Gabriel Siqueira Dos Santos, Gabrielli Santana Abreu, Melissa Prosperi Peixoto, Vanessa Caldeira Olivares, Felipe Almeida Lucato, Mariana Morgado Hereny, Giovanna Silva Alves de Lima, Marcello Schiavo Nardi, Sérgio de Mello Novita Teixeira, José Soares Ferreira Neto, Marcos Bryan Heinemann
Illegal wild animal trade and possession represents a threat to One Health due to the pathogens exchange between wild animals and humans. We report the detection and genomic characterization of a multidrug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli strain (MP02) colonizing a capuchin monkey (Sapajus sp.) rescued from illegal possession. MP02 exhibited ExPEC-related genes, harbored an IncHI2-ST1 plasmid composed of quinolones, aminoglycosides, and sulfonamides resistance genes, besides the extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-encoding gene blaCTX-M-15 located in a conserved Tn3-like transposon. To the author's knowledge, this is the first report and genomic analysis of a MDR bacterium isolated from an illegally traded non-human primate.