Publications by authors named "Gildas Hounmanou"
During 2010-2018 in Denmark, 638 patients had Vibrio infections diagnosed and 521 patients had Shewanella infections diagnosed. Most cases occurred in years with high seawater temperatures. The substantial increase in those infections, with some causing septicemia, calls for clinical awareness and mandatory notification policies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Little data exist on the presence of resistant pathogens in day-old chicks imported into Benin. The occurrence of pathogenic bacteria was assessed in 180 one-day-old chicks imported from Belgium and received at the Cardinal Bernardin Gantin International Airport in Cotonou (Benin). The samples included swabbing the blisters of 180 chicks, followed by 18 pools of 10 swabs for bacterial isolation.
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- - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant health issue affecting both humans and pets, particularly in Africa, where a study focused on dogs showed alarming resistance patterns to common antibiotics.
- - A meta-analysis examined 234 articles and identified that 18 met the criteria, revealing high resistance rates in Escherichia coli (98%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (92%), and Salmonella spp. (53%), while Staphylococcus aureus had a lower resistance rate (18%).
- - The findings emphasize the urgent need for alternative treatments to replace ineffective antibiotics and suggest that more comprehensive studies are needed to understand the full extent of AMR in dogs.
Worldwide, cattle production is struggling to face the negative impacts caused by ticks and Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is one of the most harmful ticks for livestock. Most of the people in West Africa depend on cattle farming and subsistence agriculture. The presence of ticks on cattle is a major problem faced by smallholder farmers who fight for their livelihood.
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