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Corrales JC, Sánchez A, Hernández X, Amores-Iniesta J, Esnal A, de la Fe C. A Set of Multiresistant Isolates of Mycoplasma bovis Subtype ST-1 with a Variable Susceptibility to Quinolones Are Also Circulating in Spain. Pathogens 2024; 13:329. [PMID: 38668284 PMCID: PMC11053527 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens13040329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) is one of the worldwide most important infectious agents involved in respiratory complex diseases (RCD). In Spain, the endemic presence of subtypes ST-2 and ST-3 with phenotypic differences linked to their susceptibility to fluoroquinolones opened the way to develop control strategies focused on previous diagnosis of the subtype and the use of directed therapies when M. bovis were involved in RCD. Surprisingly, microbiological studies conducted during 2023 evidenced for the first time the presence of Spanish isolates of a new polC-subtype, previously classified as ST-1, recovered from calves with respiratory symptoms and pneumonia in different areas of the country (n = 16). Curiously, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) to a panel of antimicrobials revealed phenotypic differences between these ST-1 isolates when using fluoroquinolones (FLQ). There is no geographical correlation between MIC profiles even for a set of 8 isolates recovered from different animals in the same flock. Sequencing of 4 genes (gyrA, gyrB, parC and parE) encoding quinolone resistance-determining regions (QRDR) evidenced the presence of accumulate mutations in 2 ST-1 isolates with high FLQ MICs, but not in all them (n = 3), thus suggesting that, as previously recorded for ST-2 isolates, other mechanisms should be involved in the acquisition of resistence to these antimicrobials. Additionally, as previously detected in the Spanish ST-2 and ST-3, subtype ST-1 isolates are also resistant to macrolides or lincosamides.
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- Juan Carlos Corrales
- Ruminant Health Research Group, Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain; (J.C.C.); (A.S.); (X.H.); (J.A.-I.)
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- Ruminant Health Research Group, Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain; (J.C.C.); (A.S.); (X.H.); (J.A.-I.)
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- Ruminant Health Research Group, Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain; (J.C.C.); (A.S.); (X.H.); (J.A.-I.)
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- Ruminant Health Research Group, Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain; (J.C.C.); (A.S.); (X.H.); (J.A.-I.)
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- Analítica Veterinaria, 48100 Mungía, Vasque Country, Spain;
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- Ruminant Health Research Group, Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain; (J.C.C.); (A.S.); (X.H.); (J.A.-I.)
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Thézé J, Ambroset C, Barry S, Masseglia S, Colin A, Tricot A, Tardy F, Bailly X. Genome-wide phylodynamic approach reveals the epidemic dynamics of the main Mycoplasma bovis subtype circulating in France. Microb Genom 2023; 9:mgen001067. [PMID: 37486749 PMCID: PMC10438803 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001067] [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: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis is a major aetiological agent of bovine respiratory disease worldwide. Genome-based analyses are increasingly being used to monitor the genetic diversity and global distribution of M. bovis, complementing existing subtyping schemes based on locus sequencing. However, these analyses have so far provided limited information on the spatiotemporal and population dynamics of circulating subtypes. Here we applied a genome-wide phylodynamic approach to explore the epidemic dynamics of 88 French M. bovis strains collected between 2000 and 2019 in France and belonging to the currently dominant polC subtype 2 (st2). A strong molecular clock signal detected in the genomic data enabled robust phylodynamic inferences, which estimated that the M. bovis st2 population in France is composed of two lineages that successively emerged from independent introductions of international strains. The first lineage appeared around 2000 and supplanted the previously established antimicrobial-susceptible polC subtype 1. The second lineage, which is likely more transmissible, progressively replaced the first M. bovis st2 lineage population from 2005 onward and became predominant after 2010. Analyses also showed a brief decline in this second M. bovis st2 lineage population in around 2011, possibly due to the challenge from the concurrent emergence of M. bovis polC subtype 3 in France. Finally, we identified non-synonymous mutations in genes associated with lineages, which raises prospects for identifying new surveillance molecular markers. A genome-wide phylodynamic approach provides valuable resources for monitoring the evolution and epidemic dynamics of circulating M. bovis subtypes, and may prove critical for developing more effective surveillance systems and disease control strategies.
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- Julien Thézé
- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR EPIA, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- Université de Lyon, ANSES, VetAgro Sup, UMR Mycoplasmoses animales, Lyon, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR EPIA, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR EPIA, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- Université de Lyon, ANSES, VetAgro Sup, UMR Mycoplasmoses animales, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, ANSES, VetAgro Sup, UMR Mycoplasmoses animales, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, ANSES, VetAgro Sup, UMR Mycoplasmoses animales, Lyon, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR EPIA, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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Hasoon MF, Jarocki VM, Mohammed MH, Djordjevic SP, Yip HYE, Carr M, Khabiri A, Azari AA, Amanollahi R, Jozani RJ, Carracher B, Mollinger J, Deutscher AT, Hemmatzadeh F, Trott DJ. Antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular characteristics of Mycoplasma bovis isolated from cases of bovine respiratory disease in Australian feedlot cattle. Vet Microbiol 2023; 283:109779. [PMID: 37257307 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109779] [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: 08/28/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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To date, antimicrobial susceptibility has not been reported for Australian Mycoplasma bovis isolates. This study determined minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for 12 different antimicrobials against Australian M. bovis isolates and used whole genome sequencing to screen those showing high macrolide MICs for point mutations in target genes. Most lung tissue/swab samples from bovine respiratory disease cases (61/76, 80.3%) tested positive for M. bovis. A set of 50 representative isolates (50/61, 82.0%) that showed adequate growth, was used for MIC testing. Uniformly, low MIC values were confirmed for enrofloxacin (≤ 4 μg/mL), florfenicol (≤ 8 μg/mL), gamithromycin (≤ 2 μg/mL), spectinomycin (≤ 4 μg/mL), tetracycline (≤ 8 μg/mL), tiamulin (≤ 4 μg/mL), and tulathromycin (≤ 0.5 μg/mL). A small proportion (10%) of isolates exhibited high MICs (≥ 32 μg/mL) for tildipirosin, tilmicosin, tylosin, and lincomycin, which were above the epidemiological cut-off values for each antimicrobial (≥ 4 μg/mL). These isolates, originating from three Australian states, underwent whole genome sequencing/multilocus sequencing typing and were compared with the reference strain PG45 to investigate mutations that might be linked with the high macrolide/lincosamide MICs. All five belonged to ST52 and two macrolide associated mutations were identified within the 23 S rRNA gene (A2058G in two sequenced isolates and G748A in all sequenced isolates). Four additional 23 S rRNA gene mutations did not appear to be linked to macrolide resistance. Whilst the majority of Australian M. bovis isolates appear susceptible to the tested antimicrobials, emerging macrolide resistance was detected in three Australian states and requires continued monitoring.
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- Mauida F Hasoon
- Australian Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Ecology, School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia; The Davies Livestock Research Center, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
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- Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Ecology, School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Ecology, School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia
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- Australian Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Ecology, School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia; The Davies Livestock Research Center, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Australian Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Ecology, School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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- Australian Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Ecology, School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia
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- Biosecurity Sciences Laboratory, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, 4108 QLD, Australia
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- Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, NSW Department of Primary Industries, 2568 NSW, Australia
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- Australian Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Ecology, School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia; The Davies Livestock Research Center, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Australian Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Ecology, School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia
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Ambroset C, Peticca A, Tricot A, Tardy F. Genomic features of Mycoplasma bovis subtypes currently circulating in France. BMC Genomics 2022; 23:603. [PMID: 35986252 PMCID: PMC9392320 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08818-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Mycoplasma (M.) bovis is a major etiological agent of bovine respiratory disease, which is the most economically costly disease of cattle worldwide. Cattle disease surveillance on M. bovis is increasingly using gene-based techniques, such as multilocus sequence typing (MLST), or genome-based techniques such as core genome MLST that both require only partial genomic data. However, accurate up-to-date surveillance also demands complete, circular genomes that can be used as reference to track the evolution of the different lineages. Yet, in France, two of the main subtypes currently circulating still have no representing genome in public databases. Here, to address this gap, we provide and compare three new complete M. bovis genomes obtained from recent clinical isolates that represent major subtypes circulating in France and Europe. Results Genomes were obtained using a hybrid assembly strategy (Illumina and Nanopore) with fine-tuning of settings and inputs used in the Unicycler assembly pipeline, such as size selection of reads and quality trimming of the FASTQ files. The main characteristics and synteny of the genomes were compared. The three genomes mainly differed by their content in terms of mobile genetic elements, i.e. integrative conjugative elements (ICE) and insertion sequences (IS), a feature that impacts their structure. For instance, strain L15527, representing subtype3 (st3), harbours an exceptionally high number of ICEs, which results in a bigger-sized genome than all those previously described and could be associated with the propensity of st3 to gain and fix mutations through chromosomal transfer mechanisms. In contrast, strain F9160, of st1, is very close to the PG45 type strain isolated in 1961 in the USA, and harbours a huge number of IS. These features may be associated with an evolution towards a host-restricted state or in a “closed” host or environment reservoir until a recent re-emergence. Conclusions Whole-genome comparison of the three French M. bovis subtypes provides valuable resources for future studies combining epidemiology, phylogenetic data, and phylodynamic methods. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12864-022-08818-9.
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Niu J, Yan M, Xu J, Xu Y, Chang Z, Sizhu S. The Resistance Mechanism of Mycoplasma bovis From Yaks in Tibet to Fluoroquinolones and Aminoglycosides. Front Vet Sci 2022; 9:840981. [PMID: 35982926 PMCID: PMC9378962 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.840981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) is one of the important pathogens for yaks. Aminoglycosides and fluoroquinolones are frequently used medications for the treatment of M. bovis. Drug-resistant strains were inevitable with the abuse of antibiotics. The resistance of M. bovis to aminoglycosides was related to the base mutations in drug target genes. Amino acid mutations at the quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) in gyrA, gyrB, parC, and parE conferred resistance to fluoroquinolones. In order to investigate the resistance mechanism of M. bovis from yaks in Tibet to aminoglycosides and fluoroquinolones, six frequently used antibiotics and ten clinical M. bovis strains were administered for a drug sensitivity test for in vitro-induced highly resistant strains, a drug stable-resistance test, cross-resistance test, and analysis of target gene mutations. The results showed that the clinical strains of M. bovis from yaks in Tibet had varying degrees of resistance to fluoroquinolones and aminoglycosides. The mechanism of resistance to fluoroquinolones and aminoglycosides was identified preliminarily for M. bovis from yaks: the single-site base mutation mediated the resistance of M. bovis from yaks and both base mutations led to highly resistant strains (aminoglycosides: rrs3 and rrs4; fluoroquinolones: gyrA and parC). The active efflux system results of M. bovis showed that there was no active efflux system based on fluoroquinolones and aminoglycosides expressed in M. bovis from yaks. The research could provide a reference for clinical treatment of M. bovis.
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- Jiaqiang Niu
- Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Linzhi, China
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- Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Linzhi, China
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The Monitoring of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations during the Last Decade (2010–2020) Seems to Reveal a Comeback of Susceptibility to Macrolides, Tiamulin, and Lincomycin. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11081021. [PMID: 36009890 PMCID: PMC9404793 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11081021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma gallisepticum (Mg) is a highly contagious avian pathogen responsible for significant economic losses for the poultry industry. In some circumstances, antimicrobial treatment is useful to contain clinical signs of Mg infection in birds. However, antimicrobial resistance emergence is now common among animal pathogens, becoming a worldwide health concern. The collection of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) data is fundamental for an appropriate antimicrobial use and for fighting antimicrobial resistance emergence. However, MIC data can only be generated in specialized laboratories, and therefore they are not regularly available. MICs of 67 non-vaccine-derived Mg isolates collected in Italy between 2010 and 2020 were obtained. Although 79.1% of the Mg isolates showed enrofloxacin MICs ≥ 8 µg/mL, a statistically significant trend toward low MICs of erythromycin, tylosin, tilmicosin, spiramycin, tiamulin, and lincomycin was observed, indicating a comeback to susceptibility of Mg toward these drugs. Doxycycline proved to be slightly more effective than oxytetracycline. The present study shows that Mg changed its susceptibility toward many of the drugs most commonly used for its containment over a ten-year period.
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Ammar AM, Abd El-Hamid MI, Mohamed YH, Mohamed HM, Al-khalifah DHM, Hozzein WN, Selim S, El-Neshwy WM, El-Malt RMS. Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bovine Mycoplasma Species in Egypt. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11071083. [PMID: 36101462 PMCID: PMC9312167 DOI: 10.3390/biology11071083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Simple Summary Bovine Mycoplasma species, particularly antimicrobial resistant Mycoplasma bovis are important causes of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) in cattle, which causes major economic losses worldwide. Thus, the current study aimed to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profiles of bovine Mycoplasma spp. isolated from cattle’s respiratory tracts, in addition to evaluating the fluoroquinolone resistance in the recovered isolates using broth microdilution and conventional PCR techniques in Egypt. Our result showed that M. bovis was the most common spp. (61%), followed by M. bovirhinis (15%). In total, mycoplasma isolates were more prevalent among all examined lung tissues (38%), followed by nasal swabs (35%), tracheal tissues (28%), and tracheal swabs (27%). All the examined mycoplasma isolates (n = 76) were 100% susceptible to spectinomycin, tulathromycin, spiramycin, and tylosin, but high doxycycline and enrofloxacin minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) values were observed among 43.4% and 60.5% of the tested isolates, respectively. Three and two mycoplasma isolates with high enrofloxacin MICs were confirmed to be M. bovis and M. bovirhinis, respectively, by PCR assays. All molecularly confirmed mycoplasma isolates (n = 5) were positive for the gyrA gene (100%), meanwhile, three isolates (60%) were positive for the parC gene. In conclusion, understanding antimicrobial resistance mechanisms is a significant tool for the future development of genetic-based diagnostic techniques for the rapid detection of resistant mycoplasma strains. Abstract Among many bovine Mycoplasma species (spp.), Mycoplasma bovis is recognized as a significant causative agent of respiratory diseases in cattle. In recent years, resistant M. bovis isolates, especially to fluoroquinolones, have been reported globally as a result of the extensive usage of antimicrobials in the treatment of bovine pneumonia. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of bovine Mycoplasma spp. isolated from the respiratory tracts of cattle in Egypt and to assess the fluoroquinolones resistance in the recovered mycoplasma isolates via broth microdilution and conventional PCR techniques. Conventional phenotypic methods identified 128 mycoplasma isolates (32%) from 400 different samples, with M. bovis being the predominant spp. (61%), followed by M. bovirhinis (15%). Of note, mycoplasma isolates were rarely isolated from total healthy lung tissues (7/55, 12.7%), but they were frequently isolated from pneumonic lungs (31/45, 68.9%). All the examined mycoplasma isolates (n = 76) were sensitive to tilmicosin, tylosin, tulathromycin, spiramycin, and spectinomycin (100% each), while 60.5% and 43.4% of the examined isolates had high minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values to enrofloxacin and doxycycline, respectively. Three and two mycoplasma isolates with high enrofloxacin MICs were confirmed to be M. bovis and M. bovirhinis, respectively, by PCR assays. All molecularly confirmed mycoplasma isolates (n = 5) were positive for the gyrA gene (100%); meanwhile, three isolates (60%) were positive for the parC gene. In conclusion, our findings revealed alarming resistance to enrofloxacin and doxycycline antibiotics; thus, antimicrobial usage must be restricted and molecular techniques can help in the rapid detection of the resistant strains.
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- Ahmed M. Ammar
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt; (A.M.A.); (M.I.A.E.-H.); (H.M.M.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt; (A.M.A.); (M.I.A.E.-H.); (H.M.M.)
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- Department of Mycoplasma Research, Animal Health Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza 12622, Egypt;
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt; (A.M.A.); (M.I.A.E.-H.); (H.M.M.)
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia;
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt;
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt;
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- Department of Bacteriology, Zagazig Branch, Animal Health Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Zagazig 44516, Egypt
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Genome-Wide Association Study of Nucleotide Variants Associated with Resistance to Nine Antimicrobials in Mycoplasma bovis. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10071366. [PMID: 35889084 PMCID: PMC9320666 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10071366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) studies of Mycoplasma bovis have generally focused on specific loci versus using a genome-wide association study (GWAS) approach. A GWAS approach, using two different models, was applied to 194 Mycoplasma bovis genomes. Both a fixed effects linear model (FEM) and a linear mixed model (LMM) identified associations between nucleotide variants (NVs) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) phenotypes. The AMR phenotypes represented fluoroquinolones, tetracyclines, phenicols, and macrolides. Both models identified known and novel NVs associated (Bonferroni adjusted p < 0.05) with AMR. Fluoroquinolone resistance was associated with multiple NVs, including previously identified mutations in gyrA and parC. NVs in the 30S ribosomal protein 16S were associated with tetracycline resistance, whereas NVs in 5S rRNA, 23S rRNA, and 50S ribosomal proteins were associated with phenicol and macrolide resistance. For all antimicrobial classes, resistance was associated with NVs in genes coding for ABC transporters and other membrane proteins, tRNA-ligases, peptidases, and transposases, suggesting a NV-based multifactorial model of AMR in M. bovis. This study was the largest collection of North American M. bovis isolates used with a GWAS for the sole purpose of identifying novel and non-antimicrobial-target NVs associated with AMR.
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Characterization of Mutations in DNA Gyrase and Topoisomerase IV in Field Strains and In Vitro Selected Quinolone-Resistant Mycoplasma hyorhinis Mutants. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11040494. [PMID: 35453245 PMCID: PMC9024574 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11040494] [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: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Mycoplasma hyorhinis is ubiquitous in swine, and it is a common pathogen of swine that causes polyserositis, arthritis, and maybe pneumonia. Fluoroquinolones are effective antimicrobials used for the treatment of mycoplasmal infection. However, a decrease in fluoroquinolones susceptibility in mycoplasma was observed. The molecular mechanisms have been studied in many mycoplasma species, while the mechanism in M. hyorhinis is still unknown. This study aimed to illustrate the in vitro development of fluoroquinolone resistance in M. hyorhinis and unveil the resistance mechanisms in both in vitro selected mutants and field strains. Seven ciprofloxacin-sensitive M. hyorhinis isolates were chosen to induce the fluoroquinolone resistance in vitro, and the point mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining regions (QRDRs) were characterized. The substitutions first occurred in ParC, resulting in a 2- to 8-fold increase in resistance, followed by additional mutations in GyrA and/or ParE to achieve a 32-fold increase. The mutations occurred in hot spots of QRDRs, and they were diverse and variable, including five in ParC (Ser80Phe, Ser80Tyr, Phe80Tyr, Glu84Gly, and Glu84Lys), four in GyrA (Ala83Val, Ser84Pro, Asp87Tyr, and Asp87Asn) and one in ParE (Glu470Lys). Target mutations in field strains were observed in the ParC (Ser80Phe, Ser81Pro, and Glu84Gln) of isolates with MICCIP = 2 μg/mL. This study characterized the point mutations in the QRDRs of M. hyorhinis and could be useful for the rapid detection of fluoroquinolone resistance in M. hyorhinis field isolates.
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Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Genetic Markers for Antimicrobial Resistance in Mycoplasma bovis. Microbiol Spectr 2021; 9:e0026221. [PMID: 34612702 PMCID: PMC8510175 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00262-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis causes many health and welfare problems in cattle. Due to the absence of clear insights regarding transmission dynamics and the lack of a registered vaccine in Europe, control of an outbreak depends mainly on antimicrobial therapy. Unfortunately, antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is usually not performed, because it is time-consuming and no standard protocol or clinical breakpoints are available. Fast identification of genetic markers associated with acquired resistance may at least partly resolve former issues. Therefore, the aims of this study were to implement a first genome-wide association study (GWAS) approach to identify genetic markers linked to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in M. bovis using rapid long-read sequencing and to evaluate different epidemiological cutoff (ECOFF) thresholds. High-quality genomes of 100 M. bovis isolates were generated by Nanopore sequencing, and isolates were categorized as wild-type or non-wild-type isolates based on MIC testing results. Subsequently, a k-mer-based GWAS analysis was performed to link genotypes with phenotypes based on different ECOFF thresholds. This resulted in potential genetic markers for macrolides (gamithromycin and tylosin) (23S rRNA gene and 50S ribosomal unit) and enrofloxacin (GyrA and ParC). Also, for tilmicosin and the tetracyclines, previously described mutations in both 23S rRNA alleles and in one or both 16S rRNA alleles were observed. In addition, two new 16S rRNA mutations were possibly associated with gentamicin resistance. In conclusion, this study shows the potential of quick high-quality Nanopore sequencing and GWAS analysis in the evaluation of phenotypic ECOFF thresholds and the rapid identification of M. bovis strains with acquired resistance. IMPORTANCEMycoplasma bovis is a leading cause of pneumonia but also causes other clinical signs in cattle. Since no effective vaccine is available, current M. bovis outbreak treatment relies primarily on the use of antimicrobials. However, M. bovis is naturally resistant to different antimicrobials, and acquired resistance against macrolides and fluoroquinolones is frequently described. Therefore, AST is important to provide appropriate and rapid antimicrobial treatment in the framework of AMR and to prevent the disease from spreading and/or becoming chronic. Unfortunately, phenotypic AST is time-consuming and, due to the lack of clinical breakpoints, the interpretation of AST in M. bovis is limited to the use of ECOFF values. Therefore, the objective of this study was to identify known and potentially new genetic markers linked to AMR phenotypes of M. bovis isolates, exploiting the power of a GWAS approach. For this, we used high-quality and complete Nanopore-sequenced M. bovis genomes of 100 isolates.
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Genome mosaicism in field strains of Mycoplasma bovis as footprints of in-host horizontal chromosomal transfer. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 88:e0166121. [PMID: 34669423 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01661-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Horizontal gene transfer was long thought to be marginal in Mollicutes, but the capacity of some of these wall-less bacteria to exchange large chromosomal regions has been recently documented. Mycoplasma chromosomal transfer (MCT) is an unconventional mechanism that relies on the presence of a functional integrative conjugative element (ICE) in at least one partner and involves the horizontal acquisition of small and large chromosomal fragments from any part of the donor genome, which results in progenies composed of an infinitive variety of mosaic genomes. The present study focuses on Mycoplasma bovis, an important pathogen of cattle responsible for major economic losses worldwide. By combining phylogenetic tree reconstructions and detailed comparative genome analyses of 36 isolates collected in Spain (2016-2018) we confirmed the mosaic nature of 16 field isolates and mapped chromosomal transfers exchanged between their hypothetical ancestors. This study provides evidence that MCT can take place in the field, most likely during co-infections by multiple strains. Because mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are classical contributors of genome plasticity, the presence of phages, insertion sequences (ISs) and ICEs was also investigated. Data revealed that these elements are widespread within the M. bovis species and evidenced classical horizontal transfer of phages and ICEs in addition to MCT. These events contribute to wide-genome diversity and reorganization within this species and may have a tremendous impact on diagnostic and disease control. IMPORTANCE Mycoplasma bovis is a major pathogen of cattle with significant detrimental economic and animal welfare on cattle rearing worldwide. Understanding the evolution and the adaptative potential of pathogenic mycoplasma species in the natural host is essential to combating them. In this study, we documented the occurrence of mycoplasma chromosomal transfer, an atypical mechanism of horizontal gene transfer, in field isolates of M. bovis that provide new insights into the evolution of this pathogenic species in their natural host. Despite these events are expected to occur at low frequency, their impact is accountable for genome-wide variety and reorganization within M. bovis species, which may compromise both diagnostic and disease control.
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Pereyre S, Tardy F. Integrating the Human and Animal Sides of Mycoplasmas Resistance to Antimicrobials. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:1216. [PMID: 34680797 PMCID: PMC8532757 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10101216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Mycoplasma infections are frequent in humans, as well as in a broad range of animals. However, antimicrobial treatment options are limited, partly due to the lack of a cell wall in these peculiar bacteria. Both veterinary and human medicines are facing increasing resistance prevalence for the most commonly used drugs, despite different usage practices. To date, very few reviews have integrated knowledge on resistance to antimicrobials in humans and animals, the latest dating back to 2014. To fill this gap, we examined, in parallel, antimicrobial usage, resistance mechanisms and either phenotype or genotype-based methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing, as well as epidemiology of resistance of the most clinically relevant human and animal mycoplasma species. This review unveiled common features and differences that need to be taken into consideration in a "One Health" perspective. Lastly, two examples of critical cases of multiple drug resistance are highlighted, namely, the human M. genitalium and the animal M. bovis species, both of which can lead to the threat of untreatable infections.
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- Sabine Pereyre
- USC EA 3671, Mycoplasmal and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
- Bacteriology Department, National Reference Center for Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections, CHU Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- UMR Mycoplasmoses Animales, Anses, VetAgro Sup, Université de Lyon, F-69007 Lyon, France
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Tatay-Dualde J, Prats-van der Ham M, Gaurivaud P, de la Fe C, Tardy F. Efflux Might Participate in Decreased Susceptibility to Oxytetracycline in Contagious Agalactia-Causative Mycoplasma spp. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:ani11082449. [PMID: 34438907 PMCID: PMC8388784 DOI: 10.3390/ani11082449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Contagious agalactia is associated with mastitis, keratoconjunctivitis, arthritis, pneumonia, and septicemia in small ruminants in countries with large dairy industries worldwide. The causative agents belong to four (sub)species of the Mycoplasma genus that have remained essentially susceptible to antimicrobials, including to the widely-used tetracycline family. However, some clinical isolates have been detected that show increased minimum inhibitory concentrations of tetracyclines, although they do not harbor the mutation in the 16SrRNA gene usually associated with resistance. The present work aimed to assess whether efflux pumps, infrequently described in mycoplasmas, could participate in the observed moderate loss of susceptibility. General efflux mechanisms were measured (i) using the fluorescence property of ethidium bromide when accumulated intracellularly and intercalated in the mycoplasma genomes, its active extrusion resulting in a temperature-dependent decrease in fluorescence and (ii) monitoring the growth inhibition of mycoplasmas by subinhibitory concentrations of tetracycline with or without reserpine, a known inhibitor of efflux in other bacteria. Both methods revealed non-specific efflux phenomena in most of the isolates tested, although their efficacy was difficult to quantify. This property could contribute to the acquisition of mutations conferring resistance by maintaining intracellular concentrations of tetracyclines at subinhibitory levels.
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- Juan Tatay-Dualde
- Ruminant Health Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, Campus de Espinardo s/n, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain; (J.T.-D.); (M.P.-v.d.H.); (C.d.l.F.)
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- Ruminant Health Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, Campus de Espinardo s/n, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain; (J.T.-D.); (M.P.-v.d.H.); (C.d.l.F.)
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- UMR Mycoplasmoses Animales, Anses, VetAgro Sup, Université de Lyon, F-69364 Lyon, France;
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- Ruminant Health Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, Campus de Espinardo s/n, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain; (J.T.-D.); (M.P.-v.d.H.); (C.d.l.F.)
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- UMR Mycoplasmoses Animales, Anses, VetAgro Sup, Université de Lyon, F-69364 Lyon, France;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +33-4-78696843
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Chernova OA, Chernov VM, Mouzykantov AA, Baranova NB, Edelstein IA, Aminov RI. Antimicrobial drug resistance mechanisms among Mollicutes. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2020; 57:106253. [PMID: 33264670 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.106253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Revised: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Representatives of the Mollicutes class are the smallest, wall-less bacteria capable of independent reproduction. They are widespread in nature, most are commensals, and some are pathogens of humans, animals and plants. They are also the main contaminants of cell cultures and vaccine preparations. Despite limited biosynthetic capabilities, they are highly adaptable and capable of surviving under various stress and extreme conditions, including antimicrobial selective pressure. This review describes current understanding of antibiotic resistance (ABR) mechanisms in Mollicutes. Protective mechanisms in these bacteria include point mutations, which may include non-target genes, and unique gene exchange mechanisms, contributing to transfer of ABR genes. Better understanding of the mechanisms of emergence and dissemination of ABR in Mollicutes is crucial to control these hypermutable bacteria and prevent the occurrence of highly ABR strains.
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- Olga A Chernova
- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Centre of RAS, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Centre of RAS, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Centre of RAS, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Centre of RAS, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Smolensk State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russian Federation, Smolensk, Russian Federation
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- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation.
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Tardy F, Aspan A, Autio T, Ridley A, Tricot A, Colin A, Pohjanvirta T, Smid B, Harders F, Lindegaard M, Tølbøll Lauritsen K, Lyhs U, Wisselink HJ, Strube ML. Mycoplasma bovis in Nordic European Countries: Emergence and Dominance of a New Clone. Pathogens 2020; 9:E875. [PMID: 33114269 PMCID: PMC7716209 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9110875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Mycoplasma (M.) bovis is an important pathogen of cattle implicated in a broad range of clinical manifestations that adversely impacts livestock production worldwide. In the absence of a safe, effective commercial vaccine in Europe, the reported reduced susceptibility to antimicrobials for this organism has contributed to difficulties in controlling infection. Despite global presence, some countries have only recently experienced outbreaks of this pathogen. In the present study, M. bovis isolates collected in Denmark between 1981 and 2016 were characterized to determine (i) genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships using whole genome sequencing and various sequence-based typing methods and (ii) patterns of antimicrobial resistance compared to other European isolates. The M. bovis population in Denmark was found to be highly homogeneous genomically and with respect to the antimicrobial resistance profile. Previously dominated by an old genotype shared by many other countries (ST17 in the PubMLST legacy scheme), a new predominant type represented by ST94-adh1 has emerged. The same clone is also found in Sweden and Finland, where M. bovis introduction is more recent. Although retrieved from the Netherlands, it appears absent from France, two countries with a long history of M. bovis infection where the M. bovis population is more diverse.
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- Florence Tardy
- UMR Mycoplasmoses des Ruminants, ANSES laboratoire de Lyon, VetAgro Sup, Université de Lyon, 69364 Lyon, France; (A.T.); (A.C.)
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- National Veterinary Institute (SVA), SE-751 89 Uppsala, Sweden;
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- Finnish Food Authority, 70210 Kuopio, Finland; (T.A.); (T.P.)
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- Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Surrey KT15 3NB, UK;
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- UMR Mycoplasmoses des Ruminants, ANSES laboratoire de Lyon, VetAgro Sup, Université de Lyon, 69364 Lyon, France; (A.T.); (A.C.)
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- UMR Mycoplasmoses des Ruminants, ANSES laboratoire de Lyon, VetAgro Sup, Université de Lyon, 69364 Lyon, France; (A.T.); (A.C.)
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- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, 8221 RA Lelystad, The Netherlands; (B.S.); (F.H.); (H.J.W.)
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- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, 8221 RA Lelystad, The Netherlands; (B.S.); (F.H.); (H.J.W.)
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- National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark; (M.L.); (K.T.L.); (U.L.)
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- National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark; (M.L.); (K.T.L.); (U.L.)
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- National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark; (M.L.); (K.T.L.); (U.L.)
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- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, 8221 RA Lelystad, The Netherlands; (B.S.); (F.H.); (H.J.W.)
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- National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark; (M.L.); (K.T.L.); (U.L.)
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Zhao L, Wang S, Li X, He X, Jian L. Development of in vitro resistance to fluoroquinolones in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2020; 9:124. [PMID: 32758289 PMCID: PMC7405379 DOI: 10.1186/s13756-020-00793-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 07/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Fluoroquinolone resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa typically arises through site-specific mutations and overexpression of efflux pumps. In this study, we investigated the dynamics of different resistance mechanisms in P. aeruginosa populations that have evolved under fluoroquinolone pressure, as well as the interactions between these mechanisms in evolutionary trajectories. Bacteria of strain ATCC27853 were selected under different concentrations of ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin for six parallel lineages, followed by amplification of four target genes in the quinolone-resistance determining region (QRDR) and Sanger sequencing to identify the mutations. The expression of four efflux pump proteins was evaluated by real-time polymerase chain reaction using the relative quantitation method, with the ATCC27853 strain used as a control. We found that ciprofloxacin killed P. aeruginosa sooner than did levofloxacin. Further, we identified five different mutations in three subunits of QRDRs, with gyrA as the main mutated gene associated with conferring fluoroquinolone resistance. Additionally, we found a larger number of mutations appearing at 2 mg/L and 4 mg/L of ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin, respectively. Moreover, we identified the main efflux pump being expressed as MexCD-OprJ, with initial overexpression observed at 0.25 mg/L and 0.5 mg/L of ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin, respectively. These results demonstrated gyrA83 mutation and MexCD-OprJ overexpression as the primary mechanism conferring ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin resistance in P. aeruginosa. In addition, we also show that ciprofloxacin exhibited a stronger ability to kill the bacteria while potentially rendering it more susceptible to resistance.
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- Lei Zhao
- Department of Pharmacy, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, NO. 36, Sanhao Street, Heping District, Shenyang, 110004, China
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- School of Pharmacy, China Medical University, NO. 77, Puhe Street, Shenbei New District, Shenyang, 110001, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, NO. 36, Sanhao Street, Heping District, Shenyang, 110004, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, NO. 36, Sanhao Street, Heping District, Shenyang, 110004, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, NO. 36, Sanhao Street, Heping District, Shenyang, 110004, China. .,School of Pharmacy, China Medical University, NO. 77, Puhe Street, Shenbei New District, Shenyang, 110001, China.
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Monitoring Mycoplasma bovis Diversity and Antimicrobial Susceptibility in Calf Feedlots Undergoing a Respiratory Disease Outbreak. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9070593. [PMID: 32708285 PMCID: PMC7400015 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9070593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Bovine respiratory diseases (BRD) are widespread in veal calf feedlots. Several pathogens are implicated, both viruses and bacteria, one of which, Mycoplasma bovis, is under-researched. This worldwide-distributed bacterium has been shown to be highly resistant in vitro to the main antimicrobials used to treat BRD. Our objective was to monitor the relative prevalence of M. bovis during BRD episodes, its diversity, and its resistance phenotype in relation to antimicrobial use. For this purpose, a two-year longitudinal follow-up of 25 feedlots was organized and 537 nasal swabs were collected on 358 veal calves at their arrival in the lot, at the BRD peak and 4 weeks after collective antimicrobial treatments. The presence of M. bovis was assessed by real-time PCR and culture. The clones isolated were then subtyped (polC subtyping and PFGE analysis), and their susceptibility to five antimicrobials was determined. The course of the disease and the antimicrobials used had no influence on the genetic diversity of the M. bovis strains: The subtype distribution was the same throughout the BRD episode and similar to that already described in France, with a major narrowly-variable subtype circulating, st2. The same conclusion holds for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) phenotypes: All the clones were already multiresistant to the main antimicrobials used (except for fluoroquinolones) prior to any treatments. By contrast, changes of AMR phenotypes could be suspected for Pasteurellaceae in two cases in relation to the treatments registered.
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Mycoplasma bovis in Spanish Cattle Herds: Two Groups of Multiresistant Isolates Predominate, with One Remaining Susceptible to Fluoroquinolones. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9070545. [PMID: 32645913 PMCID: PMC7399988 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9070545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis is an important bovine pathogen causing pneumonia, mastitis, and arthritis and is responsible for major economic losses worldwide. In the absence of an efficient vaccine, control of M. bovis infections mainly relies on antimicrobial treatments, but resistance is reported in an increasing number of countries. To address the situation in Spain, M. bovis was searched in 436 samples collected from beef and dairy cattle (2016–2019) and 28% were positive. Single-locus typing using polC sequences further revealed that two subtypes ST2 and ST3, circulate in Spain both in beef and dairy cattle, regardless of the regions or the clinical signs. Monitoring of ST2 and ST3 isolates minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) to a panel of antimicrobials revealed one major difference when using fluoroquinolones (FQL): ST2 is more susceptible than ST3. Accordingly, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) further identified mutations in the gyrA and parC regions, encoding quinolone resistance-determining regions (QRDR) only in ST3 isolates. This situation shows the capacity of ST3 to accumulate mutations in QRDR and might reflect the selective pressure imposed by the extensive use of these antimicrobials. MIC values and detection of mutations by WGS also showed that most Spanish isolates are resistant to macrolides, lincosamides, and tetracyclines. Valnemulin was the only one effective, at least in vitro, against both STs.
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Yair Y, Borovok I, Mikula I, Falk R, Fox LK, Gophna U, Lysnyansky I. Genomics-based epidemiology of bovine Mycoplasma bovis strains in Israel. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:70. [PMID: 31969124 PMCID: PMC6977290 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6460-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Mycoplasma bovis is an important etiologic agent of bovine mycoplasmosis affecting cattle production and animal welfare. In the past in Israel, M. bovis has been most frequently associated with bovine respiratory disease (BRD) and was rarely isolated from mastitis. This situation changed in 2008 when M. bovis-associated mastitis emerged in Israel. The aim of this study was to utilize whole genome sequencing to evaluate the molecular epidemiology and genomic diversity of M. bovis mastitis-associated strains and their genetic relatedness to M. bovis strains isolated from BRD in local feedlot calves and those imported to Israel from different European countries and Australia. Results Phylogeny based on total single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis of 225 M. bovis genomes clearly showed clustering of isolates on the basis of geographical origin: strains isolated from European countries clustered together and separately from Australian and Chinese isolates, while Israeli isolates were found in the both groups. The dominant genotype was identified among local mastitis-associated M. bovis isolates. This genotype showed a close genomic relatedness to M. bovis strains isolated from calves imported to Israel from Australia, to original Australian M. bovis strains, as well as to strains isolated in China. Conclusions This study represents the first comprehensive high-resolution genome-based epidemiological analysis of M. bovis in Israel and illustrates the possible dissemination of the pathogen across the globe by cattle trade.
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- Yael Yair
- School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Mycoplasma Unit, Division of Avian Diseases, Kimron Veterinary Institute, POB 12, 50250, Beit Dagan, Israel
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- Israel Dairy Board, Laboratory for Udder Health and Milk Quality, Caesarea, Israel
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- Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Mycoplasma Unit, Division of Avian Diseases, Kimron Veterinary Institute, POB 12, 50250, Beit Dagan, Israel.
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Emerging Antibiotic Resistance in Mycoplasma Microorganisms, Designing Effective and Novel Drugs / Therapeutic Targets: Current Knowledge and Futuristic Prospects. JOURNAL OF PURE AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.22207/jpam.13.1.03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mycoplasmas are intrinsically resistant to antimicrobials targeting the cell wall (fosfomycin, glycopeptides, or β-lactam antibiotics) and to sulfonamides, first-generation quinolones, trimethoprim, polymixins, and rifampicin. The antibiotics most frequently used to control mycoplasmal infections in animals are macrolides and tetracyclines. Lincosamides, fluoroquinolones, pleuromutilins, phenicols, and aminoglycosides can also be active. Standardization of methods used for determination of susceptibility levels is difficult since no quality control strains are available and because of species-specific growth requirements. Reduced susceptibility levels or resistances to several families of antimicrobials have been reported in field isolates of pathogenic Mycoplasma species of major veterinary interest: M. gallisepticum and M. synoviae in poultry; M. hyopneumoniae, M. hyorhinis, and M. hyosynoviae in swine; M. bovis in cattle; and M. agalactiae in small ruminants. The highest resistances are observed for macrolides, followed by tetracyclines. Most strains remain susceptible to fluoroquinolones. Pleuromutilins are the most effective antibiotics in vitro. Resistance frequencies vary according to the Mycoplasma species but also according to the countries or groups of animals from which the samples were taken. Point mutations in the target genes of different antimicrobials have been identified in resistant field isolates, in vitro-selected mutants, or strains reisolated after an experimental infection followed by one or several treatments: DNA-gyrase and topoisomerase IV for fluoroquinolones; 23S rRNA for macrolides, lincosamides, pleuromutilins, and amphenicols; 16S rRNAs for tetracyclines and aminoglycosides. Further work should be carried out to determine and harmonize specific breakpoints for animal mycoplasmas so that in vitro information can be used to provide advice on selection of in vivo treatments.
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Faucher M, Nouvel LX, Dordet-Frisoni E, Sagné E, Baranowski E, Hygonenq MC, Marenda MS, Tardy F, Citti C. Mycoplasmas under experimental antimicrobial selection: The unpredicted contribution of horizontal chromosomal transfer. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1007910. [PMID: 30668569 PMCID: PMC6358093 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Horizontal Gene Transfer was long thought to be marginal in Mycoplasma a large group of wall-less bacteria often portrayed as minimal cells because of their reduced genomes (ca. 0.5 to 2.0 Mb) and their limited metabolic pathways. This view was recently challenged by the discovery of conjugative exchanges of large chromosomal fragments that equally affected all parts of the chromosome via an unconventional mechanism, so that the whole mycoplasma genome is potentially mobile. By combining next generation sequencing to classical mating and evolutionary experiments, the current study further explored the contribution and impact of this phenomenon on mycoplasma evolution and adaptation using the fluoroquinolone enrofloxacin (Enro), for selective pressure and the ruminant pathogen Mycoplasma agalactiae, as a model organism. For this purpose, we generated isogenic lineages that displayed different combination of spontaneous mutations in Enro target genes (gyrA, gyrB, parC and parE) in association to gradual level of resistance to Enro. We then tested whether these mutations can be acquired by a susceptible population via conjugative chromosomal transfer knowing that, in our model organism, the 4 target genes are scattered in three distinct and distant loci. Our data show that under antibiotic selective pressure, the time scale of the mutational pathway leading to high-level of Enro resistance can be readily compressed into a single conjugative step, in which several EnroR alleles were transferred from resistant to susceptible mycoplasma cells. In addition to acting as an accelerator for antimicrobial dissemination, mycoplasma chromosomal transfer reshuffled genomes beyond expectations and created a mosaic of resistant sub-populations with unpredicted and unrelated features. Our findings provide insights into the process that may drive evolution and adaptability of several pathogenic Mycoplasma spp. via an unconventional conjugative mechanism.
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- Marion Faucher
- IHAP, Université de Toulouse, INRA, ENVT, Toulouse, France
- UMR Mycoplasmoses of ruminants, ANSES, VetAgro Sup, University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- IHAP, Université de Toulouse, INRA, ENVT, Toulouse, France
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- Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- UMR Mycoplasmoses of ruminants, ANSES, VetAgro Sup, University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- IHAP, Université de Toulouse, INRA, ENVT, Toulouse, France
- * E-mail: (LXN); (CC)
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Liu H, Wilksch J, Li B, Du J, Cao J, Zhang X, Zhou T. Emergence of ST39 and ST656 extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Wenzhou, China. Indian J Med Microbiol 2018; 35:145-146. [PMID: 28303839 DOI: 10.4103/ijmm.ijmm_16_381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Haiyang Liu
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Infection & Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Clayton 3800, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Medical Lab Science, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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Prats-van der Ham M, Tatay-Dualde J, Ambroset C, De la Fe C, Tardy F. The moderate drift towards less tetracycline-susceptible isolates of contagious agalactia causative agents might result from different molecular mechanisms. Vet Microbiol 2018; 220:39-46. [PMID: 29885799 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Contagious agalactia is a mycoplasmosis that affects small ruminants, is associated with loss of milk production and high morbidity rates, and is highly deleterious to dairy industries. The etiological agents are four mycoplasma (sub)species, of which the relative importance depends on the countries and the animal host. Tetracyclines are non-expensive, broad-spectrum antimicrobials and are often used to control mastitis in dairy herds. However, the in vitro efficiency of tetracyclines against each of the etiological agents of contagious agalactia has been poorly assessed. The aims of this study were i) to compare the tetracycline susceptibilities of various field isolates, belonging to different mycoplasma (sub)species and subtypes, collected over the years from different clinical contexts in France or Spain, and ii) to investigate the molecular mechanisms behind the decreased susceptibility of some isolates to tetracyclines. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (MICs) of tetracyclines were determined in vitro on a set of 120 isolates. Statistical analyses were run to define the significance of any observed differences in MICs distribution. As mutations in the genes encoding the tetracycline targets (rrs loci) are most often associated with increased tetracycline MICs in animal mycoplasmas, these genes were sequenced. The loss of susceptibility to tetracyclines after year 2010 is not significant and recent MICs are higher in M. agalactiae, especially isolates from mastitis cases, than in other etiological agents of contagious agalactia. The observed increases in MICs were not always associated with mutations in the rrs alleles which suggests the existence of other resistance mechanisms yet to be deciphered.
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- M Prats-van der Ham
- Ruminant Health Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo s/n., 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Ruminant Health Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo s/n., 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- VetAgro Sup, Université de Lyon, UMR Mycoplasmoses des Ruminants, Marcy-L'étoile, France; Anses, Laboratoire de Lyon, Université de Lyon, UMR Mycoplasmoses des Ruminants, Lyon, France
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- Ruminant Health Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo s/n., 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- VetAgro Sup, Université de Lyon, UMR Mycoplasmoses des Ruminants, Marcy-L'étoile, France; Anses, Laboratoire de Lyon, Université de Lyon, UMR Mycoplasmoses des Ruminants, Lyon, France.
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Mycoplasma hominis shows strain-dependent increase in resistance to selected antibiotics after symbiosis with Trichomonas vaginalis. J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2018; 14:169-175. [PMID: 29660412 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2018.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Mycoplasma hominis, a genetically heterogeneous, cell-wall-less bacterium, is able to live in symbiosis with the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis. Whilst the impact of this symbiosis on T. vaginalis has been investigated to a certain extent, less light has been shed on the influence on M. hominis. METHODS An in vitro minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) study of the antimicrobial susceptibility of three clinical M. hominis isolates (V475, AKH136 and MhSS10) to clindamycin, moxifloxacin, ciprofloxacin and gentamicin was performed in dependence on symbiosis with T. vaginalis strain IR78. RESULTS Passaging of M. hominis through T. vaginalis led to an increase in MICs to all drugs investigated in M. hominis V475 and M. hominis MhSS10 (apart from gentamicin). Shifts from intermediate to resistant (MhSS10 for ciprofloxacin) and from susceptible to intermediate-resistant (V475 for gentamicin; P=0.015) were observed. Moreover, initial susceptibility of V475 to moxifloxacin (MIC=1.35μg/mL) was statistically significantly reduced (MIC=2.5μg/mL) following T. vaginalis passage concomitantly with mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining regions (QRDRs) of gyrA (S153L) and parC (E195G and K144R). In contrast, the susceptibility of M. hominis isolate AKH136 to all drugs investigated increased after passaging. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that symbiosis with T. vaginalis has an enhancing effect on selected antimicrobial resistances of distinct M. hominis isolates.
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Sulyok KM, Bekő K, Kreizinger Z, Wehmann E, Jerzsele Á, Rónai Z, Turcsányi I, Makrai L, Szeredi L, Jánosi S, Nagy SÁ, Gyuranecz M. Development of molecular methods for the rapid detection of antibiotic susceptibility of Mycoplasma bovis. Vet Microbiol 2017; 213:47-57. [PMID: 29292003 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Determining the antibiotic susceptibility profile of Mycoplasma bovis isolates in vitro provides the basis for the appropriate choice of antibiotics in the therapy. Traditionally, the antibiotic susceptibility examination of mycoplasmas is technically demanding, time-consuming and rarely performed in diagnostic laboratories. The aim of the present study was to develop rapid molecular assays to determine mutations responsible for elevated minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) to fluoroquinolones, tetracyclines, aminocyclitols, macrolides, lincosamides, phenicols and pleuromutilins in M. bovis. The nine mismatch amplification mutation assays (MAMA) and seven high resolution melt (HRM) tests designed in the present study enable the simultaneous detection of these genetic markers. The sensitivity of the assays varied between 102-105 copy numbers/reaction. Cross-reactions with other mycoplasmas occurring in cattle were detected in assays targeting universal regions (e.g. 16S rRNA). Nevertheless, results of the novel method were in accordance with sequence and MICs data of the M. bovis pure cultures. Also, the tests of clinical samples containing high amount of M. bovis DNA were congruent even in the presence of other Mycoplasma spp. The presented method is highly cost-effective and can provide an antibiogram to 12 antibiotics in approximately 3-4 days when previous isolation of M. bovis is applied. In order to assure the proper identification of the genetic markers at issue, the regions examined by the MAMA and HRM tests are overlapping. In conclusion, the developed assays have potential to be used in routine diagnostics for the detection of antibiotic susceptibility in M. bovis.
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- Kinga M Sulyok
- Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1143, Hungária körút 21, Hungary
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- Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1143, Hungária körút 21, Hungary
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- Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1143, Hungária körút 21, Hungary
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- Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1143, Hungária körút 21, Hungary
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- University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, István utca 2, Hungary
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- Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate, National Food Chain Safety Office, Budapest, 1143, Tábornok utca 2, Hungary
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- Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate, National Food Chain Safety Office, Budapest, 1143, Tábornok utca 2, Hungary
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- University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, István utca 2, Hungary
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- Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate, National Food Chain Safety Office, Budapest, 1143, Tábornok utca 2, Hungary
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- Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate, National Food Chain Safety Office, Budapest, 1143, Tábornok utca 2, Hungary
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- Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1143, Hungária körút 21, Hungary
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- Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1143, Hungária körút 21, Hungary.
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Khalil D, Becker CA, Tardy F. Monitoring the Decrease in Susceptibility to Ribosomal RNAs Targeting Antimicrobials and Its Molecular Basis in Clinical Mycoplasma bovis Isolates over Time. Microb Drug Resist 2017; 23:799-811. [DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2016.0268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Dima Khalil
- Université de Lyon, VetAgro Sup, UMR Mycoplasmoses des Ruminants, Marcy L'Etoile, France
- Anses, Laboratoire de Lyon, UMR Mycoplasmoses des Ruminants, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, VetAgro Sup, UMR Mycoplasmoses des Ruminants, Marcy L'Etoile, France
- Anses, Laboratoire de Lyon, UMR Mycoplasmoses des Ruminants, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, VetAgro Sup, UMR Mycoplasmoses des Ruminants, Marcy L'Etoile, France
- Anses, Laboratoire de Lyon, UMR Mycoplasmoses des Ruminants, Lyon, France
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Resistance mechanisms against quinolones in Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum. Vet J 2017; 223:1-4. [PMID: 28671064 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2017.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2016] [Revised: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Quinolones interact with bacterial DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV, the subunits of which are encoded by gyrA/gyrB and parC/parE, respectively. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between changes in these genes and quinolone susceptibility of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum (Mcc). Using in vitro selected resistant mutants and field isolates from goats, predicted amino acid changes in gyrA, gyrB and parC were associated with higher minimum inhibitory concentration values for quinolones. Alterations in parC predicted amino acid sequences were most frequently associated with quinolone resistance in Mcc.
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Tatay-Dualde J, Prats-van der Ham M, de la Fe C, Paterna A, Sánchez A, Corrales JC, Contreras A, Gómez-Martín Á. Mutations in the quinolone resistance determining region conferring resistance to fluoroquinolones in Mycoplasma agalactiae. Vet Microbiol 2017; 207:63-68. [PMID: 28757041 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Revised: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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M. agalactiae is the main causative agent of contagious agalactia, against which antimicrobial treatment is the main applied control measure. Quinolones are an effective group of antimicrobials inhibiting the growth of M. agalactiae, but in the last years, various reports have demonstrated an increase of resistance in field isolates due to its massive use. Nevertheless, the molecular mechanisms involved in the acquisition of fluoroquinolones resistance in M. agalactiae have not been elucidated yet. Therefore, the aim of this work was to analyze the presence of DNA variations that could be related to changes in fluoroquinolone susceptibility. For this purpose, three M. agalactiae strains were selected to obtain in vitro resistant mutants against enrofloxacin, marbofloxacin and moxifloxacin and afterwards, partial sequences of their gyrA, gyrB, parC and parE genes were analyzed. In addition, a set of field isolates with different MIC values were also studied. Changes related to variations in fluoroquinolones susceptibility were found in gyrB, parC and parE. Specifically, gyrB genes were affected at the predicted amino acid position 424, four amino acid changes were detected in parC (positions 78, 79, 80 and 84) and two substitutions were reported in parE (amino acid positions 429 and 459). Mutations at predicted positions 424 of gyrB and 429 of parE are novel DNA changes which had not been previously described and, on the whole, parC was the first gene showing alterations when changes in susceptibility to fluoroquinolones occurred. Thus, this gene is the most suitable target for a rapid study of fluoroquinolone resistance in field isolates of M. agalactiae.
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- Juan Tatay-Dualde
- Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo s/n., 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo s/n., 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo s/n., 30100 Murcia, Spain.
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- Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo s/n., 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo s/n., 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo s/n., 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo s/n., 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo s/n., 30100 Murcia, Spain
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Global protein expression profile response of planktonic Aeromonas hydrophila exposed to chlortetracycline. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 33:68. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-017-2204-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Mutations Associated with Decreased Susceptibility to Seven Antimicrobial Families in Field and Laboratory-Derived Mycoplasma bovis Strains. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2017; 61:AAC.01983-16. [PMID: 27895010 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01983-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The molecular mechanisms of resistance to fluoroquinolones, tetracyclines, an aminocyclitol, macrolides, a lincosamide, a phenicol, and pleuromutilins were investigated in Mycoplasma bovis For the identification of mutations responsible for the high MICs of certain antibiotics, whole-genome sequencing of 35 M. bovis field isolates and 36 laboratory-derived antibiotic-resistant mutants was performed. In vitro resistant mutants were selected by serial passages of M. bovis in broth medium containing subinhibitory concentrations of the antibiotics. Mutations associated with high fluoroquinolones MICs were found at positions 244 to 260 and at positions 232 to 250 (according to Escherichia coli numbering) of the quinolone resistance-determining regions of the gyrA and parC genes, respectively. Alterations related to elevated tetracycline MICs were described at positions 962 to 967, 1058, 1195, 1196, and 1199 of genes encoding the 16S rRNA and forming the primary tetracycline binding site. Single transversion at position 1192 of the rrs1 gene resulted in a spectinomycin MIC of 256 μg/ml. Mutations responsible for high macrolide, lincomycin, florfenicol, and pleuromutilin antibiotic MICs were identified in genes encoding 23S rRNA. Understanding antibiotic resistance mechanisms is an important tool for future developments of genetic-based diagnostic assays for the rapid detection of resistant M. bovis strains.
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Bürki S, Spergser J, Bodmer M, Pilo P. A dominant lineage of Mycoplasma bovis is associated with an increased number of severe mastitis cases in cattle. Vet Microbiol 2016; 196:63-66. [PMID: 27939157 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2016.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Revised: 09/08/2016] [Accepted: 10/09/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Mycoplasma bovis is the most frequent etiologic agent of bovine mycoplasmosis. It causes various diseases in bovines and considerable economic loss due to the lack of effective treatment or preventive measures such as vaccination. In contrast to the US, where M. bovis-mastitis has been reported for a long time, M. bovis infections in Switzerland and Austria were predominantly associated with pneumonia and subclinical mastitis. However, since 2007 the situation has changed with the emergence of severe M. bovis-associated mastitis cases in both countries. In order to evaluate the molecular epidemiology of the bacteria isolated from these infections, recent and old Swiss, along with recent Austrian M. bovis isolates were analyzed by a typing method displaying intermediate resolution of evolutionary relationships among isolates called Multi-Locus Sequence Typing (MLST). The analysis of Swiss and Austrian M. bovis isolates revealed two major lineages. Isolates collected since 2007 in both countries cluster in the lineage I including ST5, ST33, ST34, 36, and ST38-40 (clonal complex 1), while all Swiss isolates recovered before 2007 cluster in the lineage II comprising ST17 and ST35 (clonal complex 5). Further investigations are necessary to understand if lineage I has a higher predilection or virulence toward mammary gland cells than the old lineage or if other factors are involved in the increased number of severe mastitis cases.
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- Sibylle Bürki
- Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Laenggassstrasse 122, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210, Vienna, Austria
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- Clinic for Ruminants, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bremgartenstrasse 109a, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Laenggassstrasse 122, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
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Lysnyansky I, Ayling RD. Mycoplasma bovis: Mechanisms of Resistance and Trends in Antimicrobial Susceptibility. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:595. [PMID: 27199926 PMCID: PMC4846652 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma bovis is a cell-wall-less bacterium and belongs to the class Mollicutes. It is the most important etiological agent of bovine mycoplasmoses in North America and Europe, causing respiratory disease, mastitis, otitis media, arthritis, and reproductive disease. Clinical disease associated with M. bovis is often chronic, debilitating, and poorly responsive to antimicrobial therapy, resulting in significant economic loss, the full extent of which is difficult to estimate. Until M. bovis vaccines are universally available, sanitary control measures and antimicrobial treatment are the only approaches that can be used in attempts to control M. bovis infections. However, in vitro studies show that many of the current M. bovis isolates circulating in Europe have high minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) for many of the commercially available antimicrobials. In this review we summarize the current MIC trends indicating the development of antimicrobial resistance in M. bovis as well as the known molecular mechanisms by which resistance is acquired.
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- Inna Lysnyansky
- Mycoplasma Unit, Division of Avian and Aquatic Diseases, Kimron Veterinary Institute Beit Dagan, Israel
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- Department of Bacteriology, Animal and Plant Health Agency Addlestone, UK
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