Illegally trafficked exotic snake as a reservoir for the novel carbapenem-resistant and hypervirulent Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST4309
Guilherme E. Paiva, Fábio Parra Sellera, João Pedro Rueda Furlan, Thais Martins-Gonçalves, Laura Reisfeld, Paloma Canedo, Johana Becerra, Herrison Fontana, Nilton Lincopan · 2026
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Guilherme Paiva and co-authors report a dangerous bacterium found in a trafficked python, in a 2026 letter. The snake, a reticulated python rescued from illegal wildlife trade in Brazil, carried a drug-resistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in its feces.
The strain resists carbapenems, last-line antibiotics, while staying open to several other drugs. Genome reads mark it as a new sequence type with strong disease-causing traits. The finding came from a 2023 survey of captive wildlife in São Paulo state. The authors warn that the illegal pet trade can move resistant germs across borders. They frame the case within One Health, which links human, animal, and environmental health.
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| CREATOR | Guilherme E. Paiva, Fábio Parra Sellera, João Pedro Rueda Furlan, Thais Martins-Gonçalves, Laura Reisfeld, Paloma Canedo, Johana Becerra, Herrison Fontana, Nilton Lincopan |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |