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Escherichia coli producing CTX-M-2 beta-lactamase in cattle, Japan.


ABSTRACT: From November 2000 to June 2001, Escherichia coli strains producing CTX-M-2 beta-lactamase were isolated from 6 (1.5%) of 396 cattle fecal samples and 2 (0.7%) of 270 surface swabs of cattle carcasses in Japan. The blaCTX-M-2 gene responsible for CTX-M-2 production was encoded on transferable plasmids, and the gene was transferred to E. coli CSH2 with a very high frequency (2 x 10(-4) to 6 x 10(-1) per donor cells) by conjugation. Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of nine isolates showed at least five different patterns. These findings suggest that CTX-M-2 producers might have originated from cattle through the use of cephalosporins such as ceftiofur and that cattle could be a reservoir of CTX-M-2-producing E. coli. Continuous and strategic surveillance of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in livestock is essential to suppress further dissemination of these bacteria into society at large.

SUBMITTER: Shiraki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3322752 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Escherichia coli producing CTX-M-2 beta-lactamase in cattle, Japan.

Shiraki Yutaka Y   Shibata Naohiro N   Doi Yohei Y   Arakawa Yoshichika Y  

Emerging infectious diseases 20040101 1


From November 2000 to June 2001, Escherichia coli strains producing CTX-M-2 beta-lactamase were isolated from 6 (1.5%) of 396 cattle fecal samples and 2 (0.7%) of 270 surface swabs of cattle carcasses in Japan. The blaCTX-M-2 gene responsible for CTX-M-2 production was encoded on transferable plasmids, and the gene was transferred to E. coli CSH2 with a very high frequency (2 x 10(-4) to 6 x 10(-1) per donor cells) by conjugation. Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of nine isolates showed  ...[more]

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