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Extended‐spectrum β‐lactamase and carbapenemase‐producing Aeromonas species in wild animals from Portugal
Author(s) -
Dias C.,
Serra C. R.,
Simões L. C.,
Simões M.,
MartinezMurcia A.,
Saavedra M. J.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.101803
Subject(s) - research centre , biological sciences , library science , animal health , broad spectrum , veterinary medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , computer science , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry
Aeromonas are Gram-negative, facultative-anaerobic, non-spore-forming, glucose-fermenting, oxidase- and catalase-positive rods (Martin-Carnahan and Joseph 2005). Apart from fish, which are widely reported hosts for Aeromonads, insects, crustaceans, reptiles, birds and mammals were also found to harbour Aeromonas species, both in healthy and disease state (Pearson and others 2000, Turutoglu and others 2005, Evangelista-Barreto and others 2006, Ceylan and others 2009). An increase in resistance levels of the genus, particularly to -lactam antimicrobial agents, has been observed not only in clinical isolates, but also in environmental strains (Saavedra and others 2004, 2007).C Dias was the recipient of grant SFRH/BD/90120/2012 fromthe Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) under QREN –POPH- Potencial Humano, Tipologia 4.1 – Formação avançadada União Europeia, and strategic research project PEst-OE/AGR/UI0772/2014