Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Clones from Wild Chimpanzees and Termites in Senegal

Sophie Alexandra Baron (1) , Oleg Mediannikov (1) , Rim Abdallah (1) , Edmond Kuete Yimagou (1) , Hacène Medkour (1) , Gregory Dubourg (1) , Youssouf Elamire (1) , Pamela Afouda (1) , Issa Isaac Ngom (1) , Emmanouil Angelakis (2) , Bernard Davoust (1) , Georges Diatta (3) , Amanda Barciela (4) , R. Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar (4, 5) , Cheikh Sokhna (3) , Aurelia Caputo (1) , Anthony Levasseur (1) , Jean-Marc Rolain (1) , Didier Raoult (1, 6)

1 MEPHI - Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections
2 Institut Pasteur Hellénique
3 Equipe 3 - VITROME - Maladies infectieuses persistantes et émergentes en Afrique de l’Ouest [Dakar, Sénégal]
4 JGIG - The Jane Goodall Institute Global
5 University of Barcelona
6 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection

Antibiotic resistance genes exist naturally in various environments far from human usage. Here, we investigated multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae , a common pathogen of chimpanzees and humans. We screened antibiotic-resistant K. pneumoniae from 48 chimpanzee stools and 38 termite mounds ( n = 415 samples) collected in protected areas in Senegal.

Domaines: Bactériologie; Virologie; Parasitologie; Cardiologie et système cardiovasculaire; Maladies émergentes; Maladies infectieuses

Sophie Alexandra Baron, Oleg Mediannikov, Rim Abdallah, Edmond Kuete Yimagou, Hacène Medkour, et al.. Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Clones from Wild Chimpanzees and Termites in Senegal. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2021, 65 (9), ⟨10.1128/aac.02557-20⟩. ⟨hal-03436106⟩