Prevalence of Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase- and/or Carbapenemase-Producing Escherichia coli Isolated from Yellow-Legged Gulls from Barcelona, Spain

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 Jan 24;61(2):e02071-16. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02071-16. Print 2017 Feb.

Abstract

Seventy-two (54.5%) out of 132 fecal samples from a group of yellow-legged gulls in Barcelona, Spain, were positive for Escherichia coli producing either extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) (51.5%), carbapenemase (1.5%), or cephamycinase (1.5%). The isolation of two carbapenemase-producing E. coli strains is a matter of concern.

Keywords: E. coli; ESBL; carbapenemases.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Charadriiformes / microbiology*
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology*
  • Spain
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • beta-Lactamases
  • carbapenemase