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Colistin resistant Escherichia coli carrying mcr-1 in urban sludge samples: Dhaka, Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT: Of 48 bacteria belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae tested from urban sludge samples, one Escherichia coli isolate was resistant to colistin and possessed the resistance marker gene mcr-1 found for the first time from Bangladesh. The colistin resistant E. coli was multidrug resistant showing resistance to 11 different antibiotics tested.

SUBMITTER: Islam A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5738163 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Colistin resistant Escherichia coli carrying mcr-1 in urban sludge samples: Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Islam Aminul A Rahman Zillur Z Monira Shirajum S Rahman Md Anisur MA Camilli Andrew A George Christine M CM Ahmed Niyaz N Alam Munirul M

Gut pathogens 20171220

Of 48 bacteria belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae tested from urban sludge samples, one Escherichia coli isolate was resistant to colistin and possessed the resistance marker gene mcr-1 found for the first time from Bangladesh. The colistin resistant E. coli was multidrug resistant showing resistance to 11 different antibiotics tested. ...[more]

PMID: 29270234

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Project description:Colistin is one of the last-resort antibiotics for infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. However, the wide spread of novel plasmid-carrying colistin resistance genes mcr-1 and its variants substantially compromise colistin's therapeutic effectiveness and pose a severe danger to public health. To detect colistin-resistant microorganisms induced by mcr genes, rapid and reliable antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) is imminently needed. In this study, we identified an RNA-based AST (RBAST) to discriminate between colistin-susceptible and mcr-1-mediated colistin-resistant bacteria. After short-time colistin treatment, RBAST can detect differentially expressed RNA biomarkers in bacteria. Those candidate mRNA biomarkers were successfully verified within colistin exposure temporal shifts, concentration shifts, and other mcr-1 variants. Furthermore, a group of clinical strains were effectively distinguished by using the RBAST approach during the 3-h test duration with over 93% accuracy. Taken together, our findings imply that certain mRNA transcripts produced in response to colistin treatment might be useful indicators for the development of fast AST for mcr-positive bacteria. IMPORTANCE The emergence and prevalence of mcr-1 and its variants in humans, animals, and the environment pose a global public health threat. There is a pressing urgency to develop rapid and accurate methods to identify MCR-positive colistin-resistant bacteria in the clinical samples, providing a basis for subsequent effective antibiotic treatment. Using the specific mRNA signatures, we develop an RNA-based antibiotic susceptibility testing (RBAST) for effectively distinguishing colistin-susceptible and mcr-1-mediated colistin-resistant strains. Meanwhile, the detection efficiency of these RNA biomarkers was evidenced in other mcr variants-carrying strains. By comparing with the traditional AST method, the RBAST method was verified to successfully characterize a set of clinical isolates during 3 h assay time with over 93% accuracy. Our study provides a feasible method for the rapid detection of colistin-resistant strains in clinical practice.

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Colistin resistant Escherichia coli carrying mcr-1 in urban sludge samples: Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Colistin resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> carrying <i>mcr</i>-<i>1</i> in urban sludge samples: Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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