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Jeong J, Lee JY, Moon JS, Kang MS, Kang SI, Lee OM, Lee SH, Kwon YK, Chae M, Cho S. Virulence Genes, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Genotypes of Campylobacter jejuni Isolated from Chicken Slaughterhouses in South Korea. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2024. [PMID: 38608218 DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2023.0144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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Campylobacter jejuni represents one of the leading causes of bacterial gastroenteritis in humans and is primarily linked to chicken meat contamination. In the present study, we analyzed the virulence and survival genes, antimicrobial resistance, and the clonal distribution of 50 C. jejuni isolates obtained from various sources in 14 chicken slaughterhouses across 8 provinces in South Korea from 2019 to 2022. Furthermore, we determined their genetic relatedness to human-derived isolates registered in PubMLST using multilocus sequence typing (MLST). All isolates harbored various virulence and survival genes (flhA, cadF, cdtA, cdtC, cmeA, and sodB) out of 17 tested genes, as confirmed via polymerase chain reaction analysis. Adherence factor gene virB11 was not detected in any isolate. All isolates harbored 12 or more virulence and survival genes. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing indicated that ciprofloxacin resistance was the most prevalent (84.0%), followed by nalidixic acid (82.0%) and tetracycline (52.0%) resistance. MLST analysis of the isolates revealed 18 sequence types (STs), including four new ones. Overlapping STs between chicken slaughterhouse and human-derived isolates included ST42, ST45, ST50, ST137, ST354, and ST464. Our study identified 11 clonal complexes (CCs), with CC-21 being the most prevalent in both human and chicken slaughterhouse-derived isolates. This study provides comprehensive insights into recent C. jejuni isolates from chicken slaughterhouses, including data on quinolone resistance and virulence factors. The MLST-based genetic relatedness between isolates from humans and chicken slaughterhouses in this study suggests the potential of C. jejuni transmission from chickens to humans through the food chain. This study suggests the need for improved management practices in chicken slaughterhouses to reduce the transmission of chicken slaughterhouse-derived C. jejuni to humans.
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- Jiyeon Jeong
- Avian Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, South Korea
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Avian Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, South Korea
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- Avian Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, South Korea
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- Avian Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, South Korea
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- Avian Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, South Korea
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- Avian Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, South Korea
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- Avian Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, South Korea
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- Avian Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, South Korea
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- Avian Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, South Korea
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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Deforet F, Jehanne Q, Bénéjat L, Aptel J, Prat R, Desbiolles C, Ducournau A, Jauvain M, Bonnet R, Vandenesch F, Lemoine J, Lehours P. Combined genomic-proteomic approach in the identification of Campylobacter coli amoxicillin-clavulanic acid resistance mechanism in clinical isolates. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1285236. [PMID: 38029165 PMCID: PMC10666280 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1285236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Introduction Aminopenicillins resistance among Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli strains is associated with a single mutation in the promoting region of a chromosomal beta-lactamase blaOXA61, allowing its expression. Clavulanic acid is used to restore aminopenicillins activity in case of blaOXA61 expression and has also an inherent antimicrobial activity over Campylobacter spp. Resistance to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid is therefore extremely rare among these species: only 0.1% of all Campylobacter spp. analyzed in the French National Reference Center these last years (2017-2022). Material and methods Whole genome sequencing with bioinformatic resistance identification combined with mass spectrometry (MS) was used to identify amoxicillin-acid clavulanic resistance mechanism in Campylobacters. Results A G57T mutation in blaOXA61 promoting region was identified in all C. jejuni and C. coli ampicillin resistant isolates and no mutation in ampicillin susceptible isolates. Interestingly, three C. coli resistant to both ampicillin and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid displayed a supplemental deletion in the promoting region of blaOXA61 beta-lactamase, at position A69. Using MS, a significant difference in the expression of BlaOXA61 was observed between these three isolates and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid susceptible C. coli. Conclusion A combined genomics/proteomics approach allowed here to identify a rare putative resistance mechanism associated with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid resistance for C. coli.
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- Francis Deforet
- Institut des Sciences Analytiques, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Bacteriology Department, CHU de Bordeaux, National Reference Center for Campylobacters and Helicobacters, Bordeaux, France
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- Bacteriology Department, CHU de Bordeaux, National Reference Center for Campylobacters and Helicobacters, Bordeaux, France
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- Bacteriology Department, CHU de Bordeaux, National Reference Center for Campylobacters and Helicobacters, Bordeaux, France
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- Institut des Agents Infectieux, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Institut des Agents Infectieux, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Bacteriology Department, CHU de Bordeaux, National Reference Center for Campylobacters and Helicobacters, Bordeaux, France
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- Bacteriology Department, CHU de Bordeaux, National Reference Center for Campylobacters and Helicobacters, Bordeaux, France
- Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, BRIC U1312, INSERM, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratoire Associé CNR de la Résistance aux Antibiotiques, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Institut des Sciences Analytiques, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Bacteriology Department, CHU de Bordeaux, National Reference Center for Campylobacters and Helicobacters, Bordeaux, France
- Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, BRIC U1312, INSERM, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Awad A, Yeh HY, Ramadan H, Rothrock MJ. Genotypic characterization, antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence determinants of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from pastured poultry farms. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1271551. [PMID: 38029099 PMCID: PMC10668334 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1271551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Aim Campylobacter is the leading bacterial pathogen that causes foodborne illnesses worldwide. Pasture farming is regarded as an important source of agricultural production for small farming communities. Consumer preference for pasture-raised animal products has increased; however, there is a paucity of information on the microbiological quality of pasture-raised poultry products. The purpose of this study was to explore genetic relatedness of thermophilic Campylobacter isolates, to assess antibiotic resistance phenotypically and genotypically, and to screen the presence of virulence determinants of Campylobacter isolates from pasture-raised poultry farms from southeastern United States. Methods Ninety-seven Campylobacter isolates previously identified by Q7 BAX® System Real-Time PCR were genotyped by multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Campylobacter isolates were then evaluated for their phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility against nine antimicrobial agents using Sensititre plates. Additionally, Campylobacter isolates were tested for the presence of antimicrobial resistance-associated elements. Furthermore, Campylobacter isolates were screened for the presence of 13 genes encoding putative virulence factors by PCR. These included genes involved in motility (flaA and flhA), adhesion and colonization (cadF, docC, racR, and virB11), toxin production (cdtA, cdtB, cdtC, wlaN, and ceuE) and invasion (ciaB and iamA). Results Among 97 Campylobacter isolates, Campylobacter jejuni (n = 79) and Campylobacter coli (n = 18) were identified. By MLST, C. jejuni isolates were assigned to seven clonal complexes. Among them, ST-353, ST-607 and ST-21 were the most common STs recognized. All C. coli (n = 18) isolates were included in CC-828. Interestingly, eight STs identified were not belonging any previous identified clonal complex. Campylobacter isolates displayed a high resistance rate against tetracycline (81.4%), while a low rate of resistance was observed against macrolides (azithromycin and erythromycin), quinolones and fluoroquinolones (nalidixic acid and ciprofloxacin), aminoglycosides (gentamicin), ketolide (telithromycin), amphenicol (florfenicol) and lincomycin (clindamycin). Thirteen isolates (13.54%) were pan-susceptible to all tested antibiotics, while nine isolates were multi-antimicrobial resistant (MAR; resist to three or more antimicrobial classes). Interestingly, there were no isolates resistant to all antimicrobial classes. Thr86Ile mutation was identified in all quinolones resistant strains. Erythromycin encoding gene (ermB) was identified in 75% of erythromycin resistant isolates. The A2075 mutation was detected in one erythromycin resistant strain, while A2074 could not be identified. The tetO gene was identified in 93.7% of tetracycline resistant isolates and six tetracycline susceptible isolates. In conclusion, the results of this study revealed that Campylobacter isolates from pasture-raised poultry farms showed the ST relatedness to Campylobacter isolates commonly associated with humans, indicating pasture-raised broiler flocks, similar to conventionally-reared broiler flocks, as a potential vector for antibiotic-resistant and pathogenic strains of thermophilic Campylobacter to humans.
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- Amal Awad
- Department of Bacteriology, Mycology, and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- U.S. National Poultry Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Hygiene and Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- U.S. National Poultry Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Athens, GA, United States
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Aksomaitiene J, Novoslavskij A, Malakauskas M. Whole-Genome Sequencing-Based Profiling of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes and Core-Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing of Campylobacter jejuni from Different Sources in Lithuania. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16017. [PMID: 37958998 PMCID: PMC10648690 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242116017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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Campylobacter jejuni is known as one of the main causative agents of gastroenteritis in humans worldwide, and the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Campylobacter is a growing public health challenge of special concern. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was used to characterize genetic determinants of AMR in 53 C. jejuni isolates from dairy cattle, broiler products, wild birds, and humans in Lithuania. The WGS-based study revealed 26 C. jejuni AMR markers that conferred resistance to various antimicrobials. Genetic markers associated with resistance to beta-lactamases, tetracycline, and aminoglycosides were found in 79.3%, 28.3%, and 9.4% of C. jejuni isolates, respectively. Additionally, genetic markers associated with multidrug resistance (MDR) were found in 90.6% of C. jejuni isolates. The WGS data analysis revealed that a common mutation in the quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) was R285K (854G > A) at 86.8%, followed by A312T (934G > A) at 83% and T86I (257C > T) at 71.7%. The phenotypic resistance analysis performed with the agar dilution method revealed that ciprofloxacin (CIP) (90.6%), ceftriaxone (CRO) (67.9%), and tetracycline (TET) (45.3%) were the predominant AMR patterns. MDR was detected in 41.5% (22/53) of the isolates tested. Fifty-seven virulence genes were identified in all C. jejuni isolates; most of these genes were associated with motility (n = 28) and chemotaxis (n = 10). Additionally, all C. jejuni isolates harbored virulence genes related to adhesion, invasion, LOS, LPS, CPS, transportation, and CDT. In total, 16 sequence types (STs) and 11 clonal complexes (CC) were identified based on core-genome MLST (cgMLST) analysis. The data analysis revealed distinct diversity depending on phenotypic and genotypic antimicrobial resistance of C. jejuni.
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- Jurgita Aksomaitiene
- Department of Food Safety and Quality, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Tilzes Str. 18, LT-47181 Kaunas, Lithuania; (A.N.); (M.M.)
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Gao F, Tu L, Chen M, Chen H, Zhang X, Zhuang Y, Luo J, Chen M. Erythromycin resistance of clinical Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in Shanghai, China. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1145581. [PMID: 37260688 PMCID: PMC10229067 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1145581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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Campylobacter species are zoonotic pathogens, as well as the prevalent cause of foodborne bacterial gastroenteritis. The spread of antimicrobial-resistant strains poses a serious threat to global public health and attracts attention worldwide, but information about clinical Campylobacter is relatively limited compared to isolates from food and animals. The current study illustrated the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolates collected from a consecutive surveillance program between 2012 and 2019 in Shanghai, China, using antimicrobial susceptibility testing and whole-genome sequencing. Among the 891 Campylobacter strains (761 C. jejuni and 130 C. coli) isolates collected, high portions above 90% of resistance to ciprofloxacin, nalidixic acid, and tetracycline were observed for both C. jejuni and C. coli. The most common MDR profiles represented by C. jejuni and C. coli were combination of ciprofloxacin, tetracycline, florfenicol and nalidixic acid (5.39%), and azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, gentamicin, tetracycline, clindamycin, nalidixic acid (28.46%), respectively. The erythromycin resistance of C. coli (59.23%) is higher than C. jejuni (2.50%). A total of 76 erythromycin resistant isolates (16 C. jejuni and 60 C. coli) were sequenced using Illumina platform for determining the genotypes, antimicrobial resistance patterns and phylogeny analysis. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) analysis showed a high genetic diversity with 47 sequence types (STs), including 4 novel alleles and 12 new STs. The most abundant clonal complexes (CCs) were CC-403 (31.25%) and CC-828 (88.33%) for C. jejuni and C. coli, respectively. Among the 76 erythromycin-resistant isolates, mutation A2075G in 23S rRNA and erm(B) gene were detected in 53.95 and 39.47%, respectively. The erm(B) gene was identified exclusively in 30 C. coli isolates. All these erm(B) positive isolates were multi-drug resistant. Furthermore, comparison of the erm(B)-carrying isolates of multiple sources worldwide demonstrated the possibility of zoonotic transmission of erm(B) in Campylobacter. These findings highlight the importance of continuous surveillance of erythromycin resistance dissemination in Campylobacter which may compromise the effectiveness of antimicrobial therapy.
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- Fen Gao
- Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Public Health Service and Safety Assessment, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
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Goulart DB, Zhang Q, Sahin O. Growth kinetics and fitness of fluoroquinolone resistant and susceptible Campylobacter jejuni strains of cattle origin. Front Vet Sci 2023; 10:1117975. [PMID: 37143492 PMCID: PMC10151759 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1117975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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Human enterocolitis is frequently caused by the Gram-negative microaerobic bacterium Campylobacter jejuni. Macrolides (e.g., erythromycin) and fluoroquinolones (FQs) (e.g., ciprofloxacin) are the preferred antibiotics for the treatment of human campylobacteriosis. Rapid emergence of FQ-resistant (FQ-R) Campylobacter during treatment with FQ antimicrobials is well known to occur in poultry. Cattle is also an important reservoir of Campylobacter for humans, and FQ-R Campylobacter from cattle has become highly prevalent in recent years. Even though the selection pressure may have contributed to the expansion of FQ-R Campylobacter, the actual impact of this factor appears to be rather low. In this study, we examined the hypothesis that the fitness of FQ-R Campylobacter may have also played a role in the rise seen in FQ-R Campylobacter isolates by employing a series of in vitro experiments in MH broth and bovine fecal extract. First, it was shown that FQ-R and FQ-susceptible (FQ-S) C. jejuni strains of cattle origin had comparable growth rates when individually cultured in both MH broth and the fecal extract with no antibiotic present. Interestingly, FQ-R strains had small but statistically significant increases over FQ-S strains in growth in competition experiments performed in mixed cultures with no antibiotic present. Lastly, it was observed that FQ-S C. jejuni strains developed resistance to ciprofloxacin more readily at high initial bacterial cell density (107 CFU/mL) and when exposed to low levels of the antibiotic (2-4 μg/mL) compared with that at a low level of initial bacterial cell density (105 CFU/mL) and exposure to a high level of ciprofloxacin (20 μg/mL) in both MH broth and the fecal extract. Altogether, these findings indicate that even though FQ-R C. jejuni of cattle origin may have a slightly higher fitness advantage over the FQ-S population, the emergence of FQ-R mutants from susceptible strains is primarily dictated by the bacterial cell density and the antibiotic concentration exposed under in vitro condition. These observation may also provide plausible explanations for the high prevalence of FQ-R C. jejuni in cattle production due to its overall fit nature in the absence of antibiotic selection pressure and for the paucity of development of FQ-R C. jejuni in the cattle intestine in response to FQ-treatment, as observed in our recent studies.
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- Debora Brito Goulart
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
- *Correspondence: Orhan Sahin,
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Tsiklauri R, Gabashvili E, Kobakhidze S, Tabatadze L, Bobokhidze E, Dadiani K, Koulouris S, Kotetishvili M. In-silico analyses provide strong statistical evidence for intra-species recombination events of the gyrA and CmeABC operon loci contributing to the continued emergence of resistance to fluoroquinolones in natural populations of Campylobacter jejuni. J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2022; 31:22-31. [PMID: 35985623 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2022.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Revised: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The continued emergence of Campylobacter jejuni strains resistant to fluoroquinolones (FQs) has posed a significant threat to global public health, leading frequently to undesirable outcomes of human campylobacteriosis treatment. The molecular genetic mechanisms contributing to the increased retention of resistance to FQs in natural populations of this species, especially in antibiotic-free environments, are not clearly understood. This study aimed to determine whether genetic recombination could be such a mechanism. METHODS We applied a large array of algorithms, imbedded in the SplitsTree and RDP4 software packages, to analyse the DNA sequences of the chromosomal loci, including the gyrA gene and the CmeABC operon, to identify events of their genetic recombination between C. jejuni strains. RESULTS The SplitsTree analyses of the above genetic loci resulted in several parallelograms with the bootstrap values being in a range of 94.7 to 100, with the high fit estimates being 99.3 to 100. These analyses were further strongly supported by the Phi test results (P ≤ 0.02715) and the RDP4-generated statistics (P ≤ 0.04005). The recombined chromosomal regions, along with the gyrA gene and CmeABC operon loci, were also found to contain the genetic loci that included, but were not limited to, the genes encoding for phosphoribosyltransferase, lipoprotein, outer membrane motility protein, and radical SAM domain protein. CONCLUSION These findings strongly suggest that the genetic recombination of the chromosomal regions involving gyrA, CmeABC, and their adjacent loci may be an additional mechanism underlying the constant emergence of epidemiologically successful FQ-resistant strains in natural populations of C. jejuni.
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- Rusudan Tsiklauri
- Faculty of Medicine, Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Bioinformatics Core, Scientific-Research Center of Agriculture, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Division of Risk Assessment, Scientific-Research Center of Agriculture, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Division of Risk Assessment, Scientific-Research Center of Agriculture, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Division of Risk Assessment, Scientific-Research Center of Agriculture, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia; G. Natadze Scientific-Research Institute of Sanitation, Hygiene and Medical Ecology, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium
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- G. Natadze Scientific-Research Institute of Sanitation, Hygiene and Medical Ecology, Tbilisi, Georgia; School of Science and Technology, Scientific Research Institute of the University of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia.
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Occurrence and Risk Assessment of Fluoroquinolone Residues in Chicken and Pork in China. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11101292. [PMID: 36289951 PMCID: PMC9598053 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11101292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Antibiotics, especially fluoroquinolones, have been exhaustively used in animal husbandry. However, very limited information on the occurrence and exposure assessment of fluoroquinolone residues in chicken and pork in China is available to date. Thus, a total of 1754 chicken samples and 1712 pork samples were collected from 25 provinces in China and tested by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC–MS/MS) for residual determination of six common fluoroquinolones. The results revealed that the detection frequencies of fluoroquinolone residues were 3.99% and 1.69% in chicken and pork samples. The overall violation frequencies were 0.68% and 0.41% for chicken and pork. Enrofloxacin and its metabolite ciprofloxacin were found to be the most predominant fluoroquinolones. The occurrence of these antibiotics in different sampling regions and market types was analyzed. The %ADI values of enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin were far less than 100, indicating the health risk associated with the exposure to these aforementioned fluoroquinolone residues via chicken and pork for Chinese children, adolescents, and adults was acceptable. The results provided useful references for Chinese consumers, and helped to appropriately use these antibiotics in poultry and livestock industry.
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Effect of Danofloxacin Treatment on the Development of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni in Calves. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11040531. [PMID: 35453282 PMCID: PMC9025843 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11040531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Campylobacter is a leading cause of foodborne gastroenteritis. Recent studies have indicated a rise in fluoroquinolone-resistant (FQ-R) Campylobacter in cattle, where FQ is used to control bovine respiratory disease (BRD). To assess the effect of danofloxacin treatment on the development of FQ-resistance in C. jejuni, 30 commercial calves were divided into Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3 (n = 10), and were all inoculated orally with FQ-susceptible (FQ-S) C. jejuni; seven days later, Group 3 was challenged with transtracheal Mannheimia haemolytica, and one week later, Group 2 and Group 3 were injected subcutaneously with danofloxacin. Rectal feces were collected to determine relative percentages of FQ-R Campylobacter via culture. Before oral inoculation with C. jejuni, 87% of calves were naturally colonized by FQ-R C. jejuni. Two days after the inoculation, FQ-R C. jejuni decreased substantially in the majority of calves. Within 24 h of danofloxacin injection, almost all C. jejuni populations shifted to an FQ-R phenotype in both FQ-treated groups, which was only transitory, as FQ-S strains became predominant during later periods. Genotyping indicated that the spike seen in FQ-R C. jejuni populations following the injection was due mainly to enrichment of preexisting FQ-R C. jejuni, rather than development of de novo FQ resistance in susceptible strains. These results provide important insights into the dynamic changes of FQ-resistant Campylobacter in cattle in response to FQ treatment.
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Yeh HY, Cox NA, Hinton A, Berrang ME, Plumblee Lawrence JR, Thompson TM. Prevalence and Characterization of Quinolone Resistance in Campylobacter spp. Isolates in Chicken Livers from Retail Stores in Georgia, USA. J Food Prot 2022; 85:406-413. [PMID: 34818407 DOI: 10.4315/jfp-21-357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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ABSTRACT Campylobacter is a bacterial pathogen that causes human foodborne illnesses worldwide, and outbreaks have been associated with consumption of undercooked chicken livers. The objectives of this study were to compare two PCR assays of 250 Campylobacter isolates for identification to species, to assess antibiotic resistance of the isolates, and to analyze genetic diversity of the quinolone resistance determining regions (QRDRs) of the isolates. A double-blind design was used to identify the species of Campylobacter; 181 (72%) of the isolates were identified as Campylobacter jejuni, and 69 (28%) isolates were identified as Campylobacter coli by both PCR assays. A total of 93 (37.2%) isolates were resistant to at least one antibiotic. Among 88 C. jejuni isolates, 33 (18%) were resistant to nalidixic acid (NAL) and ciprofloxacin (CIP), 25 (14%) were resistant to tetracycline (TET), and 18 (10%) were resistant to NAL and TET. Two C. jejuni isolates were resistant to four of the tested antibiotics, and one isolate was resistant to five antibiotics. Two C. coli isolates were resistant to TET, and two were resistant to NAL, CIP, and TET. The amino acid sequences of the QRDRs for the isolates had eight point mutations and could be classified into 12 groups. Thirty-eight C. jejuni isolates resistant to NAL and CIP had a point mutation at residue 86 (substitution from threonine to isoleucine). However, six isolates without this substitution were resistant to NAL and/or CIP. Ten isolates with a point mutation at residue 86 were susceptible to NAL and CIP. This observation suggests that in addition to the substitution at residue 86 other mechanisms may confer resistance to quinolones. Further studies are needed to elucidate mechanisms for quinolone resistance in Campylobacter. The Campylobacter spp. isolated from chicken livers in this study were resistant to quinolones and other classes of antibiotics. HIGHLIGHTS
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- Hung-Yueh Yeh
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, 950 College Station Road, Athens, Georgia 30605-2720, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, 950 College Station Road, Athens, Georgia 30605-2720, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, 950 College Station Road, Athens, Georgia 30605-2720, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, 950 College Station Road, Athens, Georgia 30605-2720, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, 950 College Station Road, Athens, Georgia 30605-2720, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, 950 College Station Road, Athens, Georgia 30605-2720, USA
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Antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni from human campylobacteriosis in Taiwan, 2016-2019. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2021; 66:e0173621. [PMID: 34748382 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01736-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Campylobacter coli and C. jejuni are highly resistant to most therapeutic antimicrobials in Taiwan, rapid diagnostics of resistance in bacterial isolates is crucial for the treatment of campylobacteriosis. We characterized 219 (40 C. coli and 179 C. jejuni) isolates recovered from humans between 2016 and 2019 using whole-genome sequencing to investigate the genetic diversity among isolates and the genetic resistance determinants associated with antimicrobial resistance. Susceptibility testing with 8 antimicrobials was conducted to assess the concordance between phenotypic resistance and genetic determinants. The conventional and core genome multilocus sequence typing analysis revealed diverse clonality among the isolates. Mutations in gyrA (T86I, D90N), rpsL (K43R, K88R), and 23S rRNA (A2075G) were found in 91.8%, 3.2%, and 6.4% of the isolates, respectively. Horizontally transferable resistance genes ant(6)-I, aad9, aph(3')-IIIa, aph(2"), blaOXA, catA/fexA, cfr(C), erm(B), lnu, sat4, and tet were identified in 24.2%, 21.5%, 33.3%, 11.9%, 96.3%, 10.0%, 0.9%, 6.8%, 3.2%, 13.2%, and 96.3%, respectively. High-level resistance to 8 antimicrobials in isolates was 100% predictable by the known resistance determinants, whereas low-level resistance to azithromycin, clindamycin, nalidixic acid, ciprofloxacin, and florfenicol in isolates was associated with sequence variations in CmeA and CmeB of the CmeABC efflux pump. Resistance-enhancing CmeB variants were identified in 62.1% (136/219) of isolates. In conclusion, an extremely high proportion of C. coli (100%) and C. jejuni (88.3%) were multidrug-resistant and a high proportion (62.5%) of C. coli isolates had been resistant to azithromycin, erythromycin, and clindamycin that would complicate the treatment of invasive campylobacteriosis in this country.
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Detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Salmonella typhimurium in chicken using PCR for virulence factor hipO and invA genes (Saudi Arabia). Biosci Rep 2021; 41:229774. [PMID: 34519329 PMCID: PMC8458795 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20211790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Campylobacter jejuni and Salmonella typhimurium are the leading causes of bacterial food contamination in chicken carcasses. Contamination is particularly associated with the slaughtering process. The present study isolated C. jejuni and S. typhimurim from fifty chicken carcass samples, all of which were acquired from different companies in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The identification of C. jejuni was performed phenotypically by using a hippurate test and genetically using a polymerase chain reaction with primers for 16S rRNA and hippurate hydrolase (hipO gene). For the dentification of S. typhimurim, a serological Widal test was carried out using serum anti-S. typhimurium antibodies. Strains were genetically detected using invA gene primers. The positive isolates for C. jejuni showed a specific molecular size of 1448 bp for 16S rRNA and 1148 bp for hipO genes. However, the positive isolates of the invA gene exhibited a specific molecular size at 244 bp using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Comparing sequencing was performed with respect to the invA gene and the BLAST nucleotide isolates that were identified as Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar typhimurium strain ST45, thereby producing a similarity of 100%. The testing identified C.jejuni for hippuricase, GenBank: Z36940.1. While many isolates of Salmonella spp. that contained the invA gene were not necessarily identified as S. typhimurim, the limiting factor for the Widal test used antiS. typhimurum antibodies. The multidrug resistance (MDR) of C. jejuni isolates in chickens was compared with the standard C. jejuni strain ATCC 22931. Similarly, S. typhimurium isolates were compared with the standard S. typhimurium strain ATCC 14028.
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Royden A, Christley R, Jones T, Williams A, Awad F, Haldenby S, Wigley P, Rushton SP, Williams NJ. Campylobacter Contamination at Retail of Halal Chicken Produced in the United Kingdom. J Food Prot 2021; 84:1433-1445. [PMID: 33666665 DOI: 10.4315/jfp-20-428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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ABSTRACT Campylobacter is the leading cause of human bacterial diarrheal disease worldwide, and poultry meat products account for the majority of human cases. Based on recent surveys, the Food Standards Agency has estimated the Campylobacter prevalence in fresh retail chicken in the United Kingdom to be 41.2%. However, such surveys have not distinguished between broiler chickens produced for different consumer demographic groups, such as the Halal market. Campylobacter colonization of broilers is difficult to prevent, especially during routine partial depopulation of flocks. Broilers produced for the Halal market may undergo multiple depopulation events, which may increase the risk of Campylobacter colonization and subsequent contamination of chicken meat. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and levels of Campylobacter contamination in chicken meat produced for the Halal market in the United Kingdom. Campylobacter was identified and enumerated from the neck skin and outer packaging of 405 Halal chickens. Culture isolates were assigned to species via PCR assays, and disk diffusion assays were used to determine antimicrobial susceptibility. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess risk factors for Campylobacter contamination, the level of Campylobacter contamination among positive carcasses, and antimicrobial resistance. Campylobacter spp. were confirmed in 65.4% of neck skin samples and 17.1% of packaging samples. Neck skin samples had the highest level of contamination; 13.8% of samples had >1,000 CFU/g. Large birds had a significantly higher number of samples with >1,000 CFU/g (P < 0.001). and as chicken carcass weight increased, birds were more likely to be Campylobacter positive (P < 0.05). A high prevalence of resistance was seen to ciprofloxacin (42.0% of samples), and 38.5% of samples contained at least one multidrug-resistant Campylobacter isolate. This study revealed that Halal chicken has a higher Campylobacter prevalence than does non-Halal chicken. Interventions should be introduced to reduce this public health risk. HIGHLIGHTS
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health and
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health and
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- Department of Functional and Comparative Genomics, Institute of Integrative Biology, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, UK, L69 7ZB; and
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- Department of Infection Biology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Cheshire, UK, CH64 7TE
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- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Agriculture Building, Newcastle University, King's Road, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, NE1 7RU
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Kim JH, Lee HJ, Jeong OM, Kim DW, Jeong JY, Kwon YK, Kang MS. High prevalence and variable fitness of fluoroquinolone-resistant avian pathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from chickens in Korea. Avian Pathol 2020; 50:151-160. [PMID: 33242260 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2020.1855322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Colibacillosis caused by avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) is the most common bacterial disease in poultry, resulting in significant economic losses. Resistance to fluoroquinolones has been found to be high in APEC worldwide, which has increased concerns about risks to human health as well as poultry production. In the present study, we determined the prevalence, genetic traits, and fitness traits of fluoroquinolone-resistant APEC isolated from chickens in Korea using a total of 286 APEC isolates collected between 2014 and 2017. The APEC isolates were highly resistant to nalidixic acid (86.0%), ampicillin (71.7%), tetracycline (69.6%), and sulfisoxazole (61.2%), and 132 (46.2%) of the isolates were resistant to both enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin. These fluoroquinolone-resistant isolates showed eight mutation combinations including single- or double-point mutations in the gyrA, parC, or parE genes. The isolates with double mutations (codons 83 and 87) in gyrA and additional mutations in parC and parE showed high-level fluoroquinolone resistance (minimum inhibitory concentrations, 16-128 µg/ml). The isolates fell into four phylogenetic groups, and groups A (47/132, 35.6%) and B1 (47/132, 36.4%) were the most predominant. Nine isolates (6.8%) belonged to group B2 and included major lineages of extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli, sequence type (ST) 95 (n = 3) and ST69 (n = 2). The isolates varied in their virulence-associated gene content, biofilm formation, and intramacrophage survival. Overall, fluoroquinolone-resistant APEC in poultry poses a potential risk to public health and represents a highly diverse group of the resistant bacteria that varied in their genetic and fitness traits.
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- Jin-Hyun Kim
- Avian Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, Korea
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- Avian Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, Korea
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- Avian Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, Korea
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- Avian Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, Korea
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- Avian Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, Korea
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- Avian Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, Korea
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- Avian Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon-si, Korea
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Samarth DP, Kwon YM. Horizontal genetic exchange of chromosomally encoded markers between Campylobacter jejuni cells. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0241058. [PMID: 33104745 PMCID: PMC7588059 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Many epidemiological studies provide us with the evidence of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) contributing to the bacterial genomic diversity that benefits the bacterial populations with increased ability to adapt to the dynamic environments. Campylobacter jejuni, a major cause of acute enteritis in the U.S., often linked with severe post-infection neuropathies, has been reported to exhibit a non-clonal population structure and comparatively higher strain-level genetic variation. In this study, we provide evidence of the HGT of chromosomally encoded genetic markers between C. jejuni cells in the biphasic MH medium. We used two C. jejuni NCTC-11168 mutants harbouring distinct antibiotic-resistance genes [chloramphenicol (Cm) and kanamycin (Km)] present at two different neutral genomic loci. Cultures of both marker strains were mixed together and incubated for 5 hrs, then plated on MH agar plates supplemented with both antibiotics. The recombinant cells with double antibiotic markers were generated at the frequency of 0.02811 ± 0.0035% of the parental strains. PCR assays using locus-specific primers confirmed that transfer of the antibiotic-resistance genes was through homologous recombination. Also, the addition of chicken cecal content increased the recombination efficiency approximately up to 10-fold as compared to the biphasic MH medium (control) at P < 0.05. Furthermore, treating the co-culture with DNase I decreased the available DNA, which in turn significantly reduced recombination efficiency by 99.92% (P < 0.05). We used the cell-free supernatant of 16 hrs-culture of Wild-type C. jejuni as a template for PCR and found DNA sequences from six different genomic regions were easily amplified, indicating the presence of released chromosomal DNA in the culture supernatant. Our findings suggest that HGT in C. jejuni is facilitated in the chicken gut environment contributing to in vivo genomic diversity. Additionally, C. jejuni might have an active mechanism to release its chromosomal DNA into the extracellular environment, further expediting HGT in C. jejuni populations.
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- Deepti Pranay Samarth
- Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States of America
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States of America
- Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States of America
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Ilktac M, Ongen B, Humphrey TJ, Williams LK. Molecular and phenotypical investigation of ciprofloxacin resistance among Campylobacter jejuni strains of human origin: high prevalence of resistance in Turkey. APMIS 2020; 128:41-47. [PMID: 31692136 DOI: 10.1111/apm.13005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 10/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Campylobacteriosis is one of the most frequently reported zoonoses worldwide. The well-documented increase in the ciprofloxacin resistance has increased the importance of rapid detection of the resistance. The incidence of ciprofloxacin resistance was investigated using real-time PCR. Identification of one hundred and fifty-eight strains was performed by PCR. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of ciprofloxacin was determined by Epsilometer test. Following the confirmation of the efficiencies of singleplex real-time PCR methods using two different probes, a cytosine to thymine point mutation at codon 86 was detected by allelic discrimination. Of the 158 strains, 114 (72.2%) were determined to be resistant to ciprofloxacin. The MIC50 and the MIC90 of ciprofloxacin were found to be 8 and ≥32 mg/L, respectively. By real-time PCR, the presence of the mutation was confirmed in all, but one, resistant strains and the absence of the mutation was demonstrated in all, but one, susceptible strains. The rate of resistance is high among C. jejuni strains and ciprofloxacin should not be used in the treatment of such infections in Turkey. A cytosine to thymine mutation is the most frequently detected mechanism for the resistance. Real-time PCR can be used for the quick screening of the resistance.
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- Mehmet Ilktac
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Microbiology Department, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Turkey
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- Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Medical Microbiology Department, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Microbiology and Infectious Disease Group, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Microbiology and Infectious Disease Group, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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Whelan MVX, Ardill L, Koide K, Nakajima C, Suzuki Y, Simpson JC, Ó Cróinín T. Acquisition of fluoroquinolone resistance leads to increased biofilm formation and pathogenicity in Campylobacter jejuni. Sci Rep 2019; 9:18216. [PMID: 31796849 PMCID: PMC6890674 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54620-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The World Health Organization has listed C. jejuni as one of 12 microorganisms on a global priority list for antibiotic resistance due to a rapid increase in strains resistant to fluoroquinolone antibiotics. This fluoroquinolone resistance is conferred through a single point mutation in the QRDR region within the gyrA gene known to be involved in DNA supercoiling. We have previously revealed that changes in DNA supercoilikng play a major role in the regulation of virulence in C. jejuni with relaxation of DNA supercoiling associated with increased attachment to and invasion of human epithelial cells. The aim of this study was to investigate whether fluoroquinolone resistant strains of C. jejuni displayed altered supercoiling associated phenotypes. A panel of fluoroquinolone resistant mutants were derived and shown to have a greater ability to form viable biofilms under aerobic conditions, invade epithelial cells and promote virulence in the Galleria mellonella model of infection. We thus report for the first time that fluoroquinolone resistance in C. jejuni is associated with an increase in virulence and the ability to form viable biofilms in oxygen rich environments. These altered phenotypes likely play a critical role in the continued increase in fluoroquinolone resistance observed for this important pathogen.
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- Matthew V X Whelan
- School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Division of Bioresources, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Bioresources, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Japan
- The Global Station for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education, Kita 20 Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Bioresources, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Japan
- The Global Station for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education, Kita 20 Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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Abd El-Tawab AA, Ammar AM, Ahmed HA, Hefny AA. Efflux Pump Inhibitors, Alpha-Tocopherol and Aspirin: Role in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli Fluoroquinolone Resistance. Microb Drug Resist 2019; 25:203-211. [DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2018.0086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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- Ashraf A. Abd El-Tawab
- Bacteriology, Immunology and Mycology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Veterinary Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Casagrande Proietti P, Pergola S, Bellucci S, Menchetti L, Miraglia D, Franciosini M. Occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Campylobacter spp. on fresh and refrigerated chicken meat products in Central Italy. Poult Sci 2018; 97:2895-2901. [DOI: 10.3382/ps/pey147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Wieczorek K, Wołkowicz T, Osek J. Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence-Associated Traits of Campylobacter jejuni Isolated From Poultry Food Chain and Humans With Diarrhea. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1508. [PMID: 30022977 PMCID: PMC6039573 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The objective of this study was to test the prevalence of virulence-associated markers and antimicrobial resistance in 624 C. jejuni isolated from poultry food chain, i. e., chicken feces (n = 160), poultry carcasses (n = 157), poultry meat (n = 152) and from humans (n = 155). All human strains were positive for 9 out of 13 putative virulence genes responsible for expression of pathogenic factors involved in different stages of the infection. The presence of all markers was also high in strains from chicken feces, carcasses and meat although not all of them were identified in 100% of the isolates. On the other hand, the virB11, wlaN, and iam putative pathogenic genes were detected in only 1.9, 15.2, and 20.5% of strains, respectively. C. jejuni isolates, irrespective of the origin, were highly resistant to ciprofloxacin (92.5% isolates), followed by nalidixic acid (88.9%) and tetracycline (68.4%). In case of ciprofloxacin, significantly more isolates from poultry feces, carcasses and meat were resistant than those obtained from humans and the same relationship was observed for tetracycline where the isolates from chicken feces were more often resistant than C. jejuni of carcasses and meat origin. A low number of strains was resistant to streptomycin (18.4% isolates) and only 5 strains (0.8%) displayed resistance to erythromycin. A relationship between resistance to fluoroquinolones and presence of selected pathogenic markers was observed, e.g., from 83.3% strains with the virB11 to 93.4% with the docA genes were resistant to ciprofloxacin. The isolates that did not possess any of the pathogenic traits were also mainly resistant to this antimicrobial, although the number of such strains was usually low, except virB11 (612 isolates), wlaN (529 strains), and iam (496 isolates). Furthermore, resistance to tetracycline was somehow associated with the presence of the virulence associated genes wlaN and virB11 (56.8 and 75.0% isolates, respectively). The present study shows a high antimicrobial resistance to quinolones and tetracycline of C. jejuni isolated along poultry food chain and from patients with diarrhea, which was closely correlated with the presence of several virulence genes playing a role in the pathogenesis of Campylobacter infection.
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- Kinga Wieczorek
- Department of Hygiene of Food of Animal Origin, National Veterinary Research Institute, Puławy, Poland
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- Department of Bacteriology and Biocontamination Control, National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hygiene of Food of Animal Origin, National Veterinary Research Institute, Puławy, Poland
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Pereira AMPT, Silva LJG, Rodrigues J, Lino C, Pena A. Risk assessment of fluoroquinolones from poultry muscle consumption: Comparing healthy adult and pre-school populations. Food Chem Toxicol 2018; 118:340-347. [PMID: 29763680 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Antibiotics, especially fluoroquinolones (FQs), have been largely used in animal husbandry namely poultry production. Therefore, this study aimed to identify, quantify and estimate the daily intake for adult and 3-year-old populations of the FQs norfloxacin (NOR), ciprofloxacin (CIP) and enrofloxacin (ENR) through poultry muscle consumption. The results showed detection frequencies of 78% and 62% in supermarket and school canteen samples, respectively. Of the 182 analysed samples, 4 did not comply with ENR maximum residue level (MRL), and 9 were contaminated with NOR, not allowed as a veterinary medicine of food-producing animals. The highest estimated daily intake value was obtained for the 3-year-old population regarding the sum of ENR and CIP (0.46 μg kg-1 day-1); value substantially lower than the established acceptable daily intake (2.0 μg kg-1 day-1). Although the low risk found, the high detection frequencies support the apprehension of the different international organizations, towards the emergence of human bacterial resistances to FQs originated from poultry production.
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- André M P T Pereira
- LAQV, REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Bromatology and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Polo III, Azinhaga de Sta Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
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- LAQV, REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Bromatology and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Polo III, Azinhaga de Sta Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
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- LAQV, REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Bromatology and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Polo III, Azinhaga de Sta Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
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- LAQV, REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Bromatology and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Polo III, Azinhaga de Sta Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
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- LAQV, REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Bromatology and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Polo III, Azinhaga de Sta Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
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Yang W, Zhang M, Zhou J, Pang L, Wang G, Hou F. The Molecular Mechanisms of Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Clinical Campylobacter jejuni and Their Genotyping Characteristics in Beijing, China. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2018; 14:386-392. [PMID: 28696791 DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2016.2223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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We assessed the susceptibility of 182 Campylobacter jejuni isolates from patients with diarrhea to eight antibiotics and analyzed the molecular mechanisms of ciprofloxacin resistance as well as the genetic characteristics based on multilocus sequence typing (MLST). The C257T mutation was found on the quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) of the gyrA gene in all ciprofloxacin-resistant strains. Mutations on the QRDR of the gyrB gene were silent. A total of 74 strains had 7 inverted repeat (IR) (a 16-bp IR on the intergenic region between cmeR and cmeABC) mutation polymorphisms. Compared with strains without the IR mutations, strains with the IR mutations had higher resistance rates to ciprofloxacin (94.6% vs. 83.3%), nalidixic acid (94.6% vs. 83.3%), tetracycline (98.6% vs. 85.2%), doxycycline (91.9% vs. 71.3%), florfenicol (59.5% vs. 17.6%), chloramphenicol (25.7% vs. 4.6%), gentamicin (16.2% vs. 3.7%), and multidrug resistance than those without IR mutations (all p < 0.05). With C257T mutation alone, 89.9% strains with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values focused on 16, 32, and 64 μg/mL, whereas strains with C257T mutation in combination with the IR mutations had a higher ciprofloxacin resistance level with 88.6% MIC values focused on 64, 128, and 512 μg/mL (p < 0.0001). The strains in this study showed a high genetic variability based on MLST with 117 sequence types (STs), 37 of which were novel. CC-21 was the most common clonal complex (CC) followed by CC-353 and CC-45. No association was found between STs and ciprofloxacin resistance. In conclusion, the C257T mutation on gyrA was the major mechanism for ciprofloxacin resistance, and the C257T mutation in combination with the IR mutations might result in more severe ciprofloxacin resistance to C. jejuni.
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- Wanna Yang
- 1 Department of Infectious Diseases and the Center for Liver Diseases, Peking University First Hospital , Beijing, China
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- 2 State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention , Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China .,3 Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- 1 Department of Infectious Diseases and the Center for Liver Diseases, Peking University First Hospital , Beijing, China
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- 1 Department of Infectious Diseases and the Center for Liver Diseases, Peking University First Hospital , Beijing, China
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- 1 Department of Infectious Diseases and the Center for Liver Diseases, Peking University First Hospital , Beijing, China .,3 Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China .,4 Department of Infectious Diseases, Peking University International Hospital , Beijing, China
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- 1 Department of Infectious Diseases and the Center for Liver Diseases, Peking University First Hospital , Beijing, China .,4 Department of Infectious Diseases, Peking University International Hospital , Beijing, China
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Whitehouse CA, Zhao S, Tate H. Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter Species: Mechanisms and Genomic Epidemiology. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2018; 103:1-47. [PMID: 29914655 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aambs.2018.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The Campylobacter genus is a large and diverse group of Gram-negative bacteria that are known to colonize humans and other mammals, birds, reptiles, and shellfish. While it is now recognized that several emerging Campylobacter species can be associated with human disease, two species, C. jejuni and C. coli, are responsible for the vast majority of bacterial gastroenteritis in humans worldwide. Infection with C. jejuni, in particular, has also been associated with a number of extragastrointestinal manifestations and autoimmune conditions, most notably Guillain-Barré syndrome. The antimicrobial drugs of choice for the treatment of severe Campylobacter infection include macrolides, such as erythromycin, clarithromycin, or azithromycin. Fluoroquinolones, such as ciprofloxacin, are also commonly used for empirical treatment of undiagnosed diarrheal disease. However, resistance to these and other classes of antimicrobial drugs is increasing and is a major public health problem. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that over 300,000 infections per year are caused by drug-resistant Campylobacter. In this chapter, we discuss the taxonomy of the Campylobacter genus, the clinical and global epidemiological aspects of Campylobacter infection, with an emphasis on C. jejuni and C. coli, and issues related to the treatment of infection and antimicrobial resistance mechanisms. We further discuss the use of next-generation sequencing for the detection and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance genes.
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, MD, United States
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, MD, United States
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Sproston EL, Wimalarathna HML, Sheppard SK. Trends in fluoroquinolone resistance in Campylobacter. Microb Genom 2018; 4:e000198. [PMID: 30024366 PMCID: PMC6159550 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Members of the genus Campylobacter remain a leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. Infection is usually self-limiting but in severe cases may require antibiotic treatment. In a recent statement by the World Health Organization (WHO) Campylobacter was named as one of the 12 bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health because they are resistant to antibiotics. In this mini review we describe recent trends in fluoroquinolone (FQ) (particularly ciprofloxacin) resistance in strains of members of the genus Campylobacter isolated from livestock and clinical samples from several countries. Using evidence from phenotyping surveys and putative resistance prediction from DNA sequence data, we discuss the acquisition and spread of FQ resistance and the role of horizontal gene transfer and describe trends in FQ-resistance in samples from livestock and clinical cases. This review emphasises that FQ resistance remains common among isolates of members of the genus Campylobacter from various sources.
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- Emma L. Sproston
- The Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA27AY, UK
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- The Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA27AY, UK
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Lluque A, Riveros M, Prada A, Ochoa TJ, Ruiz J. Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter spp. from a Peruvian Pediatric Cohort. SCIENTIFICA 2017; 2017:7848926. [PMID: 29130018 PMCID: PMC5654289 DOI: 10.1155/2017/7848926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Revised: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The presence of virulence factors (VFs) and mechanisms of quinolones and macrolide resistance was analyzed in Campylobacter spp. from a pediatric cohort study in Lima. In 149 isolates (39 Campylobacter jejuni and 24 Campylobacter coli from diarrheic cases; 57 C. jejuni and 29 C. coli from controls), the presence of the cdtABC and cadF genes and iam marker was established. Nalidixic acid, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, and azithromycin susceptibilities were established in 115 isolates and tetracycline-susceptibility was established in 100 isolates. The presence of mutations in the gyrA, parC, and 23S rRNA genes was determined. The cadF gene and all genes from the cdtABC operon were significantly more frequent among C. jejuni (P < 0.0001); the iam marker was more frequent in C. coli (P < 0.0001). No differences were observed in VFs between cases and controls. Almost all isolates were tetracycline-resistant; nalidixic acid and ciprofloxacin resistance reached levels of 90.4% and 88.7%, respectively. Resistance to macrolides was 13% (C. jejuni 4.3%; C. coli 26.1%). Resistance to ciprofloxacin was related to GyrA Thr86 substitutions, while 13 of 15 macrolide-resistant isolates possessed a 23S rRNA mutation (A2075G). Differences in the presence of VFs and alarming levels of resistance to tested antimicrobial agents were observed among C. jejuni and C. coli.
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- Angela Lluque
- Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Ctr. Int. Health Res. (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Hoelzer K, Wong N, Thomas J, Talkington K, Jungman E, Coukell A. Antimicrobial drug use in food-producing animals and associated human health risks: what, and how strong, is the evidence? BMC Vet Res 2017; 13:211. [PMID: 28676125 PMCID: PMC5496648 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-017-1131-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 06/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Antimicrobial resistance is a public health threat. Because antimicrobial consumption in food-producing animals contributes to the problem, policies restricting the inappropriate or unnecessary agricultural use of antimicrobial drugs are important. However, this link between agricultural antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance has remained contested by some, with potentially disruptive effects on efforts to move towards the judicious or prudent use of these drugs. MAIN TEXT The goal of this review is to systematically evaluate the types of evidence available for each step in the causal pathway from antimicrobial use on farms to human public health risk, and to evaluate the strength of evidence within a 'Grades of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation'(GRADE) framework. The review clearly demonstrates that there is compelling scientific evidence available to support each step in the causal pathway, from antimicrobial use on farms to a public health burden caused by infections with resistant pathogens. Importantly, the pathogen, antimicrobial drug and treatment regimen, and general setting (e.g., feed type) can have significant impacts on how quickly resistance emerges or spreads, for how long resistance may persist after antimicrobial exposures cease, and what public health impacts may be associated with antimicrobial use on farms. Therefore an exact quantification of the public health burden attributable to antimicrobial drug use in animal agriculture compared to other sources remains challenging. CONCLUSIONS Even though more research is needed to close existing data gaps, obtain a better understanding of how antimicrobial drugs are actually used on farms or feedlots, and quantify the risk associated with antimicrobial use in animal agriculture, these findings reinforce the need to act now and restrict antibiotic use in animal agriculture to those instances necessary to ensure the health and well-being of the animals.
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- Karin Hoelzer
- The Pew Charitable Trusts, 901 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 USA
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- The Pew Charitable Trusts, 901 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 USA
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- The Pew Charitable Trusts, 901 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 USA
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- The Pew Charitable Trusts, 901 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 USA
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- The Pew Charitable Trusts, 901 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 USA
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- The Pew Charitable Trusts, 901 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 USA
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Antibiotic susceptibility profiles among Campylobacter isolates obtained from international travelers between 2007 and 2014. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2017. [PMID: 28623550 PMCID: PMC5653722 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-017-3032-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Campylobacter infection is a common cause of diarrhea among international travelers. We studied antibiotic resistance patterns among Campylobacter isolates obtained from international travelers according to travel destination. Three collections of isolates obtained from international travelers between 2007 and 2014 (Institute of Tropical Medicine, the “Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles “and the Belgian National Reference Centre for Campylobacter) were used. Isolates were tested for minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values (E-test macromethod) for fluoroquinolones, macrolides, tetracyclines, amoxicillin–clavulanic acid, and meropenem. Single isolates from 261 travelers were available; median (IQR) age was 25.4 (4–42) years, 85.8% were symptomatic (information for 224 patients available). Overall resistance to ciprofloxacin was 60.9%, ranging from 50.8% in Africa to 75.0% in Asia. Resistance to erythromycin was 4.6%, with the highest rate observed for Southern Asia (15.2%, seven isolates, six of them recovered from patients returning from India). A total of 126 isolates (48.3%) were resistant to tetracycline. No resistance to amoxicillin–clavulanic acid or meropenem was detected. Ciprofloxacin resistance tended to increase over time (53.9% in 2007 versus 72.2% in 2014), erythromycin resistance remained stable (median annual resistance 4.2%). Most (86.2%) ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates had MIC values ≥32 mg/l, and all erythromycin-resistant isolates had MIC values ≥256 mg/l. Co-resistance to ciprofloxacin and erythromycin was observed in 11 (4.2%) isolates, seven of which came from Southern Asia. Among all regions of travel, more than half of Campylobacter isolates were resistant to ciprofloxacin. Overall resistance to erythromycin was below 5% but reached 15.2% in Southern Asia.
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Tang Y, Sahin O, Pavlovic N, LeJeune J, Carlson J, Wu Z, Dai L, Zhang Q. Rising fluoroquinolone resistance in Campylobacter isolated from feedlot cattle in the United States. Sci Rep 2017; 7:494. [PMID: 28356558 PMCID: PMC5428712 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00584-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Antibiotic resistance, particularly to fluoroquinolones and macrolides, in the major foodborne pathogen Campylobacter is considered a serious threat to public health. Although ruminant animals serve as a significant reservoir for Campylobacter, limited information is available on antibiotic-resistant Campylobacter of bovine origin. Here, we analyzed the antimicrobial susceptibilities of 320 C. jejuni and 115 C. coli isolates obtained from feedlot cattle farms in multiple states in the U.S. The results indicate that fluoroquinolone resistance reached to 35.4% in C. jejuni and 74.4% in C. coli, which are significantly higher than those previously reported in the U.S. While all fluoroquinolone resistant (FQR) C. coli isolates examined in this study harbored the single Thr-86-Ile mutation in GyrA, FQRC. jejuni isolates had other mutations in GyrA in addition to the Thr-86-Ile change. Notably, most of the analyzed FQRC. coli isolates had similar PFGE (pulsed field gel electrophoresis) patterns and the same MLST (multilocus sequence typing) sequence type (ST-1068) regardless of their geographic sources and time of isolation, while the analyzed C. jejuni isolates were genetically diverse, suggesting that clonal expansion is involved in dissemination of FQRC. coli but not C. jejuni. These findings reveal the rising prevalence of FQRCampylobacter in the U.S. and provide novel information on the epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant Campylobacter in the ruminant reservoir.
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- Yizhi Tang
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Ames, IA, USA. .,Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, Ames, IA, USA.
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Ames, IA, USA
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- Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, USA
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- National Wildlife Research Center, USDA APHIS, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Ames, IA, USA.
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Ohishi T, Aoki K, Ishii Y, Usui M, Tamura Y, Kawanishi M, Ohnishi K, Tateda K. Molecular epidemiological analysis of human- and chicken-derived isolates of Campylobacter jejuni in Japan using next-generation sequencing. J Infect Chemother 2017; 23:165-172. [PMID: 28087306 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2016.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Revised: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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In this research, we analyzed the main sequence types (ST) and ST complexes of human- and chicken-derived isolates of Campylobacter jejuni in Japan by using multilocus sequence typing (MLST). We also analyzed lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis locus classes (LOS locus classes) and the numbers of isolates carrying genes coding resistance factors against various antibiotics, and observed their relationships. ST-21 complex was the main ST complex in isolates from humans (n = 38) and chickens (n = 25). None of the isolates showed resistance to imipenem, chloramphenicol, or erythromycin. Few isolates were resistant to ampicillin and streptomycin (1.3%-15%), whereas many showed resistance to tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, and nalidixic acid (38%-48%). Among the ST-21 complex isolates, ST4526 was detected at a very high rate. Those isolates showed resistance to tetracycline and ciprofloxacin, and were susceptible to ampicillin. Among the chicken-derived isolates, 37 of the 38 isolates that showed resistance to ciprofloxacin and nalidixic acid had threonine to isoleucine amino acid substitution in GyrA at codon 86 (T86I). Among the human-derived isolates, 17 of the 47 isolates that showed resistance to ciprofloxacin and 16 of the 48 isolates that showed resistance to nalidixic acid did not have T86I amino acid mutations in GyrA. The human-derived ST-21 complex isolates were classified into LOS locus classes A, B, C, D, and E. The chicken-derived ST-21 complex isolates, with the exception of one isolate, were all classified into LOS locus classes C and D. Among chicken-derived isolates, the most prevalent was ST51 (ST-443 complex) (10 isolates) and all of those were LOS locus class E.
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- Takayuki Ohishi
- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Osaki Citizen Hospital, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Food Safety, Division of Health and Environmental Science School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Food Safety, Division of Health and Environmental Science School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- National Veterinary Assay Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Hao H, Sander P, Iqbal Z, Wang Y, Cheng G, Yuan Z. The Risk of Some Veterinary Antimicrobial Agents on Public Health Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance and their Molecular Basis. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1626. [PMID: 27803693 PMCID: PMC5067539 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The risk of antimicrobial agents used in food-producing animals on public health associated with antimicrobial resistance continues to be a current topic of discussion as related to animal and human public health. In the present review, resistance monitoring data, and risk assessment results of some important antimicrobial agents were cited to elucidate the possible association of antimicrobial use in food animals and antimicrobial resistance in humans. From the selected examples, it was apparent from reviewing the published scientific literature that the ban on use of some antimicrobial agents (e.g., avoparcin, fluoroquinolone, tetracyclines) did not change drug resistance patterns and did not mitigate the intended goal of minimizing antimicrobial resistance. The use of some antimicrobial agents (e.g., virginiamycin, macrolides, and cephalosporins) in food animals may have an impact on the antimicrobial resistance in humans, but it was largely depended on the pattern of drug usage in different geographical regions. The epidemiological characteristics of resistant bacteria were closely related to molecular mechanisms involved in the development, fitness, and transmission of antimicrobial resistance.
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- Haihong Hao
- China MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China; National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for the Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues in Foods, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China
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- Laboratory of Fougères, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Safety Fougères Cedex, France
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- China MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for the Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues in Foods, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China
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- China MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China
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- China MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China; National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for the Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues in Foods, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China
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Exploiting Bacterial Whole-Genome Sequencing Data for Evaluation of Diagnostic Assays: Campylobacter Species Identification as a Case Study. J Clin Microbiol 2016; 54:2882-2890. [PMID: 27733632 PMCID: PMC5121375 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01522-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The application of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to problems in clinical microbiology has had a major impact on the field. Clinical laboratories are now using WGS for pathogen identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and epidemiological typing. WGS data also represent a valuable resource for the development and evaluation of molecular diagnostic assays, which continue to play an important role in clinical microbiology. To demonstrate this application of WGS, this study used publicly available genomic data to evaluate a duplex real-time PCR (RT-PCR) assay that targets mapA and ceuE for the detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli, leading global causes of bacterial gastroenteritis. In silico analyses of mapA and ceuE primer and probe sequences from 1,713 genetically diverse C. jejuni and C. coli genomes, supported by RT-PCR testing, indicated that the assay was robust, with 1,707 (99.7%) isolates correctly identified. The high specificity of the mapA-ceuE assay was the result of interspecies diversity and intraspecies conservation of the target genes in C. jejuni and C. coli Rare instances of a lack of specificity among C. coli isolates were due to introgression in mapA or sequence diversity in ceuE The results of this study illustrate how WGS can be exploited to evaluate molecular diagnostic assays by using publicly available data, online databases, and open-source software.
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Lapierre L, Gatica MA, Riquelme V, Vergara C, Yañez JM, San Martín B, Sáenz L, Vidal M, Martínez MC, Araya P, Flores R, Duery O, Vidal R. Characterization of Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Its Association with Virulence Genes Related to Adherence, Invasion, and Cytotoxicity inCampylobacter jejuniandCampylobacter coliIsolates from Animals, Meat, and Humans. Microb Drug Resist 2016; 22:432-44. [DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2015.0055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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- Lisette Lapierre
- Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Environmental Health Department, Ministry of Health of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Bacteriology Laboratory, Public Health Institute of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Bacteriology Laboratory, Public Health Institute of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Bacteriology Laboratory, Public Health Institute of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Kim JS, Lee MY, Kim SJ, Jeon SE, Cha I, Hong S, Chung GT, Huh MJ, Kang YH, Yoo CK, Kim J. High-Level Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Campylobacter jejuni Isolates Circulating in Humans and Animals in Incheon, Republic of Korea. Zoonoses Public Health 2016; 63:545-554. [PMID: 27234414 DOI: 10.1111/zph.12262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Campylobacter jejuni is one of the major causative pathogens of outbreaks or sporadic cases of diarrhoeal diseases worldwide. In this study, we compared the phenotypic and genetic characteristics of C. jejuni isolates of human and food-producing animal origins in Korea and examined the genetic relatedness between these two groups of isolates. Regardless of isolation source, all C. jejuni isolates harboured four virulence genes, cadF, cdtB, ciaB and racR, whereas the wlaN and virB11 genes were more frequently observed in human isolates. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing showed that the majority of C. jejuni isolates displayed high-level resistance to fluoroquinolone (95.2%) or tetracycline (76.2%) antibiotics, and 12.4% of isolates exhibited multidrug resistance (more than three classes of antibiotics tested). Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of all Campylobacter isolates revealed 51 different SmaI-PFGE patterns and six major clusters containing both human and animal isolates. These results indicate that genetically diverse strains of C. jejuni with antimicrobial drug-resistance and virulence properties have prevailed in Incheon. Nevertheless, some particular populations continue to circulate within the community, providing the evidence for an epidemiological link of C. jejuni infections between humans and food-producing animals. Therefore, the continued monitoring and surveillance of C. jejuni isolates of human and food-producing animal origins are required for public health and food safety.
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- J S Kim
- Division of Enteric Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea
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- Incheon Institute of Public Health and Environment Research, Jung-gu, Incheon, Korea
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- Division of Enteric Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea
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- Division of Enteric Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea
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- Division of Enteric Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea
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- Division of Enteric Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea
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- Division of Enteric Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea
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- Incheon Institute of Public Health and Environment Research, Jung-gu, Incheon, Korea
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- Division of Enteric Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea
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- Division of Enteric Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea
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- Division of Enteric Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea.
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Ozawa M, Hiki M, Kawanishi M, Abo H, Kojima A, Asai T, Hamamoto S. Molecular Typing of Fluoroquinolone-ResistantCampylobacter jejuniIsolated from Broilers in Japan Using Multilocus Sequence Typing and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2016; 13:1-7. [DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2015.1975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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- Manao Ozawa
- National Veterinary Assay Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Veterinary Assay Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Veterinary Assay Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Research and Development, Tempstaff Co., Ltd., Tachikawa Branch Office, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Veterinary Assay Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Veterinary Science, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- National Veterinary Assay Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan
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Billah MM, Rana SMM, Hossain MS, Ahamed SK, Banik S, Hasan M. Ciprofloxacin residue and their impact on biomolecules in eggs of laying hens following oral administration. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD CONTAMINATION 2015. [DOI: 10.1186/s40550-015-0019-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Gastroenteritis due to enteric pathogens is generally a self-limiting disease for which antimicrobial treatment is not required. However, treatment should be considered for cases of severe or prolonged diarrhea, extraintestinal isolation of bacteria, or diarrhea in immunocompromised hosts, the elderly, and infants. Various resistance trends and current issues concerning antimicrobial susceptibility testing of enteric pathogens are reviewed in this article, including Campylobacter, Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio, Aeromonas, Plesiomonas, and Clostridium difficile. Updated interpretive criteria from breakpoint-setting organizations are reviewed, along with explanations for recent changes in antimicrobial breakpoints.
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- Romney M Humphries
- Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Brentwood Annex, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, 525 East 68th Street, Starr 737C, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Mourand G, Jouy E, Bougeard S, Dheilly A, Kérouanton A, Zeitouni S, Kempf I. Experimental study of the impact of antimicrobial treatments on Campylobacter, Enterococcus and PCR-capillary electrophoresis single-strand conformation polymorphism profiles of the gut microbiota of chickens. J Med Microbiol 2014; 63:1552-1560. [PMID: 25142966 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.074476-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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An experiment was conducted to compare the impact of antimicrobial treatments on the susceptibility of Campylobacter, Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis, and on the diversity of broiler microbiota. Specific-pathogen-free chickens were first orally inoculated with strains of Campylobacter and Enterococcus faecium. Birds were then orally treated with recommended doses of oxytetracycline, sulfadimethoxine/trimethoprim, amoxicillin or enrofloxacin. Faecal samples were collected before, during and after antimicrobial treatment. The susceptibility of Campylobacter, Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis strains isolated on supplemented or non-supplemented media was studied and PCR-capillary electrophoresis single-strand conformation polymorphism (CE-SSCP) profiles of the gut microbiota were analysed. Enrofloxacin-resistant Campylobacter were selected in the enrofloxacin-treated group and showed the Thr86Ile mutation in the gyrA gene. Acquisition of the tetO gene in Campylobacter coli isolates was significantly more frequent in birds given oxytetracycline. No impact of amoxicillin treatment on the susceptibility of Campylobacter could be detected. Ampicillin- and sulfadimethoxine/trimethoprim-resistant Enterococcus faecium were selected in amoxicillin-treated broilers, but no selection of the inoculated vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium could be detected, although it was also resistant to tetracycline and sulfadimethoxine/trimethoprim. PCR-CE-SSCP revealed significant variations in a few peaks in treated birds as compared with non-treated chickens. In conclusion, antimicrobial treatments perturbed chicken gut microbiota, and certain antimicrobial treatments selected or co-selected resistant strains of Campylobacter and Enterococcus.
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- Gwenaëlle Mourand
- Université Européenne de Bretagne, Rennes, France.,ANSES, Ploufragan Laboratory, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Université Européenne de Bretagne, Rennes, France.,ANSES, Ploufragan Laboratory, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Université Européenne de Bretagne, Rennes, France.,ANSES, Ploufragan Laboratory, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Université Européenne de Bretagne, Rennes, France.,ANSES, Ploufragan Laboratory, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Université Européenne de Bretagne, Rennes, France.,ANSES, Ploufragan Laboratory, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Université Européenne de Bretagne, Rennes, France.,ANSES, Ploufragan Laboratory, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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- Université Européenne de Bretagne, Rennes, France.,ANSES, Ploufragan Laboratory, 22440 Ploufragan, France
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Llarena AK, Skarp-de Haan CPA, Rossi M, Hänninen ML. Characterization of the Campylobacter jejuni population in the barnacle geese reservoir. Zoonoses Public Health 2014; 62:209-21. [PMID: 24948379 DOI: 10.1111/zph.12141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Campylobacter spp. are the most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide and have been isolated from a wide number of different hosts and environmental sources. Waterfowl is considered a natural reservoir for this zoonotic bacterium and may act as a potential infection source for human campylobacteriosis. In this study, faecal samples from 924 barnacle geese were tested for the presence of C. jejuni and C. coli. The resulting C. jejuni and C. coli populations were characterized by multilocus sequence typing (MLST), structure analysis by BAPS and phylogenetic analysis based on full genome sequences. The prevalences of C. jejuni in barnacle geese faeces were 11.5% and 23.1% in 2011 and 2012, respectively, and only 0.2% of the samples were positive for C. coli in both years. Furthermore, a possible adaption of the clonal complexes (CCs) ST-702 and ST-1034 to the barnacle geese reservoir was found, as these two CCs represented the majority of the typed isolates and were repeatedly isolated from different flocks at several time-points. Further core genome phylogenetic analysis using ClonalFrame revealed a formation of a distinct monophyletic lineage by these two CCs, suggesting a certain degree of clonality of the C. jejuni population adapted to barnacle geese. Therefore, although STs also commonly found in humans patients (e.g. ST-45) were among the barnacle geese C. jejuni isolates, this reservoir is probably an infrequent source for human campylobacteriosis.
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- A-K Llarena
- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Redgrave LS, Sutton SB, Webber MA, Piddock LJV. Fluoroquinolone resistance: mechanisms, impact on bacteria, and role in evolutionary success. Trends Microbiol 2014; 22:438-45. [PMID: 24842194 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 571] [Impact Index Per Article: 57.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2014] [Revised: 04/11/2014] [Accepted: 04/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Quinolone and fluoroquinolone antibiotics are potent, broad-spectrum agents commonly used to treat a range of infections. Resistance to these agents is multifactorial and can be via one or a combination of target-site gene mutations, increased production of multidrug-resistance (MDR) efflux pumps, modifying enzymes, and/or target-protection proteins. Fluoroquinolone-resistant clinical isolates of bacteria have emerged readily and recent data have shown that resistance to this class of antibiotics can have diverse, species-dependent impacts on host-strain fitness. Here we outline the impacts of quinolone-resistance mutations in relation to the fitness and evolutionary success of mutant strains.
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- Liam S Redgrave
- School of Immunity and Infection, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, Biosciences Building, University Road West, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Immunity and Infection, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, Biosciences Building, University Road West, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Immunity and Infection, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, Biosciences Building, University Road West, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Immunity and Infection, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, Biosciences Building, University Road West, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
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Sheppard SK, Cheng L, Méric G, de Haan CPA, Llarena AK, Marttinen P, Vidal A, Ridley A, Clifton-Hadley F, Connor TR, Strachan NJC, Forbes K, Colles FM, Jolley KA, Bentley SD, Maiden MCJ, Hänninen ML, Parkhill J, Hanage WP, Corander J. Cryptic ecology among host generalist Campylobacter jejuni in domestic animals. Mol Ecol 2014; 23:2442-51. [PMID: 24689900 PMCID: PMC4237157 DOI: 10.1111/mec.12742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2013] [Revised: 03/25/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Homologous recombination between bacterial strains is theoretically capable of preventing the separation of daughter clusters, and producing cohesive clouds of genotypes in sequence space. However, numerous barriers to recombination are known. Barriers may be essential such as adaptive incompatibility, or ecological, which is associated with the opportunities for recombination in the natural habitat. Campylobacter jejuni is a gut colonizer of numerous animal species and a major human enteric pathogen. We demonstrate that the two major generalist lineages of C. jejuni do not show evidence of recombination with each other in nature, despite having a high degree of host niche overlap and recombining extensively with specialist lineages. However, transformation experiments show that the generalist lineages readily recombine with one another in vitro. This suggests ecological rather than essential barriers to recombination, caused by a cryptic niche structure within the hosts.
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- Samuel K Sheppard
- Department of Zoology, University of OxfordThe Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
- Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea UniversitySwansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of HelsinkiP.O. Box 68, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea UniversitySwansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, University of HelsinkiP.O. Box 66, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, University of HelsinkiP.O. Box 66, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Information and Computer Science, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT, Aalto UniversityP.O. Box 15400, FI-00076, Aalto, Finland
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- Department of Bacteriology and Food Safety, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA)New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK
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- Department of Bacteriology and Food Safety, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA)New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK
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- Department of Bacteriology and Food Safety, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA)New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK
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- Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff UniversityMain Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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- School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of AberdeenForesterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of AberdeenForesterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of OxfordThe Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of OxfordThe Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger InstituteWellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of OxfordThe Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, University of HelsinkiP.O. Box 66, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger InstituteWellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public HealthKresge Building, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of HelsinkiP.O. Box 68, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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Ge B, Wang F, Sjölund-Karlsson M, McDermott PF. Antimicrobial resistance in campylobacter: susceptibility testing methods and resistance trends. J Microbiol Methods 2013; 95:57-67. [PMID: 23827324 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Revised: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 06/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Most Campylobacter infections are self-limiting but antimicrobial treatment (e.g., macrolides, fluoroquinolones) is necessary in severe or prolonged cases. Susceptibility testing continues to play a critical role in guiding therapy and epidemiological monitoring of resistance. The methods of choice for Campylobacter recommended by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) are agar dilution and broth microdilution, while a disk diffusion method was recently standardized by the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST). Macrolides, quinolones, and tetracyclines are among the common antimicrobials recommended for testing. Molecular determination of Campylobacter resistance via DNA sequencing or PCR-based methods has been performed. High levels of resistance to tetracycline and ciprofloxacin are frequently reported by many national surveillance programs, but resistance to erythromycin and gentamicin in Campylobacter jejuni remains low. Nonetheless, variations in susceptibility observed over time underscore the need for continued public health monitoring of Campylobacter resistance from humans, animals, and food.
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- Division of Animal and Food Microbiology, Office of Research, Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, MD 20708, USA.
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Antimicrobial resistance mechanisms among Campylobacter. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:340605. [PMID: 23865047 PMCID: PMC3707206 DOI: 10.1155/2013/340605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli are recognized as the most common causative agents of bacterial gastroenteritis in the world. Humans most often become infected by ingesting contaminated food, especially undercooked chicken, but also other sources of bacteria have been described. Campylobacteriosis is normally a self-limiting disease. Antimicrobial treatment is needed only in patients with more severe disease and in those who are immunologically compromised. The most common antimicrobial agents used in the treatment of Campylobacter infections are macrolides, such as erythromycin, and fluoroquinolones, such as ciprofloxacin. Tetracyclines have been suggested as an alternative choice in the treatment of clinical campylobacteriosis but in practice are not often used. However, during the past few decades an increasing number of resistant Campylobacter isolates have developed resistance to fluoroquinolones and other antimicrobials such as macrolides, aminoglycosides, and beta-lactams. Trends in antimicrobial resistance have shown a clear correlation between use of antibiotics in the veterinary medicine and animal production and resistant isolates of Campylobacter in humans. In this review, the patterns of emerging resistance to the antimicrobial agents useful in treatment of the disease are presented and the mechanisms of resistance to these drugs in Campylobacter are discussed.
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Bolton D, Patriarchi A, Fox Á, Fanning S. A study of the molecular basis of quinolone and macrolide resistance in a selection of Campylobacter isolates from intensive poultry flocks. Food Control 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.06.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Scanlon KA, Cagney C, Walsh D, McNulty D, Carroll A, McNamara EB, McDowell DA, Duffy G. Occurrence and characteristics of fastidious Campylobacteraceae species in porcine samples. Int J Food Microbiol 2013; 163:6-13. [PMID: 23474652 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2012] [Revised: 01/11/2013] [Accepted: 02/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This study investigated the prevalence and characteristics of Campylobacteraceae including a range of fastidious species in porcine samples. Over a thirteen month period caecal contents (n=402) and pork carcass swabs (n=401) were collected from three pork abattoirs and pork products (n=399) were purchased at point of sale in the Republic of Ireland. Campylobacteraceae isolates were recovered by enrichment, membrane filtration and incubation in antibiotic free media under a modified atmosphere (3% O2, 5% H2, 10% CO2 and 82% N2). Campylobacteraceae isolates were identified as either genus Campylobacter or Arcobacter and then selected species were identified by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Campylobacteraceae were isolated from 103 (26%) caecal samples, 42 (10%) carcass swabs, and 59 (15%) pork products. Campylobacter coli was the most commonly isolated species found in (37%) all sample types but many fastidious species were also isolated including Campylobacter concisus (10%), Arcobacter butzleri (8%), Campylobacter helveticus (8%), Campylobacter mucosalis (6%), Arcobacter cryaerophilus (3%), Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus (1%), Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni (1%), Campylobacter lari (0.5%), Campylobacter curvus (0.5%) and Arcobacter skirrowii (0.5%). Among all isolates, 83% contained cadF and 98% flaA. In this study 35% of porcine C. coli were resistant to ciprofloxacin but none of the fastidious species demonstrated any resistance to this drug. The level of resistance to erythromycin was very high (up to 100%) in C. concisus and C. helveticus and this is a real concern as this is the current empiric drug of choice for treatment of severe gastroenteritic Campylobacter infections. The study shows that there is a much wider range of fastidious Campylobacteraceae present in porcine samples than previously assumed with C. concisus the second most common species isolated. The majority of fastidious Campylobacteraceae isolates obtained contained virulence genes and antibiotic resistance indicating potential public health significance.
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- K A Scanlon
- Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland
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Campylobacter jejuni is a major cause of food-borne gastroenteritis worldwide. While mortality is low, morbidity imparted by post-infectious sequelae such as Guillain-Barré syndrome, Reiter syndrome/reactive arthritis and irritable bowel syndrome is significant. In addition, the economic cost is high due to lost productivity. Food animals, particularly poultry, are the main reservoirs of C. jejuni. The over-use of antibiotics in the human population and in animal husbandry has led to an increase in antibiotic-resistant infections, particularly with fluoroquinolones. This is problematic because C. jejuni gastroenteritis is clinically indistinguishable from that caused by other bacterial pathogens, and such illnesses are usually treated empirically with fluoroquinolones. Since C. jejuni is naturally transformable, acquisition of additional genes imparting antibiotic resistance is likely. Therefore, an understanding of the antibiotic resistance mechanisms in C. jejuni is needed to provide proper therapy both to the veterinary and human populations.
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- Nicole M Iovine
- University of Florida and the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, Gainesville, FL, USA.
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Juntunen P, Heiska H, Hänninen ML. Campylobacter coli isolates from Finnish farrowing farms using aminopenicillins: high prevalence of bla(OXA-61) and β-lactamase production, but low MIC values. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2012; 9:902-6. [PMID: 22924522 DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2012.1176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial treatment of animals may select resistance in Campylobacter to antimicrobial agents belonging to several classes of compounds. We investigated the effect of widely used aminopenicillin therapy on the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) levels in porcine Campylobacter coli isolates and investigated the presence of a β-lactamase gene and β-lactamase production. Epidemiological cut-off values (ECOFFs) were applied to detect decreased susceptibility. Fifty-three isolates were obtained from aminopenicillin-treated (ampicillin or amoxicillin) sows and piglets during and up to 3 weeks post-treatment. All isolates had ampicillin MICs below the ECOFF (≤ 8 μg/mL). An additional 63 isolates were sampled before treatment or from other untreated sows and piglets. Of these isolates, four had ampicillin MICs above the ECOFF. All ciprofloxacin MICs were below the ECOFF (≤ 1 μg/mL), except for three isolates from untreated sows and four isolates after aminopenicillin therapy. One isolate originating from an untreated sow had an erythromycin MIC above the ECOFF (> 16 μg/mL). None of the isolates had MICs above the ECOFFs for two or three studied antimicrobials simultaneously. Of the 116 C. coli isolates, 90 (77.6%) isolates carried the bla(OXA-61) β-lactamase gene, and 63 (70.0%) of those produced β-lactamase. The isolates producing β-lactamase had higher ampicillin MICs than those without the bla(OXA-61) gene and production of β-lactamase. Proportion of the bla(OXA-61)-positive C. coli isolates was similar among untreated animals or during and after the treatment. In conclusion, C. coli isolates did not acquire high ampicillin MICs even though aminopenicillins were administered at therapeutic levels for several days. The bla(OXA-61) gene and production of β-lactamase increased ampicillin MICs in C. coli, but the values remained mainly under the ECOFF. We also demonstrated that aminopenicillin therapy did not select simultaneously resistance to the major antimicrobials used in human therapy against campylobacteriosis (i.e., erythromycin and ciprofloxacin).
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- Pekka Juntunen
- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Mild RM, Joens LA, Friedman M, Olsen CW, McHugh TH, Law B, Ravishankar S. Antimicrobial edible apple films inactivate antibiotic resistant and susceptible Campylobacter jejuni strains on chicken breast. J Food Sci 2011; 76:M163-8. [PMID: 21535839 DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2011.02065.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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UNLABELLED Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of bacterial diarrheal illness worldwide. Many strains are now becoming multidrug resistant. Apple-based edible films containing carvacrol and cinnamaldehyde were evaluated for bactericidal activity against antibiotic resistant and susceptible C. jejuni strains on chicken. Retail chicken breast samples inoculated with D28a and H2a (resistant strains) and A24a (a sensitive strain) were wrapped in apple films containing cinnamaldehyde or carvacrol at 0.5%, 1.5%, and 3% concentrations, and then incubated at 4 or 23 °C for 72 h. Immediately after wrapping and at 72 h, samples were plated for enumeration of viable C. jejuni. The antimicrobial films exhibited dose- and temperature-dependent bactericidal activity against all strains. Films with ≥1.5% cinnamaldehyde reduced populations of all strains to below detection at 23 °C at 72 h. At 4 °C with cinnamaldehyde, reductions were variable for all strains, ranging from 0.2 to 2.5 logs and 1.8 to 6.0 logs at 1.5% and 3.0%, respectively. Films with 3% carvacrol reduced populations of A24a and H2a to below detection, and D28a by 2.4 logs at 23 °C and 72 h. A 0.5-log reduction was observed for both A24a and D28a, and 0.9 logs for H2a at 4 °C at 3% carvacrol. Reductions ranged from 1.1 to 1.9 logs and 0.4 to 1.2 logs with 1.5% and 0.5% carvacrol at 23 °C, respectively. The films with cinnamaldehyde were more effective than carvacrol films. Reductions at 23 °C were greater than those at 4 °C. Our results showed that antimicrobial apple films have the potential to reduce C. jejuni on chicken and therefore, the risk of campylobacteriosis. Possible mechanisms of antimicrobial effects are discussed. PRACTICAL APPLICATION Apple antimicrobial films could potentially be used in retail food packaging to reduce C. jejuni commonly present on food.
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- Rita M Mild
- Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, 1117 E Lowell St., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Cornejo J, Lapierre L, Iragüen D, Cornejo S, Cassus G, Richter P, San Martín B. Study of enrofloxacin and flumequine residues depletion in eggs of laying hens after oral administration. J Vet Pharmacol Ther 2011; 35:67-72. [PMID: 21392039 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2885.2011.01283.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Two groups of laying hens (each n=12) were administered 10 mg/kg enrofloxacin (ENRO) (group A) or 26.6 mg/kg flumequine (FLU) (group B) by gastric catheter daily for five consecutive days. A third group (n=6) was untreated controls. Eggs were collected from day one of treatment and up to 30 days after withdrawal of the drug. Egg white and yolk from each egg were separated, and ENRO, its metabolite ciprofloxacin (CIP) and FLU residues were analysed by a high-performance liquid chromatography method with fluorescence detection. The sum of ENRO and CIP was detectable in egg white on the first day of treatment in high-level concentrations (2007.7 μg/kg) and remained steady during administration. In egg yolk, residues were detectable at day one in lower concentrations (324.4 μg/kg), increasing to the end of treatment. After treatment, these residues decreased and were detectable up to day 8 in egg white, and day 10 in yolk. FLU residues during drug administration in white were detectable in high concentrations from day one to five (6788.4-6525.9 μg/kg), and in yolk, concentrations were lower during administration (629.6-853.9 μg/kg). After drug withdrawal, FLU residues remained longer in egg white (30 days) than in yolk (26 days). For both drugs, differences of concentrations between matrices were significant.
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- J Cornejo
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Juntunen P, Olkkola S, Hänninen ML. Longitudinal on-farm study of the development of antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter coli from pigs before and after danofloxacin and tylosin treatments. Vet Microbiol 2011; 150:322-30. [PMID: 21397412 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2010] [Revised: 02/04/2011] [Accepted: 02/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Effects of danofloxacin or consecutive fluoroquinolone and macrolide treatments on resistance development in Campylobacter have remained uncharacterised. Therefore we analysed the development of resistance in porcine Campylobacter coli before and after danofloxacin and tylosin treatments at a farrowing farm. Danofloxacin-treated (n=12, group A) and control pigs (n=15, group B) were subsequently treated with tylosin and sampled longitudinally. C. coli were isolated and susceptibilities to ciprofloxacin and erythromycin were assessed, isolates were genotyped with PFGE and resistance-related mutations were identified. Isolates from the danofloxacin-treated pigs had more frequently non-wild type MICs (above the epidemiological cut-off value (ECOFF)) for ciprofloxacin (P<0.001) and erythromycin (P<0.05) than those isolated before danofloxacin or those from the controls. Subsequent tylosin treatment increased proportion of isolates with non-wild type MICs for erythromycin in both groups A and B (P<0.01) and, interestingly, proportion of isolates with non-wild type MICs for ciprofloxacin in group B (P<0.001) with high MICs (128 μg/ml). PFGE analysis revealed treatments selecting predominant genotypes with variable resistance patterns and decreasing initial diversity of genotypes. The most common genotype had mainly high MICs for ciprofloxacin among danofloxacin-treated pigs but wild type MICs (below the ECOFF) among the controls housed in the same pens. This suggests that the non-wild type isolate was rarely transmitted or outcompeting wild type genotype in the control pigs without selection pressure. Isolates exhibiting non-wild type MICs for ciprofloxacin harboured the C257T (Thr-86-Ile) mutation in the gyrA gene. In conclusion, a high dose of danofloxacin used at the farm did not prevent emergence of isolates with high MICs for ciprofloxacin. After subsequent tylosin treatment isolates had even higher MICs for ciprofloxacin and erythromycin than before the treatment. Therefore, controlled use of antimicrobials in food animal production is essential.
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- Pekka Juntunen
- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 66, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Mutant prevention concentrations of fluoroquinolones against Campylobacter jejuni isolated from chicken. Vet Microbiol 2010; 144:409-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2009] [Revised: 01/30/2010] [Accepted: 02/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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