One Health Approach for Reporting Veterinary Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales and Other Bacteria of Public Health Concern

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 29; no. 6; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: KuKanich, Kate, Burklund, Amy, McGaughey, Rob, Muturi, Nancy, Thomason, Sasha, Chengappa, M M, Garrison, Ingrid, Stacey, Bryna, Zhang, Shuping, Gull, Tamara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 01.06.2023
• Subjects: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Anti-Infective Agents; Antibiotics; Bacteria; carbapenem-resistant; carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales; Carbapenems - pharmacology; companion animals; educational flyers; Enterobacterales; Hospitals, Animal; Hospitals, Teaching; Ions; Medical laboratories; One Health; One Health Approach for Reporting Veterinary Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales and Other Bacteria of Public Health Concern; Online Report; Organisms; Pets; Public Health; Software; Veterinarians; Veterinary medicine; United States > US; Missouri; Kansas; Enterobacterales; bacteria; United States; Staphylococcus pseudintermedius; zoonoses; Kansas; Pseudomonas; carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales; MRSA and other staphylococci; antimicrobial resistance; Missouri; educational flyers; carbapenem-resistant; Staphylococcus aureus; companion animals; public health; One Health
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2906.221648

A carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales outbreak at a veterinary teaching hospital in the United States increased urgency for improved communication among diagnostic laboratories, public health authorities, veterinarians, and pet owners. Kansas State University, University of Missouri, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network created a surveillance, storage, and reporting protocol for veterinary antimicrobial-resistant bacteria; determined frequency of those bacteria in companion animals during 2018-2021; and created educational flyers for veterinarians and pet owners. We recommend a One Health strategy to create efficient surveillance programs to identify and report antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and educate veterinarians and pet owners about transmission risks.