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Does Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes Contribute Significantly to the Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance in Uruguay?


ABSTRACT: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Listeria monocytogenes are worldwide recognized zoonotic pathogens. Recent reports have emerged about the circulation of antimicrobial-resistant STEC and L. monocytogenes isolates. To assess the frequency of antimicrobial resistance and related genes in these pathogens, we studied 45 STEC and 50 L. monocytogenes isolates locally recovered from different sources. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by disk-diffusion method, and the genomic sequences of three selected STEC and from all 50 L. monocytogenes isolates were analyzed for antibiotic resistance genes. Four STEC and three L. monocytogenes isolates were phenotypically resistant to at least one of the antibiotics tested. Resistance genes aph(3″)-Ib, aph(3')-Ia, aph(6)-Id, bla T EM-1B, sul2, mef (A), and tet(A) were found in a human STEC ampicillin-resistant isolate. All L. monocytogenes isolates harbored fosX, lin, mdrL, lde fepA, and norB. Overall resistance in L. monocytogenes and STEC was low or middle. However, the high load of resistance genes found, even in susceptible isolates, suggests that these pathogens could contribute to the burden of antimicrobial resistance.

SUBMITTER: Mota MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7677299 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Does Shiga Toxin-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> Contribute Significantly to the Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance in Uruguay?

Mota María Inés MI   Vázquez Sylvia S   Cornejo Cecilia C   D'Alessandro Bruno B   Braga Valeria V   Caetano Ana A   Betancor Laura L   Varela Gustavo G  

Frontiers in veterinary science 20201106


Shiga toxin-producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> (STEC) and <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> are worldwide recognized zoonotic pathogens. Recent reports have emerged about the circulation of antimicrobial-resistant STEC and <i>L. monocytogenes</i> isolates. To assess the frequency of antimicrobial resistance and related genes in these pathogens, we studied 45 STEC and 50 <i>L. monocytogenes</i> isolates locally recovered from different sources. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by dis  ...[more]

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