Prevalence of tet(X4) in Escherichia coli From Duck Farms in Southeast China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Carbapenems, colistin, and tigecycline are critically important antibiotics in clinics. After the global appearance of bla _NDM and mcr mediating the resistance to carbapenems and colistin, respectively, tigecycline becomes the last-resort drug against severe human infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria. Recently, a mobile tigecycline resistance gene tet(X4) has been identified in Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter baumannii that causes high resistance to tigecycline and other tetracyclines. In this study, the prevalence of tet(X4) in E. coli isolates from duck and goose farms in Southeast China was identified and characterized.

Methods

Feces, soil, sewage,

SUBMITTER: Yu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8419466 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature