One Health Approach for Reporting Veterinary Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales and Other Bacteria of Public Health Concern.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 29(6): 1-9, 2023 06.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37210749
ABSTRACT
A carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales outbreak at a veterinary teaching hospital in the United States increased urgency for improved communication among diagnostic laboratories, public health authorities, veterinarians, and pet owners. Kansas State University, University of Missouri, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network created a surveillance, storage, and reporting protocol for veterinary antimicrobial-resistant bacteria; determined frequency of those bacteria in companion animals during 2018-2021; and created educational flyers for veterinarians and pet owners. We recommend a One Health strategy to create efficient surveillance programs to identify and report antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and educate veterinarians and pet owners about transmission risks.
Key words
Enterobacterales; Kansas; MRSA and other staphylococci; Missouri; One Health; Pseudomonas; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus pseudintermedius; United States; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; carbapenem-resistant; carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales; companion animals; educational flyers; public health; zoonoses
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
One Health
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Anti-Infective Agents
Type of study:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Emerg Infect Dis
Journal subject:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article