Limited Dissemination of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase- and Plasmid-Encoded AmpC-Producing Escherichia coli from Food and Farm Animals, SwedenShow others and affiliations
2016 (English)In: Emerging Infectious Diseases, ISSN 1080-6040, E-ISSN 1080-6059, Vol. 22, no 4, p. 634-640
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Abstract [en]
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)- and plasmid-encoded ampC (pAmpC)-producing Enterobacteriaceae might spread from farm animals to humans through food. However, most studies have been limited in number of isolates tested and areas studied. We examined genetic relatedness of 716 isolates from 4,854 samples collected from humans, farm animals, and foods in Sweden to determine whether foods and farm animals might act as reservoirs and dissemination routes for ESBL/pAmpC-producing Escherichia coli. Results showed that clonal spread to humans appears unlikely. However, we found limited dissemination of genes encoding ESBL/pAmpC and plasmids carrying these genes from foods and farm animals to healthy humans and patients. Poultry and chicken meat might be a reservoir and dissemination route to humans. Although we found no evidence of clonal spread of ESBL/pAmpC-producing E. coli from farm animals or foods to humans, ESBL/pAmpC-producing E. coli with identical genes and plasmids were present in farm animals, foods, and humans.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , 2016. Vol. 22, no 4, p. 634-640
Keywords [en]
ESBL, Escherichia coli, Sweden, antimicrobial resistance, bacteria, bloodstream infections, broilers, carriage, extended-spectrum cephalosporin, extended-spectrum β-lactamase, farm animals, foodborne infections, meat, national assessment, pAmpC, plasmid-encoded AmpC, poultry
National Category
Microbiology Food Science Microbiology in the medical area
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-107574DOI: 10.3201/eid2204.151142ISI: 000372688500007PubMedID: 26982890Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84961218823OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-107574DiVA, id: diva2:1788480
Funder
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency2023-08-162023-08-162023-12-29Bibliographically approved