First report of carbapenemase-producing bacteria from poultry farms in the United Arab Emirates: an emerging One Health threat
Hazim O. Khalifa, Temesgen Mohammed, Mushal Allam, Afra Abdalla, Mohamed-Yousif Ibrahim Mohamed, Glindya Bhagya Lakshmi, Febin Anes, Farah Al-Marzooq, Ihab Habib · 2026
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Hazim O. Khalifa and eight colleagues report the first finding of carbapenemase-producing bacteria on poultry farms in the United Arab Emirates. These bacteria defeat carbapenems, among the strongest antibiotics, and threaten human medicine as well as farming. Seventy-seven samples came from broiler houses and slaughterhouses of two large companies in Al Ain between June 2023 and April 2024. The team screened the isolates, tested their drug resistance, and sequenced their genomes.
Three isolates proved to produce the resistance enzyme, and two of them resisted many drug classes. One was a high-risk Klebsiella type carrying a resistance gene whose surroundings closely matched a human isolate from India. The other two were a rarer species that clustered near a human isolate from the United States. The authors frame poultry production as a genuine front in the resistance problem and call for surveillance that spans farms, clinics, and the environment.
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| CREATOR | Hazim O. Khalifa, Temesgen Mohammed, Mushal Allam, Afra Abdalla, Mohamed-Yousif Ibrahim Mohamed, Glindya Bhagya Lakshmi, Febin Anes, Farah Al-Marzooq, Ihab Habib |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |