@article{sylvester2014occurrence,
  title = {Occurrence of Antibiotic Resistant Escherichia Coli in Green Iguanas (Iguana Iguana) in Grenada, West Indies},
  author = {W. R. B. Sylvester and V. Amadi and C. Hegamin-Younger and R. Pinckney and C. N. L. Macpherson and J. S. McKibben and R. Bruhl-Day and K. D. John-Sylvester and H. Hariharan},
  year = 2014,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/IJVMR/2014/260412/},
  journal = {International Journal of Veterinary Medicine: Research & Reports},
  volume = 2014 (2014),
  pages = 8,
  doi = 10.5171/2014.260412,
  abstract = {Cloacal swabs from 62 green iguanas (Iguana iguana) from five parishes of Grenada were sampled during the period January to April 2013, and examined by culture for presence of Escherichia coli. Forty percent of the green iguanas were positive for E. coli. This organism is documented to cause health problems in wildlife species, but it is rare. Isolates were further tested for the presence of E. coli O157:H7, a serotype known to cause severe zoonotic illnesses globally. None of the isolates tested positive for this serotype. The results of this study indicate that green iguanas are not important reservoirs of E. coli O157:H7.  Antimicrobial susceptibility tests conducted by a disk diffusion method against amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, ampicillin, cefotaxime, ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin, gentamicin, nalidixic acid, streptomycin, tetracycline and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole showed that the most frequent resistance was detected t to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and streptomycin. Isolates resistant to ampicillin, cefotaxime, tetracycline, and trimethoprim-sulfa were also detected. Overall, drug resistance was found for seven of the twelve antibiotics used in this study. Multiple drug resistance was found in 3 isolates. The antibiotic resistance patterns of E. coli found in this study is of public health concern since there are ample opportunities for transmission of enteric bacteria from iguanas to humans in Grenada. This is the first report of isolation of E. coli and antimicrobial resistance profiles from green iguanas in Grenada, West Indies.},
  keywords = {Iguana, Escherichia coli, drug resistance, Grenada},
  note = Article ID: 260412
}