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Stedt, JohanLinnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM),Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM)
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Antibiotic resistance patterns in Escherichia coli from gulls in nine European countries
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2014-01-10
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Informa UK Limited,2014
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:lnu-33715
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-33715URI
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https://doi.org/10.3402/iee.v4.21565DOI
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-221852URI
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-180628URI
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Language:English
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BACKGROUND: The prevalence of antibiotic resistant faecal indicator bacteria from humans and food production animals has increased over the last decades. In Europe, resistance levels in Escherichia coli from these sources show a south-to-north gradient, with more widespread resistance in the Mediterranean region compared to northern Europe. Recent studies show that resistance levels can be high also in wildlife, but it is unknown to what extent resistance levels in nature conform to the patterns observed in human-associated bacteria.METHODS: To test this, we collected 3,158 faecal samples from breeding gulls (Larus sp.) from nine European countries and tested 2,210 randomly isolated E. coli for resistance against 10 antibiotics commonly used in human and veterinary medicine.RESULTS: Overall, 31.5% of the gull E. coli isolates were resistant to ≥1 antibiotic, but with considerable variation between countries: highest levels of isolates resistant to ≥1 antibiotic were observed in Spain (61.2%) and lowest levels in Denmark (8.3%). For each tested antibiotic, the Iberian countries were either the countries with the highest levels or in the upper range in between-country comparisons, while northern countries generally had a lower proportion of resistant E. coli isolates, thereby resembling the gradient of resistance seen in human and food animal sources.CONCLUSION: We propose that gulls may serve as a sentinel of environmental levels of antibiotic resistant E. coli to complement studies of human-associated microbiota.
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Bonnedahl, JonasLinnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM),Kalmar County Hospital,Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM)
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Hernandez, JorgeLinnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM),Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM)(Swepub:lnu)nhejo
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McMahon, Barry JUppsala universitet,Klinisk mikrobiologi och infektionsmedicin,Uppsala University
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Hasan, BadrulUCD School of Agriculture & Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland(Swepub:uu)badha900
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Olsen, BjörnUCD School of Agriculture & Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland(Swepub:uu)bjool781
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Drobni, MirvaUCD School of Agriculture & Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland(Swepub:uu)mirdr132
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Waldenström, Jonas,1975-Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM),Ctr Ecol & Evolut Microbial Model Syst EEMiS;Zoonotic Ecology and Epidemiology,Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM)(Swepub:lnu)ewajo
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LinnéuniversitetetInstitutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM)
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In:Infection Ecology & Epidemiology: Informa UK Limited42000-8686
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