@article{miller2014identification,
  title = {Identification of Human and Poultry Campylobacter Sequence Types in Small Indian Mongooses (Herpestesauropunctatus) in Grenada, West Indies},
  author = {Steven Miller and Victor Amadi and Aschalew Z. Bekele and Ulrike Zieger and Harry Hariharanand Diana Stone2},
  year = 2014,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/IJVMR/2014/676408/},
  journal = {International Journal of Veterinary Medicine: Research & Reports},
  volume = 2014 (2014),
  pages = 6,
  doi = 10.5171/2014.676408,
  abstract = {Campylobacter is one of the leading causes of bacterial diarrhea in humans.  Poultry and other domestic food animals are the primary reservoir hosts for Campylobacter species that infect humans.  The mongoose in Grenada is one of most abundant mammals on the island and lives in close proximity to humans and livestock.  Thus it was of interest to determine if the mongooses in Grenada harbor human pathogenic, antibiotic-resistant Campylobacterstrains.  In the present study, two of 82 (2.4%) mongooses were positive for Campylobacter jejuni based on rectal swab cultures.  From these two positive samples a total of five isolates were obtained and genotyped.  Three of the five isolates were obtained in pure culture and tested for antibiotic susceptibility.  The two isolates which could not be purified from contaminating Gram-positive cocci were excluded from susceptibility tests. All three pure isolates tested were susceptible to ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, ampicillin, gentamicin and metronidazole as determined by E-test.  All isolates tested were susceptible to ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, ampicillin, gentamicin and metronidazole as determined by E-test.  MLST results revealed two clonal complexes (CCs) and three sequence types (STs) among the five isolates: clonal complex ST-354 containing sequence type ST-6196 and clonal complex ST-464 containing sequence types ST-6729 and ST-464.  Both CCs have been identified in humans and poultry worldwide and it is possible that mongoose acquisition of these strains may contribute to human exposure.},
  keywords = {Campylobacter, Herpestesauropunctatus, mongoose, MLST},
  note = Article ID: 676408
}