Pathogenic E. coli from Cattle as a Reservoir of Resistance Genes to Various Groups of Antibiotics

Pathogenic E. coli from Cattle as a Reservoir of Resistance Genes to Various Groups of Antibiotics

Antimicrobial resistance has become a worldwide concern in all public health domains and reducing the spread has become a global priority. Pathogenic is responsible for a number of illnesses in humans and outbreaks in the past have been correlated with the consumption of contaminated bovine products...

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Published in:Antibiotics (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 3; p. 404
Main Authors: Tabaran, Alexandra, Soulageon, Virginie, Chirila, Flore, Reget, Oana Lucia, Mihaiu, Marian, Borzan, Mihai, Dan, Sorin Daniel
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 17-03-2022
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Subjects:
Abattoirs
Antibiotic resistance
Antibiotics
Antimicrobial agents
Antimicrobial resistance
Bacteria
bovine
Cattle
Diarrhea
Drug resistance
E coli
Escherichia coli
Genes
Multidrug resistance
Public health
Reservoirs
resistance pattern
slaughterhouse
Toxins
Virulence
France
Romania
bovine
resistance pattern
Escherichia coli
slaughterhouse
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Summary:Antimicrobial resistance has become a worldwide concern in all public health domains and reducing the spread has become a global priority. Pathogenic is responsible for a number of illnesses in humans and outbreaks in the past have been correlated with the consumption of contaminated bovine products. This is why surveillance in all the steps of production is essential. This study focused on identifying the pathogenic strains of in two large bovine abattoirs from Romania and France, and on associating them with the antimicrobial resistance patterns. A total of 250 samples from intestinal content were aseptically collected during the evisceration step of the cattle slaughtering process, from which 242 strains were isolated. Seventeen percent of all samples tested positive to at least one isolate carrying A, and genes. The most prevalent genetic profile found in the E. coli strains tested was -positive and -negative. More than 68% of the pathogenic E. coli isolated in Romania showed multi-drug resistance (MDR) and in France, the percentage was significantly lower (38%). The MDR profiles showed a high gene diversity for antibiotic resistance, which represents a great risk for environmental spread and human health. Our results indicate that in Romania, bovines can represent a reservoir for MDR E. coli and, hence, a surveillance system for antimicrobials usage in farm animals is highly needed.
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ISSN:2079-6382
2079-6382
DOI:10.3390/antibiotics11030404