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Table 2 Contamination of bushmeat or wildlife with antimicrobial resistant bacteria

From: Zoonotic sources and the spread of antimicrobial resistance from the perspective of low and middle-income countries

Bacterial species

Wildlife

Resistance genes

Year

Country

Samples (n)

Prevalence [% (n/N)]

References

ESBL-Escherichia coli

Bats

blaCTX-M-15, blaSHV-11

2017

Gabon

Faeces (68)

9% (6/68)

[135]

 

Bats

blaCTX-M-15, blaCTX-M-14, blaCTX-M-3, blaCTX-M-55

2015–2018

Peru

Rectal swabs (388)

5.2% (20/388)

[89]

 

Bats

blaCTX-M-15

Before 2021

Nigeria

Viscera (180)

1% (2/180)

[136]

 

Bears

blaCTX-M

2015–2016

India

Faeces (21)

76% (16/21)

[137]

 

Chimpanzees

blaCTX-M-15

2018

Uganda

Faeces (86)

11% (9/86)

[138]

 

Chimpanzees

Not applicable

2012

Côte d’Ivoire

Faeces (43)

0% (0/43)

[139]

 

Condor

blaCTX-M-14, blaCTX-M-55

2019

Chile

Faecal swabs (27)

63% (17/27)

[140]

 

Gorillas

Not applicable

2011

Central African Republic

Faeces (65)

0% (0/65)

[141]

 

Gull

blaCTX-M-14, blaCTX-M-15

2010

Bangladesh

Faeces (150)

19.3% (29/150)

[142]

 

Macaques

Not applicable

2014–2015

Algeria

Faeces (126)

0% (0/126)

[143]

 

Owl

blaCTX-M-8

2018

Chile

Cloacal swabs (5)

60% (3/5)

[144]

 

Rats

Not applicable

2018–2019

Iran

Faeces (100)

0%a (0/100)

[145]

 

Rats, shrews

Not done

2013

Vietnam

Faeces (234)

0.4% (1/234)

[86]

 

Seabirds

blaCTX-M-8, blaCTX-M-55

Before 2022

Brazil

Cloacal swabs (204)

2.5% (5/204)

[91]

 

Seabirds

blaCTX-M-15, blaCTX-M-2, blaCTX-M-22

2011

Chile

Faecal swabs (124)

54% (67/124)

[95]

 

Wildlife

Not done

2018–2019

Sri Lanka

Faeces (47)

4% (2/47)

[146]

 

Wild birds

blaCTX-M

2010–2013

Brazil

Faeces (112)

12.5% (14/112)

[92]

 

Wild birds

blaCTX-M-15, blaCTX-M-32

2012

Nicaragua

Faeces (100)

10% (10/100)

[97]

 

Wild birds

blaCTX-M-9

2010

Mongolia

Cloacal swabs (91)

6% (5/91)

[147]

 

Wild birds

blaCTX-M-14, blaCTX-M-15, blaCTX-M-24

2015

Mongolia

Cloacal swabs (63)

14% (9/63)

[96]

 

Wild boars

blaCTX-M-15

2014–2015

Algeria

Faeces (90)

33% (30/90)

[143]

Methicillin-resistant S. aureus

Chimpanzees

Not applicable

2008

Côte d’Ivoire

Fruit wadges (21)

0% (0/21)

[148]

 

Lemurs

Not applicable

2012

Madagascar

mucous membrane (25)

0% (0/25)

[148]

 

Macaques

mecA

2017

Nepal

Saliva (59)

7% (4/59)

[99]

 

Marsupials

Not applicable

2018–2019

Brazil

Faeces (23)

0% (0/23)

[149]

 

Monkeys

Not applicable

Before 2011

Gabon

Nose (16)

0% (0/16)

[150]

 

Rodents

Not applicable

2018–2019

Brazil

Faeces (136)

0% (0/136)

[149]

 

Seabirds

mecA

Before 2021

Brazil

Cloacal and tracheal swabs (18)

6% (1/18)

[105]

  1. aDeduced from third generation cephalosporin resistance