| antimicrobial resistance genes in pigeons from public parks in costa rica. | antimicrobial resistance is known to be an emerging problem, but the extent of the issue remains incomplete. the aim of this study was to determine the presence or absence of nine resistance genes (blatem , cati, meca, qnrs, suli, sulii, tet(a), tet(q), vana) in the faeces of 141 pigeons from four urban parks in alajuela, guadalupe, tres ríos and san josé in costa rica. the genes were identified by real-time pcr directly from enema samples. about 30% of the samples were positive for genes cati a ... | 2017 | 28233464 |