Wild felids as sentinels of antimicrobial resistance: susceptible Escherichia coli isolates from a protected area in southeastern Brazil
Melrian Menezes Teixeira, Carolina Magri Ferraz, Hilton Entringer, Alessandra Figueiredo de Castro Nassar, Vanessa Castro, Marita Vedovelli Cardozo, Ana Carolina Srbek-Araujo, Gabriel Augusto Marques Rossi · 2026
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Melrian Teixeira and co-authors test wild cats as sentinels for drug resistance in Brazil in a 2026 study. Antimicrobial resistance is a major health threat, and watching it in wildlife matters for One Health. The team collects fecal samples from wild felids in a protected Atlantic Forest area. Hair analysis tells which species left each sample.
From twenty-two samples, most from ocelots, they grow bacteria and pick eleven E coli isolates for drug testing. All isolates prove open to every drug tested, and none show a key resistance trait. The pattern hints at low drug pressure in the area, the authors say. Other bacteria found are also listed.
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| CREATOR | Melrian Menezes Teixeira, Carolina Magri Ferraz, Hilton Entringer, Alessandra Figueiredo de Castro Nassar, Vanessa Castro, Marita Vedovelli Cardozo, Ana Carolina Srbek-Araujo, Gabriel Augusto Marques Rossi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |