Antibiotic resistance and virulence factors offrom eagles and goshawks.

Abstract

One of the major global problems in medicine is microbial resistance to antibiotics (antimicrobial resistance) and this has become an increasingly frequent research topic. This study focuses on antimicrobial resistance, phylogenetic and genetic characterization offrom wild birds: ten isolates from eagles (), nine from goshawks () and 24 from broilers in the Slovak Republic. Twenty-two strains with presence ofgene were selected and examined for the presence or absence of transposon gene (), genes of antibiotic resistance and virulence factors. We detected sequence type (ST) in eagles ST 442 with genes,,,,,,,,,,,for virulence factors and,,,,for antibiotic resistance; in goshawks ST 1011 with,,,,,and,,,,,, respectively. These ST types have been found in humans too and should be evaluated further for possible zoonotic potential and transfer of resistance genes from the environment.