Genomic characterization of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli strains isolated from diseased dogs and cats: Report from Japanese Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring
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Abstract
This study investigates the genomic characteristics of canine and feline cefotaxime (CTX, a third-generation cephalosporin)-resistant Escherichia coli using the JVARM, Japanese Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System, a nationwide monitoring.
In this study, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was performed on 51 canine and 45 feline CTX-resistant E. coli isolates, with certain isolates subjected to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis with S1 nuclease for plasmid–chromosome separation.
The most common blaCTX-M genes were blaCTX-M-27 (dogs: 11/51 [21.6 %]; cat: 10/45 [22.2 %]), followed by blaCTX-M-14 (dogs: 10/51 [19.6 %]; cats: 10/45 [22.2 %]), and blaCTX-M-15 (dogs: 9/51 [17.6 %]; cats: 5/45 [11.1 %]). Besides β-lactamase genes, all isolates harbored mdf(A), a multidrug efflux pump, with resistance genes for aminoglycosides, sulfonamides, trimethoprims, macrolides and tetracyclines. None of the isolates had carbapenemase genes, such as blaOXA-48, blaNDM, and blaIMP, whereas most of the isolates showed double mutations in gyrA and parC, which affected quinolone resistance. For the isolates separately analyzed for plasmid and chromosomal DNA via WGS, the majority of CTX-M genes were present on the plasmids. Some plasmids also harbored the same combination of resistance genes and plasmid replicon type, although they differed from isolates derived from different areas of Japan. The predominant plasmids were blaCTX-M-27,aadA5, aph(6)-Id, aph(3”)-Ib, sul1, sul2, tet(A), dfrA17, and mph(A) on IncF. The predominant combination of ST131, O25:H4, and B2 isolates comprised the largest cluster in the minimum spanning tree and the ST131 E. coli harboring blaCTX-M-27 from human in Japan was closely related to these isolates.
The results indicated that CTX-resistant canine and feline E. coli harbored multiple plasmids carrying the same combination of resistance genes and emphasizes the need to prevent the spread.
Data Availability
All raw short-read sequence data have been deposited in the DNA Data Bank of Japan. (DRR Run No, DRR335726–335821).
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Veterinary Microbiology is concerned with microbial (bacterial, fungal, viral) diseases of domesticated vertebrate animals (livestock, companion animals, fur-bearing animals, game, poultry, fish) that supply food, other useful products or companionship. In addition, Microbial diseases of wild animals living in captivity, or as members of the feral fauna will also be considered if the infections are of interest because of their interrelation with humans (zoonoses) and/or domestic animals. Studies of antimicrobial resistance are also included, provided that the results represent a substantial advance in knowledge. Authors are strongly encouraged to read - prior to submission - the Editorials (''Scope or cope'' and ''Scope or cope II'') published previously in the journal. The Editors reserve the right to suggest submission to another journal for those papers which they feel would be more appropriate for consideration by that journal.
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