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Molecular characterization of fluoroquinolone and/or cephalosporin resistance in Shigella sonnei isolates from yaks.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Members of the genus Shigella are intestinal pathogens and a major cause of seasonal outbreaks of bacterial diarrhea worldwide. Although humans are the conventional hosts of Shigella species, expansion of the Shigella host range to certain animals was recently reported. To investigate the prevalence of Shigella sonnei (S. sonnei) in yaks and perform molecular characterization, we analyzed 1132 fresh yak diarrheal stool samples and collected a total of 44 S. sonnei isolates.

Results

We performed multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) with XbaI-digested DNA to study genetic relatedness among the 44 isolates, which were differentiated into 4 sequence types (STs) and 32 PFGE types (PTs). All isolates harbored virulence genes, and 87.36% tested positive for invasion plasmid antigen H (ipaH), invasion associated locus (ial) and the Shigella enterotoxin gene sen. According to the results of antimicrobial susceptibility tests, 45.45% (20/44) were resistant to fluoroquinolones and/or cephalosporin. By sequencing the quinolone resistance determining region (QRDR) genes, we identified double mutations in gyrA (Ser83-Leu and Asp87-Asn) and a single mutation in parC (Ser80-Ile). All 12 fluoroquinolone-resistant S. sonnei isolates tested positive for the aac(6')-Ib-cr gene but negative for qepA. Three isolates harbored qnr genes, including two with qnrS and one with qnrB. In addition, three types of ?-lactamase genes, bla _TEM-1 , bla _OXA-1 and bla _CTX-M-14/79 , were detected in cephalosporin-resistant isolates.

Conclusions

The findings of this study have enriched our knowledge of fluoroquinolone- and/or cephalosporin-resistant S. sonnei isolates from yaks, which has important public health significance.

SUBMITTER: Zhu Z

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5992640 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Molecular characterization of fluoroquinolone and/or cephalosporin resistance in Shigella sonnei isolates from yaks.

Zhu Zhen Z Shi Yuxiang Y Zhou Xuzheng X Li Bing B Zhang Jiyu J

BMC veterinary research 20180607 1

<h4>Background</h4>Members of the genus Shigella are intestinal pathogens and a major cause of seasonal outbreaks of bacterial diarrhea worldwide. Although humans are the conventional hosts of Shigella species, expansion of the Shigella host range to certain animals was recently reported. To investigate the prevalence of Shigella sonnei (S. sonnei) in yaks and perform molecular characterization, we analyzed 1132 fresh yak diarrheal stool samples and collected a total of 44 S. sonnei isolates.<h4 ...[more]

PMID: 29879965

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Molecular characterization of fluoroquinolone and/or cephalosporin resistance in Shigella sonnei isolates from yaks.

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Conclusions

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Molecular characterization of fluoroquinolone and/or cephalosporin resistance in Shigella sonnei isolates from yaks.

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