Ahmed Lubna N, Price Lance B, Graham Jay P
Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20052, USA.
BMC Res Notes. 2015 Apr 10;8:137. doi: 10.1186/s13104-015-1103-2.
Extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) are common causative agents of urinary tract infections in humans. Dogs have been found to harbor ExPEC. This study tested stool samples from dogs (n = 16), the shoes of dog park visitors (n = 16) and the shoes of controls (n = 16) for ExPEC. Phenotypic resistance of isolates was characterized.
ExPEC were present in one-third of the dog stool samples, 9% of the samples from the shoes of dog park visitors and 6% of control samples. Half of the ExPEC isolates were multi-drug resistant.
The findings suggest that dogs may be an important source of antibiotic resistant ExPEC.
肠外致病性大肠杆菌(ExPEC)是人类尿路感染的常见病原体。已发现狗携带ExPEC。本研究检测了狗的粪便样本(n = 16)、狗狗公园访客的鞋子(n = 16)以及对照组的鞋子(n = 16)中的ExPEC。对分离株的表型耐药性进行了表征。
三分之一的狗粪便样本、9%的狗狗公园访客鞋子样本和6%的对照样本中存在ExPEC。一半的ExPEC分离株具有多重耐药性。
研究结果表明,狗可能是抗生素耐药性ExPEC的重要来源。