Author/Authors :
Foster, Geoffrey SRUC Veterinary Services, Inverness, IV2 5AN, UK , AbuOun, Manal Animal and Plant Health Agency, New Haw, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK , Pizzi, Romain Zoological Medicine Ltd, 40 Charlton Grove, Roslin, EH25 9NX, UK , Tennant, Bryn SRUC Veterinary Services, Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 0PZ, UK , McCall, Margaret SRUC Veterinary Services, Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 0PZ, UK , Anjum, Muna F. Animal and Plant Health Agency, New Haw, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK
Abstract :
The ST307 multidrug-resistant CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae is an emerging pathogen, which has become disseminated worldwide in humans but is rarely reported from other reservoirs. We report the first isolation of K. pneumoniae from an animal in Europe and also from a reptile, a captive tortoise, whose death it probably caused. Detection of this clone from an animal adds to evidence of niche expansion in non-human environments, where it may amplify, recycle and become of greater public health concern.
Keywords :
Klebsiella pneumoniae , ST307 , tortoise , multidrug resistant , CTX-M-15
