Detection and genetic characterization of blaESBL-carrying plasmids of cloacal Escherichia coli isolates from white stork nestlings (Ciconia ciconia) in Spain

Public Health Implications of Antimicrobial Resistance in Wildlife at the One Health Interface

“…Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global One Health challenge affecting the health of humans and domestic animals and is spreading to natural environments, including wildlife [1][2][3]. For example, extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) and carbapenemase (CARBA)-producing Enterobacterales, pathogens of critical importance for public health, have been reported in wildlife living closely to humans such as gulls, storks, bats, and rodents [4][5][6][7][8]. Therefore, wildlife are often referred to as 'reservoirs', 'disseminators', 'vectors', or 'sentinels' of AMR, without a clear understanding of the implications of these terms for public health [7,[9][10][11].…”