Health Impact for Surveillance of Zoonotic Spillover Events: A Scoping Review

Devnath¹,

Karah²,

Graham³

et al. 2022

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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other outbreaks such as SARS and Ebola, bats are recognized as a critical species for mediating zoonotic infectious disease spillover events. While there is a growing concern of increased antimicrobial resistance (AMR) globally during this pandemic, knowledge of AMR circulating between bats and humans is limited. In this paper, we have reviewed the evidence of AMR in bats and discussed the planetary health aspect of AMR to elucidate how this is associated with the emergence, spread and persistence of antibiotic resistance at the human-animal interface. The presence of clinically significant resistant bacteria in bats and wild life has reflective and broad impact on zoonotic pandemic surveillance, disease transmission and treatment modalities. We searched MEDLINE through PubMed and Google Scholar to retrieve relevant studies (n=38) that provided data on resistant bacteria in bats till September 30, 2022. There is a substantial variability in the results from studies measuring the prevalence of AMR based on geographic location, bat types and time. We found all major groups of gram positive and gram negative bacteria in bats which are resistant to commonly used antibiotics. The most alarming issue is- recent studies have increasingly identified Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), ESBL producing and Colistin resistant Enterobacteriaceae in samples from bats. This evidence of superbugs abundance in both humans and wild mammals like bats, could facilitate a greater understanding of which specific pathways of exposure should be targeted. We believe that these data will also facilitate future pandemic prepareness as well as global AMR containment during the pandemic events and beyond.

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Analysis of the occurrence and molecular characteristics of drug-resistant strains of Enterococcus faecalis isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of insectivorous bat species in Poland: A possible essential impact on the spread of drug resistance?

Cited by 13 publications

References 38 publications

Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Aeromonas spp. Colonizing European Pond Turtles Emys orbicularis and Their Natural Environment. First Study from Poland

Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Aeromonas spp. Colonizing European Pond Turtles Emys orbicularis and Their Natural Environment. First Study from Poland

Bacterial community of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and mammals from Arauca, Colombian Orinoquia

Evidence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Bats and Its Planetary Health Impact for Surveillance of Zoonotic Spillover Events: A Scoping Review

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