Captive and free-living urban pigeons (Columba livia) from Brazil as carriers of multidrug-resistant pathogenic Escherichia coli

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• 作者：Clarissa A. Borges^a ; ^{clarissa.araujob@gmail.com} ; Renato P. Maluta^b ; Lí ; via G. Beraldo^a ; Marita V. Cardozo^a ; Elisabete A.L. Guastalli^c ; Subhashinie Kariyawasam^d ; Chitrita DebRoy^d ; Fernando A. Á ; vila^a
• 关键词：Pigeons ; Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli ; Virulence genes ; Multilocus sequence typing ; Multidrug resistance
• 刊名：The Veterinary Journal
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：219
• 期：Complete
• 页码：65-67
• 全文大小：191 K
• 卷排序：219

文摘

Free-living and captive pigeons in Brazil carry multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and virulence-associated genes (VAGs). VAGs include those found in avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) and human extra-intestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC). The VAGs hlyF, tsh and sitA were present in some high and intermediate pathogenicity isolates of E. coli from pigeons. Serotypes and sequence types detected in E. coli from pigeons included types found in poultry with colibacillosis. Pigeons may act as reservoirs for pathogenic E. coli.