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Riveros M, Pons MJ, Durand D, Ochoa TJ, Ruiz J. Class 1 and 2 Integrons in Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Diarrhea and Bacteremia in Children Less Than 2 Years of Age from Peru. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2023; 108:181-186. [PMID: 36509047 PMCID: PMC9833068 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Class 1 and Class 2 integrons are mobilizable elements able to carry a variety of antibiotic resistance determinants. In the present study, Class 1 and 2 integrons present in 355 pathogenic Escherichia coli (285 diarrheagenic, of these 129 were enteropathogenic, 90 enteroaggregative, 66 enterotoxigenic, and 70 bacteremic) isolated from healthy and ill children under age 5 from periurban areas of Lima, Peru, were characterized. The presence of integrase 1 and 2 was established by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and variable regions were grouped by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism and subsequent sequencing. Antimicrobial resistance was established by disk diffusion. Ninety-seven isolates (27.3%) presented integrase 1, and 16 (4.5%) presented integrase 2 (P < 0.0001); in addition, seven (2.0%) isolates, six diarrheagenic and one bacteremic, presented both integrase genes. The presence of integrase 1 was more frequent among bacteremic isolates (P = 0.0004). Variable regions were amplified in 76/120 (63.3%) isolates with up to 14 gene arrangements. The most prevalent gene cassettes were those encoding dihydrofolate reductases as well as aminoglycoside modifying enzymes. Of note, Class 1 integrons tended to be associated with the presence of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs). A variety of Class 1 and 2 integrons were detected in diarrheagenic and bacteremic E. coli, demonstrating the heterogeneity of variable regions circulating in the area. The association of integrons with ESBLs is worrisome and has an impact on the development of multidrug resistance.
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- Maribel Riveros
- Laboratorio de Enfermedades Entéricas, Nutrición y Resistencia Antimicrobiana, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemática, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Peru
- Laboratorio de Infectología Pediátrica, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- Grupo de Investigación en Dinámicas y Epidemiología de la Resistencia a Antimicrobianos - “One Health,” Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru
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- Laboratorio de Enfermedades Entéricas, Nutrición y Resistencia Antimicrobiana, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
- Laboratorio de Infectología Pediátrica, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- Laboratorio de Enfermedades Entéricas, Nutrición y Resistencia Antimicrobiana, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
- Laboratorio de Infectología Pediátrica, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
- University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas
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- Grupo de Investigación en Dinámicas y Epidemiología de la Resistencia a Antimicrobianos - “One Health,” Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru
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Gut microbiome in the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2022; 192:1-31. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2022.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Figueroa J, Castro D, Lagos F, Cartes C, Isla A, Yáñez AJ, Avendaño-Herrera R, Haussmann D. Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with antibiotic resistance genes in Chilean Piscirickettsia salmonis strains. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2019; 42:1645-1655. [PMID: 31591746 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The aetiological agent of Piscirickettsiosis is Piscirickettsia salmonis, a Gram-negative intracellular pathogen, and high doses of antibiotics have regularly been employed to treat this infection. Seven florfenicol and/or oxytetracycline resistance genes (tet pump, tetE, Tclor/flor, Tbcr, TfloR, ompF and mdtN) were identified in strains by in silico genome analyses. Later, the number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and its relationship with the resistance to these antibiotics were identified and analysed, using the original LF-89 strain as reference. Trials to determine and compare the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of oxytetracycline and florfenicol in each strain, as well as to quantify the gPCR transcripts levels in the selected genes, were performed. Therefore, variations in the resistance to both antibiotics were observed, where the strain with fewer SNPs showed the highest susceptibility. Consistently, the in silico 3D analyses of proteins encoded by the selected genes revealed structural changes, evident in the sequences with the highest number of SNPs. These results showed that the bacterial resistance to oxytetracycline was mainly linked to the presence of SNPs in relevant sites, antibiotic resistance genes and an OmpF porin, leading to important changes in the protein structure.
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- Jaime Figueroa
- Faculty of Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
- FONDAP Centre, Interdisciplinary Centre for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), Concepción, Chile
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- FONDAP Centre, Interdisciplinary Centre for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), Concepción, Chile
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- FONDAP Centre, Interdisciplinary Centre for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), Concepción, Chile
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- FONDAP Centre, Interdisciplinary Centre for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), Concepción, Chile
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- FONDAP Centre, Interdisciplinary Centre for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), Concepción, Chile
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- Faculty of Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
- FONDAP Centre, Interdisciplinary Centre for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), Concepción, Chile
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- FONDAP Centre, Interdisciplinary Centre for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), Concepción, Chile
- Laboratory of Pathology of Aquatic Organisms and Aquaculture Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universidad Andrés Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Santo Tomás, Valdivia, Chile
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Narendrakumar L, Gupta SS, Johnson JB, Ramamurthy T, Thomas S. Molecular Adaptations and Antibiotic Resistance inVibrio cholerae: A Communal Challenge. Microb Drug Resist 2019; 25:1012-1022. [DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2018.0354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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- Lekshmi Narendrakumar
- Cholera and Biofilm Research Laboratory, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Kerala, India
- Research Scholar, University of Kerala, Kerala, India
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- Viral Disease Biology, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Kerala, India
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- Cholera and Biofilm Research Laboratory, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Kerala, India
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Ma L, Li B, Jiang XT, Wang YL, Xia Y, Li AD, Zhang T. Catalogue of antibiotic resistome and host-tracking in drinking water deciphered by a large scale survey. MICROBIOME 2017; 5:154. [PMID: 29179769 PMCID: PMC5704573 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-017-0369-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Excesses of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), which are regarded as emerging environmental pollutants, have been observed in various environments. The incidence of ARGs in drinking water causes potential risks to human health and receives more attention from the public. However, ARGs harbored in drinking water remain largely unexplored. In this study, we aimed at establishing an antibiotic resistome catalogue in drinking water samples from a wide range of regions and to explore the potential hosts of ARGs. RESULTS A catalogue of antibiotic resistome in drinking water was established, and the host-tracking of ARGs was conducted through a large-scale survey using metagenomic approach. The drinking water samples were collected at the point of use in 25 cities in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, South Africa, Singapore and the USA. In total, 181 ARG subtypes belonging to 16 ARG types were detected with an abundance range of 2.8 × 10-2 to 4.2 × 10-1 copies of ARG per cell. The highest abundance was found in northern China (Henan Province). Bacitracin, multidrug, aminoglycoside, sulfonamide, and beta-lactam resistance genes were dominant in drinking water. Of the drinking water samples tested, 84% had a higher ARG abundance than typical environmental ecosystems of sediment and soil. Metagenomic assembly-based host-tracking analysis identified Acidovorax, Acinetobacter, Aeromonas, Methylobacterium, Methyloversatilis, Mycobacterium, Polaromonas, and Pseudomonas as the hosts of ARGs. Moreover, potential horizontal transfer of ARGs in drinking water systems was proposed by network and Procrustes analyses. CONCLUSIONS The antibiotic resistome catalogue compiled using a large-scale survey provides a useful reference for future studies on the global surveillance and risk management of ARGs in drinking water. .
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- Liping Ma
- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
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- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.
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Trongjit S, Angkittitrakul S, Chuanchuen R. Occurrence and molecular characteristics of antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli from broilers, pigs and meat products in Thailand and Cambodia provinces. Microbiol Immunol 2017; 60:575-85. [PMID: 27474453 DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Revised: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nine hundred and forty-one samples were collected in Sa Keao, Thailand (n = 554) and Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia (n = 387) from July 2014 to January 2015. A total of 667 Escherichia coli isolates (381 isolates from Sa Keao and 286 isolates from Banteay Meanchey) were obtained and examined for antimicrobial susceptibility, class 1 integrons, ESBL genes and horizontal transfer of resistance determinants. Prevalence of E. coli in pig and broiler carcass samples from slaughterhouses and fresh markets was 36-85% in Sa Keao and 11-69% in Banteay Meanchey. The majority of these isolates were multidrug resistant (75.3%). Class 1 integrons were common in both Thai (47%) and Cambodian (62%) isolates, of which four resistance gene cassette arrays including aadA1, dfrA1-aadA1, dfrA12-aadA2 and aadA2-linF were identified. Class 1 integrons in two broiler isolates from Sa Keao (dfrA12-aadA2) and one broiler isolate from Banteay Meanchey (dfrA1-aadA1) were horizontally transferable. Sixteen isolates were confirmed to be ESBL-producing strains with ESBL gene blaCTX-M-15 , broad spectrum β-lactamase gene blaTEM-1 and the AmpC gene blaCMY-2 being detected. The blaTEM-1 gene was most prevalent and located on a conjugative plasmid.
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- Suthathip Trongjit
- Research Unit in Microbial Food Safety and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Research Group for Prevention Technology in Livestock, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40000, Thailand
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- Research Unit in Microbial Food Safety and Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
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The OXA β-lactamases were among the earliest β-lactamases detected; however, these molecular class D β-lactamases were originally relatively rare and always plasmid mediated. They had a substrate profile limited to the penicillins, but some became able to confer resistance to cephalosporins. From the 1980s onwards, isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii that were resistant to the carbapenems emerged, manifested by plasmid-encoded β-lactamases (OXA-23, OXA-40, and OXA-58) categorized as OXA enzymes because of their sequence similarity to earlier OXA β-lactamases. It was soon found that every A. baumannii strain possessed a chromosomally encoded OXA β-lactamase (OXA-51-like), some of which could confer resistance to carbapenems when the genetic environment around the gene promoted its expression. Similarly, Acinetobacter species closely related to A. baumannii also possessed their own chromosomally encoded OXA β-lactamases; some could be transferred to A. baumannii, and they formed the basis of transferable carbapenem resistance in this species. In some cases, the carbapenem-resistant OXA β-lactamases (OXA-48) have migrated into the Enterobacteriaceae and are becoming a significant cause of carbapenem resistance. The emergence of OXA enzymes that can confer resistance to carbapenems, particularly in A. baumannii, has transformed these β-lactamases from a minor hindrance into a major problem set to demote the clinical efficacy of the carbapenems.
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Lee M, Shin E, Lee Y. Antimicrobial resistance and integron profiles in multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolates from pigs. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2015; 11:988-97. [PMID: 25303163 DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2014.1795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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From July 2006 to June 2008, a total of 3876 Escherichia coli strains were collected from 1014 porcine intestinal contents to investigate antimicrobial resistance and related gene patterns. Average resistance rates of porcine E. coli isolates were 93.2% for tetracycline, 65.3% for ampicillin, 60.4% for chloramphenicol, 57.7% for streptomycin, 35.8% for nalidixic acid, 23.6% for gentamicin, 10.8% for ciprofloxacin, 10.0% for norfloxacin, 4.5% for cephalothin, 1.0% for cefoxitin, and 0.4% for cefazolin. The number of isolates resistant to more than 3 different classes of antimicrobials was 2537. Among these, 92 isolates were resistant to 5 or more classes of antimicrobials, and 69 isolates among 92 multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates were integrase positive. Among 69 integrase-positive MDR isolates, only class I integron was detected in 19 isolates (20.7%). The class-1-integron-positive isolates had different sizes and gene contents (i.e., 1.0 kb containing aadA1 and 1.5 kb containing aadA1-dfrA1 and aadA1-aadB), and showed 15 distinct types by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) analysis, with 80% cut-off band pattern similarity. PFGE typing of four groups of isolates with identical antimicrobial resistance gene profiles showed two heterogeneous groups, while one group had very similar PFGE patterns; the fourth group was not typeable due to DNA degradation. In conjugation experiments, class I integron-harboring isolates transferred resistance to ampicillin, norfloxacin, gentamicin, and chloramphenicol to the recipient strain. This study showed that antimicrobial resistance rates and corresponding genes in porcine E. coli isolates are different from those in human isolates described by previous studies, and that transfer of antimicrobial-resistant genes from animal to human occurred. These data can be used as a baseline to evaluate the effect of antimicrobial use after implementation of the animal antimicrobial ban for prophylactic and growth promotion except for therapeutic use in 2012 in Korea.
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- Minyoung Lee
- Culture Collection of Antimicrobial Resistant Microbes, Department of Horticulture, Biotechnology, and Landscape Architecture, Seoul Women's University , Seoul, Korea
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Diversity and Global Distribution of IncL/M Plasmids Enabling Horizontal Dissemination of β-Lactam Resistance Genes among the Enterobacteriaceae. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:414681. [PMID: 26236726 PMCID: PMC4510254 DOI: 10.1155/2015/414681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2014] [Accepted: 06/22/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance determinants are frequently associated with plasmids and other mobile genetic elements, which simplifies their horizontal transmission. Several groups of plasmids (including replicons of the IncL/M incompatibility group) were found to play an important role in the dissemination of resistance genes encoding β-lactamases. The IncL/M plasmids are large, broad host range, and self-transmissible replicons. We have identified and characterized two novel members of this group: pARM26 (isolated from bacteria inhabiting activated sludge from a wastewater treatment plant) and pIGT15 (originating from a clinical strain of Escherichia coli). This instigated a detailed comparative analysis of all available sequences of IncL/M plasmids encoding β-lactamases. The core genome of these plasmids is comprised of 20 genes with conserved synteny. Phylogenetic analyses of these core genes allowed clustering of the plasmids into four separate groups, which reflect their antibiotic resistance profiles. Examination of the biogeography of the IncL/M plasmids revealed that they are most frequently found in bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae originating from the Mediterranean region and Western Europe and that they are able to persist in various ecological niches even in the absence of direct antibiotic selection pressure.
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Differentiation of IncL and IncM Plasmids Associated with the Spread of Clinically Relevant Antimicrobial Resistance. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0123063. [PMID: 25933288 PMCID: PMC4416936 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Introduction blaOXA-48, blaNDM-1 and blaCTX-M-3 are clinically relevant resistance genes, frequently associated with the broad-host range plasmids of the IncL/M group. The L and M plasmids belong to two compatible groups, which were incorrectly classified together by molecular methods. In order to understand their evolution, we fully sequenced four IncL/M plasmids, including the reference plasmids R471 and R69, the recently described blaOXA-48-carrying plasmid pKPN-El.Nr7 from a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated in Bern (Switzerland), and the blaSHV-5 carrying plasmid p202c from a Salmonella enterica from Tirana (Albania). Methods Sequencing was performed using 454 Junior Genome Sequencer (Roche). Annotation was performed using Sequin and Artemis software. Plasmid sequences were compared with 13 fully sequenced plasmids belonging to the IncL/M group available in GenBank. Results Comparative analysis of plasmid genomes revealed two distinct genetic lineages, each containing one of the R471 (IncL) and R69 (IncM) reference plasmids. Conjugation experiments demonstrated that plasmids representative of the IncL and IncM groups were compatible with each other. The IncL group is constituted by the blaOXA-48-carrying plasmids and R471. The IncM group contains two sub-types of plasmids named IncM1 and IncM2 that are each incompatible. Conclusion This work re-defines the structure of the IncL and IncM families and ascribes a definitive designation to the fully sequenced IncL/M plasmids available in GenBank.
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Preston KE, Hitchcock SA, Aziz AY, Tine JA. The complete nucleotide sequence of the multi-drug resistance-encoding IncL/M plasmid pACM1. Plasmid 2014; 76:54-65. [PMID: 25291385 DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2014.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2014] [Revised: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The 89,977 bp nucleotide sequence of pACM1, isolated from a 1993 outbreak strain of cephalosporin-resistant Klebsiella oxytoca, has been completed and assigned GenBank accession number KJ541681. The plasmid has a single 31,842 bp mosaic multi-drug resistance-encoding (MDR) region comprising the mer resistance module of Tn1696, two integrons with a total of seven cassettes, one complete copy each of IS1R and IS26, and the bla(SHV-5)-carrying Tn2003 (with defective IS26 termini), all within a Tn1721-like element inserted into the mucB gene of the IncL/M plasmid backbone. The Tn1721-Tn1696 combination resembles sequence found in the chromosomal MDR islands of some Acinetobacter baumannii isolates. Among the completely sequenced IncL/M resistance plasmids, the Tn1721-based MDR region is unique, but data from older studies suggest that this type of plasmid was widespread in the 1990s. Since resistance gene dosage is affected by plasmid copy number (PCN), we used a relatively simple new "efficiency-corrected" qPCR assay to measure the PCN of pACM1. There are approximately three copies per chromosome in an Escherichia coli DH5α host, and two in the original Klebsiella oxytoca isolate. We could not find similar PCN data for other medically important plasmids for comparison. The study of this plasmid property and its effect on resistance levels should be facilitated in the future by the availability of qPCR instruments and complete genome sequences.
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- Karen E Preston
- Center for Functional Genomics, University at Albany, SUNY, 1 Discovery Dr., Rensselaer, NY 12144-3452, USA.
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- Center for Functional Genomics, University at Albany, SUNY, 1 Discovery Dr., Rensselaer, NY 12144-3452, USA; Hudson Valley Community College, 80 Vandenburgh Ave., Troy, NY 12180, USA
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- Center for Functional Genomics, University at Albany, SUNY, 1 Discovery Dr., Rensselaer, NY 12144-3452, USA; Hudson Valley Community College, 80 Vandenburgh Ave., Troy, NY 12180, USA
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- Center for Functional Genomics, University at Albany, SUNY, 1 Discovery Dr., Rensselaer, NY 12144-3452, USA
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Liu CC, Kuo HY, Tang CY, Chang KC, Liou ML. Prevalence and mapping of a plasmid encoding a type IV secretion system in Acinetobacter baumannii. Genomics 2014; 104:215-23. [PMID: 25072866 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2014.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2014] [Revised: 06/21/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We investigated the prevalence of a type IV secretion system (T4SS)-bearing plasmid among clinical isolates of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) using plasmid replicon typing. The complete sequence of a T4SS-bearing plasmid, pAB_CC, isolated from A. baumannii TYTH-1 was determined, and a comparative analysis of the T4SS gene modules was performed. Of the 129 isolates studied, GR6 (repAci6) was the most common (45 of 96 isolates) and was strongly linked with the T4SS. A comparative analysis of the T4SS locus in seven plasmid genomes, including pAB_CC, pACICU2, pABKp1, pABTJ1, p1BJAB0714, p2BJAB0868, and p2ABTCDC0715, indicated that fourteen genes on these plasmids were highly conserved compared to those of the F plasmid. Additionally, the chromosomes in the seven representative isolates may be evolutionarily distinct from their intrinsic T4SS-bearing plasmids, suggesting that the two T4SS lineages emerged long before the appearance of EC II. These two lineages are now widespread in A. baumannii strains.
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- Chih-Chin Liu
- Department of Bioinformatics, Chung Hua University, Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan; Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Providence University, Taichung County, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Providence University, Taichung County, Taiwan; Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology, Tzu Chi University, Hualien City, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Providence University, Taichung County, Taiwan; Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Yuanpei University, Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan.
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Chu PY, Peng CF. Genetic Environments of the Transferable Plasmid-Mediated blaCTX-M-3 Gene in Serratia marcescens Isolates. Jpn J Infect Dis 2014; 67:58-61. [DOI: 10.7883/yoken.67.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Foley SL, Johnson TJ, Ricke SC, Nayak R, Danzeisen J. Salmonella pathogenicity and host adaptation in chicken-associated serovars. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2013; 77:582-607. [PMID: 24296573 PMCID: PMC3973385 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00015-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Enteric pathogens such as Salmonella enterica cause significant morbidity and mortality. S. enterica serovars are a diverse group of pathogens that have evolved to survive in a wide range of environments and across multiple hosts. S. enterica serovars such as S. Typhi, S. Dublin, and S. Gallinarum have a restricted host range, in which they are typically associated with one or a few host species, while S. Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium have broad host ranges. This review examines how S. enterica has evolved through adaptation to different host environments, especially as related to the chicken host, and continues to be an important human pathogen. Several factors impact host range, and these include the acquisition of genes via horizontal gene transfer with plasmids, transposons, and phages, which can potentially expand host range, and the loss of genes or their function, which would reduce the range of hosts that the organism can infect. S. Gallinarum, with a limited host range, has a large number of pseudogenes in its genome compared to broader-host-range serovars. S. enterica serovars such as S. Kentucky and S. Heidelberg also often have plasmids that may help them colonize poultry more efficiently. The ability to colonize different hosts also involves interactions with the host's immune system and commensal organisms that are present. Thus, the factors that impact the ability of Salmonella to colonize a particular host species, such as chickens, are complex and multifactorial, involving the host, the pathogen, and extrinsic pressures. It is the interplay of these factors which leads to the differences in host ranges that we observe today.
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Taban BM, Aytac SA, Akkoc N, Akcelik M. Characterization of antibiotic resistance in Salmonella enterica isolates determined from ready-to-eat (RTE) salad vegetables. Braz J Microbiol 2013; 44:385-91. [PMID: 24294226 PMCID: PMC3833132 DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822013005000047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 06/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In the last decade, ready-to-eat (RTE) salad vegetables are gaining increasing importance in human diet. However, since they are consumed fresh, inadequate washing during processing can bring on some foodborne illnesses, like salmonellosis, since these food items have natural contamination from soil and water. During 2009-2010, a total of 81 samples were purchased arbitrarily from local markets in Ankara, and were examined for Salmonella contamination. Salmonella screening was performed by using anti-Salmonella magnetic beads system and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) identification of the suspected colonies. Then, the antibiotic resistance profiles of four Salmonella strains identified (strains RTE-1, RTE-2, RTE-3, and RTE-4) were also investigated, since the mechanism by which Salmonella spp. have accumulated antibiotic resistance genes is of interest. All strains showed resistance against sulfonamides (MIC > 128 mg/L). Further results suggested that associated sulfonamide resistance genes were encoded by the 55.0 kb plasmid of strain RTE-1 that involves no integrons. As a result of using two primers (P1254 and P1283) in randomly amplified polymorphic DNA-PCR (RAPD-PCR) analysis, two common amplicons (364 bp and 1065 bp) were determined. The findings of this study provide support to the adoption of guidelines for the prudent use of antibiotics in order to reduce the number of pathogens present on vegetable and fruit farms. Besides, since it is shown that these bacteria started to gain resistance to antibiotics, it is necessary to further investigate the prevalence of them in foods.
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- Food Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, Tandogan, Ankara, Turkey
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, Tandogan, Ankara, Turkey
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Brewer MT, Xiong N, Anderson KL, Carlson SA. Effects of subtherapeutic concentrations of antimicrobials on gene acquisition events in Yersinia, Proteus, Shigella, and Salmonella recipient organisms in isolated ligated intestinal loops of swine. Am J Vet Res 2013; 74:1078-83. [PMID: 23879845 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.74.8.1078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess antimicrobial resistance and transfer of virulence genes facilitated by subtherapeutic concentrations of antimicrobials in swine intestines. ANIMALS 20 anesthetized pigs experimentally inoculated with donor and recipient bacteria. PROCEDURES 4 recipient pathogenic bacteria (Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium, Yersinia enterocolitica, Shigella flexneri, or Proteus mirabilis) were incubated with donor bacteria in the presence of subinhibitory concentrations of 1 of 16 antimicrobials in isolated ligated intestinal loops in swine. Donor Escherichia coli contained transferrable antimicrobial resistance or virulence genes. After coincubations, intestinal contents were removed and assessed for pathogens that acquired new antimicrobial resistance or virulence genes following exposure to the subtherapeutic concentrations of antimicrobials. RESULTS 3 antimicrobials (apramycin, lincomycin, and neomycin) enhanced transfer of an antimicrobial resistance plasmid from commensal E coli organisms to Yersinia and Proteus organisms, whereas 7 antimicrobials (florfenicol, hygromycin, penicillin G, roxarsone, sulfamethazine, tetracycline, and tylosin) exacerbated transfer of an integron (Salmonella genomic island 1) from Salmonella organisms to Yersinia organisms. Sulfamethazine induced the transfer of Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 from pathogenic to nonpathogenic Salmonella organisms. Six antimicrobials (bacitracin, carbadox, erythromycin, sulfathiazole, tiamulin, and virginiamycin) did not mediate any transfer events. Sulfamethazine was the only antimicrobial implicated in 2 types of transfer events. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE 10 of 16 antimicrobials at subinhibitory or subtherapeutic concentrations augmented specific antimicrobial resistance or transfer of virulence genes into pathogenic bacteria in isolated intestinal loops in swine. Use of subtherapeutic antimicrobials in animal feed may be associated with unwanted collateral effects.
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- Matt T Brewer
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Braun SD, Ziegler A, Methner U, Slickers P, Keiling S, Monecke S, Ehricht R. Fast DNA serotyping and antimicrobial resistance gene determination of salmonella enterica with an oligonucleotide microarray-based assay. PLoS One 2012; 7:e46489. [PMID: 23056321 PMCID: PMC3464306 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2012] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Salmonellosis caused by Salmonella (S.) belongs to the most prevalent food-borne zoonotic diseases throughout the world. Therefore, serotype identification for all culture-confirmed cases of Salmonella infection is important for epidemiological purposes. As a standard, the traditional culture method (ISO 6579:2002) is used to identify Salmonella. Classical serotyping takes 4–5 days to be completed, it is labor-intensive, expensive and more than 250 non-standardized sera are necessary to characterize more than 2,500 Salmonella serovars currently known. These technical difficulties could be overcome with modern molecular methods. We developed a microarray based serogenotyping assay for the most prevalent Salmonella serovars in Europe and North America. The current assay version could theoretically discriminate 28 O-antigens and 86 H-antigens. Additionally, we included 77 targets analyzing antimicrobial resistance genes. The Salmonella assay was evaluated with a set of 168 reference strains representing 132 serovars previously serotyped by conventional agglutination through various reference centers. 117 of 132 (81%) tested serovars showed an unique microarray pattern. 15 of 132 serovars generated a pattern which was shared by multiple serovars (e.g., S. ser. Enteritidis and S. ser. Nitra). These shared patterns mainly resulted from the high similarity of the genotypes of serogroup A and D1. Using patterns of the known reference strains, a database was build which represents the basis of a new PatternMatch software that can serotype unknown Salmonella isolates automatically. After assay verification, the Salmonella serogenotyping assay was used to identify a field panel of 105 Salmonella isolates. All were identified as Salmonella and 93 of 105 isolates (88.6%) were typed in full concordance with conventional serotyping. This microarray based assay is a powerful tool for serogenotyping.
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Tennstedt T, Szczepanowski R, Braun S, Pühler A, Schlüter A. Occurrence of integron-associated resistance gene cassettes located on antibiotic resistance plasmids isolated from a wastewater treatment plant. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2012; 45:239-52. [PMID: 19719593 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-6496(03)00164-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The role of a municipal wastewater treatment plant as a reservoir for bacteria carrying antibiotic resistance plasmids was analysed. Altogether, ninety-seven different multiresistance plasmids were isolated and screened by PCR for the presence of class 1 integron-specific sequences. Twelve of these plasmids were identified to carry integrons. In addition, integron-specific sequences were found on plasmid-DNA preparations from bacteria residing in activated sludge and in the final effluents of the wastewater treatment plant. Sequencing and annotation of the integrons identified nineteen different gene cassette arrays, containing twenty-one different resistance gene cassettes. These cassettes carry genes encoding eight different aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes, seven dihydrofolate reductases, three beta-lactamases, two chloramphenicol resistance proteins and two small exporter proteins. Moreover, new gene cassettes and cassettes with unknown function were identified. Eleven gene cassette combinations are described for the first time. Six integron-associated gene cassette arrays are located on self-transmissible, putative broad-host-range plasmids belonging to the IncP group. Hybridisation analyses, using the integron-specific gene cassette arrays as templates and labelled plasmid-DNA preparations from bacteria of the final effluents as hybridisation probes, revealed that bacteria containing integron-specific sequences on plasmids are released into the environment.
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- Thomas Tennstedt
- Fakultät für Biologie, Lehrstuhl für Genetik, Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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Taşkale N, Akçelik M. Use of RAPD-PCR, plasmid profiling, class 1 integron analysis, and antimicrobial resistance for molecular characterisation of Salmonellastrains isolated from Turkey. ACTA ALIMENTARIA 2012. [DOI: 10.1556/aalim.2011.0008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Altalhi AD, Gherbawy YA, Hassan SA. Antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from retail raw chicken meat in Taif, Saudi Arabia. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2010; 7:281-5. [PMID: 19911929 DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2009.0365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The present study was carried out to screen and analyze the genetic characteristics of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli strains isolated from chicken meat marketed in the local markets of the Taif region in Saudi Arabia. A total of 119 samples were purchased from various supermarkets and examined for bacterial contamination with resistant E. coli. Thirty-seven E. coli isolates were evaluated for their antibiotic susceptibilities and the presence of class 1 integrons and antibiotic resistance genes. Results of antibiograms revealed that E. coli isolates were resistant to one or more of the antibiotics tested. Resistance was most frequently observed against sulphafurazole (89.2%), ampicillin (78.4%), nalidixic acid (70.3%), streptomycin (48.6%), chloramphenicol (32.4%), and gentamicin (24.3%). Fifteen E. coli strains have multidrug resistance phenotypes and harbored at least three antibiotic resistance genes. The bla(TEM) (beta-lactamase) and sul (sulfonamide) resistance encoding genes were detected in all the tested isolates. Polymerase chain reaction screening detected class 1 integrons in all multiresistant E. coli isolates. The present study provides an assessment of the occurrence of multidrug resistance of E. coli from raw chicken meat collected from local markets.
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- Abdullah D Altalhi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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Novel variants of the qnrB gene, qnrB22 and qnrB23, in Citrobacter werkmanii and Citrobacter freundii. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2010; 54:3068-9. [PMID: 20421404 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01339-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A predominant multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Saintpaul clonal line in German turkey and related food products. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:3657-67. [PMID: 20363784 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02744-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Recently, Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Saintpaul has increasingly been observed in several countries, including Germany. However, the pathogenic potential and epidemiology of this serovar are not very well known. This study describes biological attributes of S. Saintpaul isolates obtained from turkeys in Germany based on characterization of their pheno- and genotypic properties. Fifty-five S. Saintpaul isolates from German turkeys and turkey-derived food products isolated from 2000 to 2007 were analyzed by using antimicrobial agent, organic solvent, and disinfectant susceptibility tests, isoelectric focusing, detection of resistance determinants, plasmid profiling, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and hybridization experiments. These isolates were compared to an outgroup consisting of 24 S. Saintpaul isolates obtained from humans and chickens in Germany and from poultry and poultry products (including turkeys) in Netherlands. A common core resistance pattern was detected for 27 German turkey and turkey product isolates. This pattern included resistance (full or intermediate) to ampicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, gentamicin, kanamycin, nalidixic acid, streptomycin, spectinomycin, and sulfamethoxazole and intermediate resistance or decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin (MIC, 2 or 1 mug/ml, respectively) and several third-generation cephalosporins (including ceftiofur and cefoxitin [MIC, 4 to 2 and 16 to 2 mug/ml, respectively]). These isolates had the same core resistance genotype, with bla(TEM-1), aadB, aadA2, sul1, a Ser83-->Glu83 mutation in the gyrA gene, and a chromosomal class 1 integron carrying the aadB-aadA2 gene cassette. Their XbaI, BlnI, and combined XbaI-BlnI PFGE patterns revealed levels of genetic similarity of 93, 75, and 90%, respectively. This study revealed that a multiresistant S. Saintpaul clonal line is widespread in turkeys and turkey products in Germany and was also detected among German human fecal and Dutch poultry isolates.
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Ahmed AM, Shimabukuro H, Shimamoto T. Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Escherichia coli and Salmonella from Retail Chicken Meat in Japan. J Food Sci 2009; 74:M405-10. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2009.01291.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Characterization of the plasmid-borne quinolone resistance gene qnrB19 in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009; 53:4019-21. [PMID: 19528272 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00294-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A qnrB19 gene variant, carried by an IncL/M-like plasmid, was detected in a multidrug Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium human strain with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. The genetic environment around the gene was fully sequenced (20 kb). A large gene cluster, containing the aph, qnrB19, and blaSHV-12-like resistance genes, is inserted inside a Tn3 transposon.
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Lee MF, Chen YH, Peng CF. Molecular characterisation of class 1 integrons in Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis isolates from southern Taiwan. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2009; 33:216-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2008] [Revised: 09/18/2008] [Accepted: 09/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Shearer JE, Summers AO. Intracellular Steady-State Concentration of Integron Recombination Products Varies with Integrase Level and Growth Phase. J Mol Biol 2009; 386:316-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.12.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2008] [Revised: 12/04/2008] [Accepted: 12/16/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Ingeniería evolutiva en Salmonella: la emergencia de plásmidos híbridos de virulencia-resistencia a antimicrobianos en serotipos no tifoideos. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2009; 27:37-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2008.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2008] [Accepted: 09/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Antimicrobial resistant Salmonella in dairy cattle in the United States. Vet Res Commun 2008; 33:191-209. [PMID: 18792798 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-008-9170-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2008] [Accepted: 08/12/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Increased frequency of antimicrobial resistant Salmonella isolated from humans over the last quarter century in the United States has led to concern about the contribution animal production systems have played in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistant Salmonella. In order to better understand the potential role of dairy cattle as a reservoir for antimicrobial resistant Salmonella, it is important to understand methods currently used to measure the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among Salmonella from human and animal populations. This review describes the biology of Salmonella and antimicrobial resistance, methods used to monitor antimicrobial resistance, and studies that have measured the prevalence of antimicrobial resistant Salmonella among human and dairy cattle populations in the U.S. Although the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among Salmonella from healthy dairy cattle is low, similar trends in the prevalence of resistance among Salmonella from clinically ill human and dairy cattle populations were observed in the literature.
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Navon-Venezia S, Chmelnitsky I, Leavitt A, Carmeli Y. Dissemination of the CTX-M-25 family -lactamases among Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Enterobacter cloacae and identification of the novel enzyme CTX-M-41 in Proteus mirabilis in Israel. J Antimicrob Chemother 2008; 62:289-95. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Distribution of conjugative-plasmid-mediated 16S rRNA methylase genes among amikacin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolates collected in 1995 to 1998 and 2001 to 2006 at a university hospital in South Korea and identification of conjugative plasmids mediating dissemination of 16S rRNA methylase. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 46:700-6. [PMID: 18094126 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01677-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The distribution of conjugative-plasmid-mediated 16S rRNA methylase genes among amikacin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae collected between 1995 and 1998 and between 2001 and 2006 at a university hospital in South Korea was examined, and conjugative plasmids carrying the 16S rRNA methylase genes were characterized by PCR-based replicon typing and by determination of their antimicrobial resistance pattern. Among the 7,127 isolates, 463 isolates showed a high level of resistance to amikacin, and 218 of the 463 isolates transferred amikacin resistance by conjugation. Among the 218 isolates, armA was detected in 153 isolates (88 Klebsiella pneumoniae, 28 Escherichia coli, 19 Enterobacter cloacae, and 6 Serratia marcescens isolates and 12 isolates of other organisms), and rmtB was detected in 51 isolates (32 K. pneumoniae isolates, 18 E. coli isolates, and 1 Citrobacter freundii isolate). The first appearance of armA was in 1997. The armA gene was carried by conjugative plasmids of replicon groups IncL/M, IncFIIAs, IncF, IncA/C, IncHI2, and Inc(unidentified) in 38, 20, 7, 9, 4, and 75 strains, respectively. The rmtB gene was carried by conjugative plasmids of groups IncA/C, IncF, and IncI1-Igamma in 43 strains, 7 strains, and 1 strain, respectively. Transconjugants that received the IncL/M plasmid carrying armA or the IncA/C plasmid carrying rmtB showed an additional resistance to cefotaxime. Transconjugants that received the IncFIIA plasmid or Inc(unidentified) plasmid carrying the armA gene showed an additional resistance to cefoxitin and a high MIC(50) (0.25 mg/liter) of ciprofloxacin. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that the dissemination of 16S rRNA methylase genes among the Enterobacteriaceae is mediated by conjugative plasmids of various incompatibility groups that confer resistance to multiple drugs, including aminoglycosides, extended-spectrum beta-lactams, and/or quinolones.
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Van TTH, Moutafis G, Tran LT, Coloe PJ. Antibiotic resistance in food-borne bacterial contaminants in Vietnam. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:7906-11. [PMID: 17951438 PMCID: PMC2168151 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00973-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2007] [Accepted: 10/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This study was conducted to examine the rate of contamination and the molecular characteristics of enteric bacteria isolated from a selection of food sources in Vietnam. One hundred eighty raw food samples were tested; 60.8% of meat samples and 18.0% of shellfish samples were contaminated with Salmonella spp., and more than 90% of all food sources contained Escherichia coli. The isolates were screened for antibiotic resistance against 15 antibiotics, and 50.5% of Salmonella isolates and 83.8% of E. coli isolates were resistant to at least one antibiotic. Isolates were examined for the presence of mobile genetic elements conferring antibiotic resistance. Fifty-seven percent of E. coli and 13% of Salmonella isolates were found to contain integrons, and some isolates contained two integrons. Sequencing results revealed that the integrons harbored various gene cassettes, including aadA1, aadA2, and aadA5 (resistance to streptomycin and spectinomycin), aacA4 (resistance to aminoglycosides), the dihydrofolate reductase gene cassettes dhfrXII, dfrA1, and dhfrA17 (trimethoprim resistance), the beta-lactamase gene bla(PSE1) (ampicillin resistance), and catB3 (chloramphenicol resistance). Plasmids were also detected in all 23 antibiotic-resistant Salmonella isolates and in 33 E. coli isolates. Thirty-five percent of the Salmonella isolates and 76% of the E. coli isolates contained plasmids of more than 95 kb, and some of the isolates contained two large plasmids. Conjugation experiments showed the successful transfer of all or part of the antibiotic resistance phenotypes among the Salmonella and E. coli food isolates. Our results show that enteric bacteria in raw food samples from Vietnam contain a pool of mobile genetic elements and that the transfer of antibiotic resistance can readily occur between similar bacteria.
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- Thi Thu Hao Van
- School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Building 3, Level 1, Room 2, City Campus, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia.
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Frye JG, Fedorka-Cray PJ. Prevalence, distribution and characterisation of ceftiofur resistance in Salmonella enterica isolated from animals in the USA from 1999 to 2003. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2007; 30:134-42. [PMID: 17531447 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2007.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2006] [Revised: 03/22/2007] [Accepted: 03/23/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Third-generation cephalosporin (3GC) antimicrobials are the drugs of choice for treatment of salmonellosis in children. Salmonella isolated in the USA are assayed by the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) for resistance to antimicrobials including first-, second- and third-generation cephalosporins. From 1999 to 2003, 34,411 Salmonella were isolated from animals in the USA, of which 10.9% were found to be resistant to ceftiofur, a 3GC used in animals, whilst only 0.3% were resistant to ceftriaxone, a 3GC used in human medicine. Ceftiofur resistance rose from 4.0% in 1999 to 18.8% in 2003. Isolates from diagnostic laboratories had higher levels of resistance (18.5%), whereas levels in isolates from on-farm (3.4%) and slaughter (7.1%) sources were lower. Animals with a higher than average proportion of resistant Salmonella included cattle (17.6%), horses (19.2%) and dogs (20.8%). Levels in turkeys (6.8%), chickens (7.1%), eggs (3.6%) and swine (4.6%) were lower. Resistance varied between Salmonella serotypes. A few serotypes had significantly high levels, e.g. S. Newport was 70.4% ceftiofur resistant. Resistance was predominantly associated with bla(CMY-2)-encoding plasmids. These data suggest that the acquisition of resistance plasmids and the spread of specific serotypes harbouring these plasmids are driving the observed resistance to ceftiofur in Salmonella animal isolates.
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- Jonathan G Frye
- Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Richard B. Russell Research Center, 950 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30605, USA
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Lujan SA, Guogas LM, Ragonese H, Matson SW, Redinbo MR. Disrupting antibiotic resistance propagation by inhibiting the conjugative DNA relaxase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:12282-7. [PMID: 17630285 PMCID: PMC1916486 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0702760104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Conjugative transfer of plasmid DNA via close cell-cell junctions is the main route by which antibiotic resistance genes spread between bacterial strains. Relaxases are essential for conjugative transfer and act by cleaving DNA strands and forming covalent phosphotyrosine linkages. Based on data indicating that multityrosine relaxase enzymes can accommodate two phosphotyrosine intermediates within their divalent metal-containing active sites, we hypothesized that bisphosphonates would inhibit relaxase activity and conjugative DNA transfer. We identified bisphosphonates that are nanomolar inhibitors of the F plasmid conjugative relaxase in vitro. Furthermore, we used cell-based assays to demonstrate that these compounds are highly effective at preventing DNA transfer and at selectively killing cells harboring conjugative plasmids. Two potent inhibitors, clodronate and etidronate, are already clinically approved to treat bone loss. Thus, the inhibition of conjugative relaxases is a potentially novel antimicrobial approach, one that selectively targets bacteria capable of transferring antibiotic resistance and generating multidrug resistant strains.
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- Scott A. Lujan
- Departments of *Chemistry
- Biochemistry and Biophysics, and
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- Biochemistry and Biophysics, and
- Program in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290
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O'Mahony R, Quinn T, Drudy D, Walsh C, Whyte P, Mattar S, Fanning S. Antimicrobial resistance in nontyphoidal Salmonella from food sources in Colombia: evidence for an unusual plasmid-localized class 1 integron in serotypes Typhimurium and Anatum. Microb Drug Resist 2007; 12:269-77. [PMID: 17227213 DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2006.12.269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Seventy-two isolates representing 18 serotypes recovered from various food samples collected in Colombia were tested for antimicrobial susceptibilities. The collection was further characterized for extended-spectrum cephalosporin, aminoglycoside, and tetracycline resistance markers. Multidrug resistant (MDR) isolates were further investigated for class 1 integrons and were evaluated for the presence of conjugative plasmids along with a determination of the incompatibility group by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Antibiogram analysis showed that the incidence rate of ceftiofur resistance was moderately high (15%). A similar level of resistance to neomycin and oxytetracycline (11% and 10%, respectively) was also observed. There was a high prevalence of gene cassettes as part of one or more class 1 integrons (61%), many of which contained determinants that contributed to the resistance profile. Class 1 integrons identified in MDR Salmonella enterica serotypes Typhimurium and Anatum isolates were characterized. Sequencing identified several incomplete open reading frames (ORFs) as part of a gene cassette (bla-( imp-13 ), dfr7, blr1088, and aac8) along with a complete gene cassette (bla-(oxa2)) in each case. A mosaic of gene cassettes was identical in the two Salmonella serotypes. These integrons were located to a conjugative replicon. Plasmid profiling and incompatibility typing identified three plasmids belonging to Inc groups A/C, P, and W. Our study highlights the role of integrons, contributing to a MDR phenotype that is capable of dissemination to other bacteria.
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- Rebecca O'Mahony
- Centre for Food Safety, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Majtánová L, Majtán V. Molecular characterization of the multidrug-resistant phage types Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DT104, DT20A and DT120 strains in the Slovakia. Microbiol Res 2007; 164:157-62. [PMID: 17306968 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2006.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2006] [Revised: 10/12/2006] [Accepted: 11/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An increase in the number of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strains (definitive phage type DT20a and DT120) as well as the occurrence of DT104 strains during 2003-2005 in Slovakia was documented. Based on the results of the molecular analysis we suggest that multidrug-resistant DT20a and DT120 phage types are more closely related to multidrug-resistant phage type, and that the occurrence is probably due to changes in the phage susceptibility of DT104. Continued surveillance and molecular analysis should be maintained to follow the spread of these new multidrug-resistant DT104 variants in animals and humans.
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- L'ubica Majtánová
- Slovak Medical University, Department of Microbiology, Limbová, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Johnson TJ, Wannemuehler YM, Johnson SJ, Logue CM, White DG, Doetkott C, Nolan LK. Plasmid replicon typing of commensal and pathogenic Escherichia coli isolates. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:1976-83. [PMID: 17277222 PMCID: PMC1828809 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02171-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Despite the critical role of plasmids in horizontal gene transfer, few studies have characterized plasmid relatedness among different bacterial populations. Recently, a multiplex PCR replicon typing protocol was developed for classification of plasmids occurring in members of the Enterobacteriaceae. Here, a simplified version of this replicon typing procedure which requires only three multiplex panels to identify 18 plasmid replicons is described. This method was used to screen 1,015 Escherichia coli isolates of avian, human, and poultry meat origin for plasmid replicon types. Additionally, the isolates were assessed for their content of several colicin-associated genes. Overall, a high degree of plasmid variability was observed, with 221 different profiles occurring among the 1,015 isolates examined. IncFIB plasmids were the most common type identified, regardless of the source type of E. coli. IncFIB plasmids occurred significantly more often in avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) and retail poultry E. coli (RPEC) than in uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) and avian and human fecal commensal E. coli isolates (AFEC and HFEC, respectively). APEC and RPEC were also significantly more likely than UPEC, HFEC, and AFEC to possess the colicin-associated genes cvaC, cbi, and/or cma in conjunction with one or more plasmid replicons. The results suggest that E. coli isolates contaminating retail poultry are notably similar to APEC with regard to plasmid profiles, with both generally containing multiple plasmid replicon types in conjunction with colicin-related genes. In contrast, UPEC and human and avian commensal E. coli isolates generally lack the plasmid replicons and colicin-related genes seen in APEC and RPEC, suggesting limited dissemination of such plasmids among these bacterial populations.
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- Timothy J Johnson
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1802 Elwood Drive, VMRI #2, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Castanheira M, Pereira AS, Nicoletti AG, Pignatari ACC, Barth AL, Gales AC. First report of plasmid-mediated qnrA1 in a ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli strain in Latin America. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007; 51:1527-9. [PMID: 17220425 PMCID: PMC1855464 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00780-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Among 144 ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli isolated in Brazil, one (0.69%) QnrA1-producing isolate was detected. The qnrA1 gene was associated with ISCR1. The QnrA1 determinant was carried on a 41-kb conjugative plasmid, which also carried a FOX-type cephalosporinase encoding gene and a class 1 integron with the aadB and catB3 cassettes. This is the first report of a qnrA-carrying isolate in a Latin American country.
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- Mariana Castanheira
- Laboratório ALERTA, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Pedro de Toledo, 781 6o Andar, São Paulo, SP, and Unidade de Microbiologia, Serviço de Patologia Clínica, Hospital de Clínicas, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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Zienkiewicz M, Kern-Zdanowicz I, Gołebiewski M, Zyliñska J, Mieczkowski P, Gniadkowski M, Bardowski J, Cegłowski P. Mosaic structure of p1658/97, a 125-kilobase plasmid harboring an active amplicon with the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase gene blaSHV-5. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007; 51:1164-71. [PMID: 17220406 PMCID: PMC1855452 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00772-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli isolates recovered from patients during a clonal outbreak in a Warsaw, Poland, hospital in 1997 produced different levels of an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) of the SHV type. The beta-lactamase hyperproduction correlated with the multiplication of ESBL gene copies within a plasmid. Here, we present the complete nucleotide sequence of plasmid p1658/97 carried by the isolates recovered during the outbreak. The plasmid is 125,491 bp and shows a mosaic structure in which all modules constituting the plasmid core are homologous to those found in plasmids F and R100 and are separated by segments of homology to other known regions (plasmid R64, Providencia rettgeri genomic island R391, Vibrio cholerae STX transposon, Klebsiella pneumoniae or E. coli chromosomes). Plasmid p1658/97 bears two replication systems, IncFII and IncFIB; we demonstrated that both are active in E. coli. The presence of an active partition system (sopABC locus) and two postsegregational killing systems (pemIK and hok/sok) indicates that the plasmid should be stably maintained in E. coli populations. The conjugative transfer is ensured by the operons of the tra and trb genes. We also demonstrate that the plasmidic segment undergoing amplification contains the blaSHV-5 gene and is homologous to a 7.9-kb fragment of the K. pneumoniae chromosome. The amplicon displays the structure of a composite transposon of type I.
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- M Zienkiewicz
- Department of Microbial Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, and Biophysics of Polish Academy Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
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Straley BA, Donaldson SC, Hedge NV, Sawant AA, Srinivasan V, Oliver SP, Jayarao BM. Public Health Significance of Antimicrobial-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in Raw Bulk Tank Milk. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2006; 3:222-33. [PMID: 16972770 DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2006.3.222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The dairy farm environment and animals on the farm serve as important reservoirs of pathogenic and commensal bacteria that could potentially gain access to milk in the bulk tank via several pathways. Pathogenic gram-negative bacteria can gain access to bulk tank milk from infected mammary glands, contaminated udders and milking machines, and/or from the dairy farm environment. Contaminated raw milk when consumed by humans or fed to animals on the farm can result in gastroenteric infections in humans and animals and also provide an opportunity for organisms to colonize the farm environment. This scenario becomes much more complicated when pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, and commensal gram-negative enteric bacteria encode for antimicrobial resistance determinants. In recent years, the role of commensal bacteria as reservoirs of genetic determinants for antimicrobial resistance has come under closer scrutiny. Commensal bacteria in bulk tank milk can be a significant reservoir of antimicrobial determinants. Raw milk consumption can result in exposure to antimicrobial-resistant commensal gram-negative bacteria. This paper examines the prevalence and role of commensal gram-negative enteric bacteria in bulk tank milk and their public health significance.
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- B A Straley
- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Kraniotaki E, Manganelli R, Platsouka E, Grossato A, Paniara O, Palù G. Molecular investigation of an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, with characterisation of class 1 integrons. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2006; 28:193-9. [PMID: 16904293 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2006] [Revised: 04/24/2006] [Accepted: 04/27/2006] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We investigated a multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a tertiary care hospital in Greece over a 3-month period. Molecular typing of the outbreak isolates from 31 patients revealed that two distinct genotypes were involved. Nine isolates, belonging to both genotypes, were resistant to carbapenems. Samples from the ICU environment and from the hands of personnel were collected to identify possible contamination. Class 1 integrons of 3.1, 2.5 and 2.2 kb were amplified from the clinical and environmental isolates. The 3.1 kb integron carrying five gene cassettes was found for the first time in A. baumannii. The outbreak ceased after implementation of hygienic measures in the ICU, including complete cleaning and disinfection.
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- Eleni Kraniotaki
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Evangelismos Hospital, 45-47 Hipsilantou Str., 10676 Athens, Greece.
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Toleman MA, Bennett PM, Walsh TR. ISCR elements: novel gene-capturing systems of the 21st century? Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2006; 70:296-316. [PMID: 16760305 PMCID: PMC1489542 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00048-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 438] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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"Common regions" (CRs), such as Orf513, are being increasingly linked to mega-antibiotic-resistant regions. While their overall nucleotide sequences show little identity to other mobile elements, amino acid alignments indicate that they possess the key motifs of IS91-like elements, which have been linked to the mobility ent plasmids in pathogenic Escherichia coli. Further inspection reveals that they possess an IS91-like origin of replication and termination sites (terIS), and therefore CRs probably transpose via a rolling-circle replication mechanism. Accordingly, in this review we have renamed CRs as ISCRs to give a more accurate reflection of their functional properties. The genetic context surrounding ISCRs indicates that they can procure 5' sequences via misreading of the cognate terIS, i.e., "unchecked transposition." Clinically, the most worrying aspect of ISCRs is that they are increasingly being linked with more potent examples of resistance, i.e., metallo-beta-lactamases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and co-trimoxazole resistance in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. Furthermore, if ISCR elements do move via "unchecked RC transposition," as has been speculated for ISCR1, then this mechanism provides antibiotic resistance genes with a highly mobile genetic vehicle that could greatly exceed the effects of previously reported mobile genetic mechanisms. It has been hypothesized that bacteria will surprise us by extending their "genetic construction kit" to procure and evince additional DNA and, therefore, antibiotic resistance genes. It appears that ISCR elements have now firmly established themselves within that regimen.
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- Mark A Toleman
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK.
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Michael GB, Butaye P, Cloeckaert A, Schwarz S. Genes and mutations conferring antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella: an update. Microbes Infect 2006; 8:1898-914. [PMID: 16716631 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2005] [Accepted: 12/28/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Resistance to various classes of antimicrobial agents has been encountered in many bacteria of medical and veterinary relevance. Particular attention has been paid to zoonotic bacteria such as Salmonella. Over the years, various studies have reported the presence of genes and mutations conferring resistance to antimicrobial agents in Salmonella isolates. This review is intended to provide an update on what is currently known about the genetic basis of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella.
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- Geovana Brenner Michael
- Institut für Tierzucht, Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft (FAL), Höltystrasse 10, 31535 Neustadt-Mariensee, Germany
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Brízio A, Vasco S, Conceição T, Lito L, Melo-Cristino J, Salgado MJ, Duarte A. First report of Morganella morganii producing CTX-M-15 beta-lactamase. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2006; 28:79-80. [PMID: 16690259 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Herrero A, Rodicio MR, González-Hevia MA, Mendoza MC. Molecular epidemiology of emergent multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium strains carrying the virulence resistance plasmid pUO-StVR2. J Antimicrob Chemother 2005; 57:39-45. [PMID: 16286360 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the incidence of a distinct multidrug-resistant (MDR) grouping of Salmonella serotype Typhimurium strains carrying the hybrid virulence resistance plasmid pUO-StVR2, and its possible evolution in the region where it was first detected [Principality of Asturias (PA), Spain]. METHODS pUO-StVR2-containing isolates were tentatively identified by two genetic markers: the bla(OXA-30) gene and the class 1 integron InH:2000 bp/bla(OXA-30)-aadA1a. Positive isolates were examined for resistance profile (RP), plasmid content, virulence profile (VP) and genomic polymorphisms using macrorestriction-PFGE. RESULTS A total of 182 out of 248 Typhimurium clinical isolates recorded in the PA over 2001-02 were ampicillin-resistant and could be distributed into several MDR groupings. A MDR grouping carrying pUO-StVR2, with a defined RP (AMP/bla(OXA-30), CHL/catA1, [STR-SPT]/[strA/B,aadA1a], SUL/[sul1,sul2], TET/tet(B), qacEDelta1, merA, +/-TMP/dfrA12, and containing InH), was represented by 49 isolates. The VPs of these isolates (24 genes screened) differed from that of the type strain LT2 by the absence of the sopE1 and pef genes. Macrorestriction analysis established six combined XbaI/BlnI PFGE profiles, and supported a clonal relationship among most of the isolates. CONCLUSIONS During 2001-02, the isolates carrying pUO-StVR2 constituted the second most frequent S. Typhimurium MDR grouping recorded in the PA, preceded only by the pandemic pentaresistant DT104. Polymorphisms on the genomic DNA, different phage types, different plasmid profiles and the detection of trimethoprim resistance in one isolate encoded by an additional plasmid, were consistent with both intra-cluster evolution and horizontal transfer of the hybrid plasmid.
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- A Herrero
- Departamento de Biología Funcional, Area de Microbiología, Universidad de Oviedo, C/Julián Clavería 6, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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Rasmussen MA, Carlson SA, Franklin SK, McCuddin ZP, Wu MT, Sharma VK. Exposure to rumen protozoa leads to enhancement of pathogenicity of and invasion by multiple-antibiotic-resistant Salmonella enterica bearing SGI1. Infect Immun 2005; 73:4668-75. [PMID: 16040979 PMCID: PMC1201270 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.8.4668-4675.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Multiple-antibiotic-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium is a food-borne pathogen that has been purported to be more virulent than antibiotic-sensitive counterparts. The paradigm for this multiresistant/hyperpathogenic phenotype is Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium phage type DT104 (DT104). The basis for the multiresistance in DT104 is related to an integron structure designated SGI1, but factors underlying hyperpathogenicity have not been completely identified. Since protozoa have been implicated in the alteration of virulence in Legionella and Mycobacterium spp., we attempted to assess the possibility that protozoa may contribute to the putative hypervirulence of DT104. Our study reveals that DT104 can be more invasive, as determined by a tissue culture invasion assay, after surviving within protozoa originating from the bovine rumen. The enhancement of invasion was correlated with hypervirulence in a bovine infection model in which we observed a more rapid progression of disease and a greater recovery rate for the pathogen. Fewer DT104 cells were recovered from tissues of infected animals when protozoa were lysed by preinfection chemical defaunation of the bovine or ovine rumen. The protozoan-mediated hypervirulence phenotype was observed only in DT104 and other Salmonella strains, including serovars Agona and Infantis, possessing SGI1.
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- Mark A Rasmussen
- USDA-ARS, National Animal Disease Center, 2300 Dayton Rd., Box 70, Ames, IA 50010, USA
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Kehrenberg C, Catry B, Haesebrouck F, de Kruif A, Schwarz S. Novel spectinomycin/streptomycin resistance gene, aadA14, from Pasteurella multocida. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005; 49:3046-9. [PMID: 15980396 PMCID: PMC1168649 DOI: 10.1128/aac.49.7.3046-3049.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A novel spectinomycin/streptomycin resistance gene, designated aadA14, was detected on the mobilizable 5,198-bp plasmid pCCK647 from Pasteurella multocida. The aadA14 gene encodes an aminoglycoside adenylyltransferase of 261 amino acids. Sequence comparisons revealed that the AadA14 protein showed less than 60% identity to the AadA proteins known so far.
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- Corinna Kehrenberg
- Institut für Tierzucht, Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft (FAL), Höltystr. 10, 31535 Neustadt-Mariensee, Germany
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Nógrády N, Gadó I, Tóth A, Pászti J. Antibiotic resistance and class 1 integron patterns of non-typhoidal human Salmonella serotypes isolated in Hungary in 2002 and 2003. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2005; 26:126-32. [PMID: 15955673 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2005.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2004] [Accepted: 04/14/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The antibiotic resistance profiles of 5178 Salmonella strains representing 19 non-typhoidal serotypes isolated from human salmonellosis cases in Hungary in 2002 and 2003 were analysed for resistance to 10 antibiotic agents. The most frequent resistances were to nalidixic acid (Nx), streptomycin (S), tetracycline (Tc), ampicillin (Amp) and chloramphenicol (Cm) (ranging from 27% to 13%). Forty-five percent of the Salmonella Typhimurium strains were multiple resistant and belonged mainly to the definitive phage types 104 and U302. A prevalence of 83-94% of strains of serotypes S. Infantis, S. Hadar and S. Virchow was observed with the NxSTc resistance pattern, sometimes complemented with other resistances. Multiple resistance was uncommon in S. Enteritidis; nevertheless, 20% of the strains, most of which belonged to phage type 4, were nalidixic acid resistant. One strain of S. Typhimurium was found to be resistant to ciprofloxacin. Four S. Typhimurium strains were resistant to cefotaxime and produced extended-spectrum beta-lactamase. Selected isolates were screened for the presence of class 1 integrons by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Nucleotide sequencing of the PCR products revealed nine different variable regions. One resistance gene was identified in five variable regions (aadA1, aadA2, aadA23, dfrV and pse-1), and four variable regions carried two resistance gene cassettes (aadB-catB3, dhfrI-aadA, dfrA17-aadA5 and oxa-1-aadA1).
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- Noémi Nógrády
- Phage Typing and Molecular Epidemiology Department, 'Johan Béla" National Centre for Epidemiology, Gyáli u. 2-6, Budapest H-1097, Hungary.
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Pérez-Moreno MO, Carulla-Pont M, Pérez-Moreno M, Jardí-Baiges AM, Llovet-Lombarte MI, Tejedor-Ganduxé X, Zaragoza-López J. Integrones de clase 1 en aislados de Salmonella enterica productores de diferentes tipos de betalactamasas recogidos en la región sanitaria de Tortosa. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2005; 23:259-65. [PMID: 15899175 DOI: 10.1157/13074965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the frequency of class 1 integrons among isolates of Salmonella enterica producing different types of beta-lactamases from the health region of Tortosa, and to attempt to establish the resistance genes located within their variable regions. METHODS The presence of class 1 integrons and of aadA1, aadA2, dfrA1, tem-1, oxa-1 and pse-1 resistance genes within their variable regions was investigated by PCR in 100 ampicillin-resistant isolates of S. enterica (30 S. enteritidis, 56 S. Typhimurium and 14 from other serotypes) consecutively recovered in our laboratory between 2000 and 2001. Beta-lactamases were characterized by isoelectric focusing and PCR. RESULTS a) 6/57 TEM-1 producing isolates carried integrons: 1 S. ser Panama, 2 S. ser Enteritidis and 1 S. ser Typhimurium (1600 pb/aadA1-dfrA1); 1 S. ser Panama (1600 pb/aadA2-dfrA1); 1 S. ser Grumpensis (1500 pb 1 1700 pb; aadA2 and ??) b) All OXA-1 producing isolates (20 S. ser Typhimurium) bore an integron of 2000 pb/aadA1-oxa-1; c) All PSE-1 producing isolates (22 S. ser Typhimurium, most of them 104 phage type, and 1 S. enterica immobile [4,12:-:-]) harbored 2 integrons (1000 pb/aadA1 and 1,00 pb/pse-1). CONCLUSION The presence of class 1 integrons carrying oxa-1 or pse-1 resistance genes in all the OXA-1-producing and PSE-1-producing isolates investigated could have contributed to their spread and explain the increase in frequency of multiresistant S. ser Typhimurium isolates harboring these enzymes seen in the health region of Tortosa. In addition, we report the first isolate of S. ser enterica serotype Grumpensis harboring integrons.
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- Mar Olga Pérez-Moreno
- Servicio de Análisis Clínicos, Hospital de Tortosa Verge de la Cinta, 43500 Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain.
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Marrero-Ponce Y, Medina-Marrero R, Torrens F, Martinez Y, Romero-Zaldivar V, Castro EA. Atom, atom-type, and total nonstochastic and stochastic quadratic fingerprints: a promising approach for modeling of antibacterial activity. Bioorg Med Chem 2005; 13:2881-99. [PMID: 15781398 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2005.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2004] [Accepted: 02/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The TOpological MOlecular COMputer Design (TOMOCOMD-CARDD) approach has been introduced for the classification and design of antimicrobial agents using computer-aided molecular design. For this propose, atom, atom-type, and total quadratic indices have been generalized to codify chemical structure information. In this sense, stochastic quadratic indices have been introduced for the description of the molecular structure. These stochastic fingerprints are based on a simple model for the intramolecular movement of all valence-bond electrons. In this work, a complete data set containing 1006 antimicrobial agents is collected and presented. Two structure-based antibacterial activity classification models have been generated. The models (including nonstochastic and stochastic indices) classify correctly more than 90% of 1525 compounds in training sets. These models permit the correct classification of 92.28% and 89.31% of 505 compounds in an external test sets. The TOMOCOMD-CARDD approach, also, satisfactorily compares with respect to nine of the most useful models for antimicrobial selection reported to date. Finally, a virtual screening of 87 new compounds reported in the antiinfective field with antibacterial activities is developed showing the ability of the TOMOCOMD-CARDD models to identify new leads as antibacterial.
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- Yovani Marrero-Ponce
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Chemical-Pharmacy, Central University of Las Villas, Santa Clara 54830, Villa Clara, Cuba.
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