Clonal diversity, virulence factors and antibiotic resistance genes of Enterococcus faecalis and Klebsiella pneumoniae from urban rats in Malaysia
Phui Chyng Yap, Norhidayu Sahimin, Nurul Asma Anati Che-Mat-Seri, Intan Noor Aina Kamaruzaman, Morsid Andityas, Hai Yen Lee, Siti Nursheena Mohd-Zain, Sazaly AbuBakar, Shih Keng Loong · 2026
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Phui Chyng Yap and co-authors survey, in a 2026 study, two harmful bacteria carried by urban rats in Malaysia. City rats live close to people and can shuttle zoonotic germs, including drug-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Klebsiella pneumoniae, yet their strain variety and virulence in tropical settings were barely known.
The team trapped 277 rats at wet markets across four states and grew samples from lung tissue, yielding 19 E. faecalis and 7 K. pneumoniae isolates. Every E. faecalis strain carried several virulence genes, a few tetracycline-resistant ones held three resistance genes, and five sequence types were wholly new. All Klebsiella isolates carried the SHV resistance gene, and two new types showed up there as well. Family trees spread the strains among global lineages. The authors urge adding urban rats to One Health resistance surveillance.
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| CREATOR | Phui Chyng Yap, Norhidayu Sahimin, Nurul Asma Anati Che-Mat-Seri, Intan Noor Aina Kamaruzaman, Morsid Andityas, Hai Yen Lee, Siti Nursheena Mohd-Zain, Sazaly AbuBakar, Shih Keng Loong |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36252 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |