Genetic characterization of high-level aminoglycoside-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolated from retail chicken meat.

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Abstract
Retail chicken meat can play a role in the transfer of drug resistance to humans through the handling or ingestion of improperly cooked meat contaminated with resistant enterococci. In fact, high-level aminoglycoside-resistance (HLAR) in enterococci identified in human cases. Therefore, the prevalence and genetic characterization of HLAR in enterococci in retail chicken meat were investigated in this study. Of the 345 enterococci strains, 29 (8.7%) showed HLAR. All HLAR in enterococci carried at least 1 of 2 aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme genes, aac(6')Ie-aph(2″)-Ia and ant(6)-Ia. Among the 13 isolates that carried aac(6')Ie-aph(2″)-Ia, 3 had pattern A, with IS256 at both ends, and the other 10 had pattern D, without IS256 at both ends. All HLAR in enterococci also showed multidrug resistance. Among the 24 erythromycin-resistant enterococci, 19 (79.2%) harbored the ermB gene, and one (4.2%) harbored both the ermB and ermA genes. A total of 21 enterococci were tetracycline-resistant and harbored one or more of the following tetracycline resistance genes tet(M), tet(L), and tet(O). The Int-Tn gene was detected in one isolate (3.4%) carrying the tet(M) and ermB genes. All 4 chloramphenicol-resistant isolates carried either the phenicol resistance gene cfr alone (one isolate), both cfr and fexA (one isolate), or both fexA and optrA (2 isolates). Four efflux pump genes, efr(A), efr(B), emeA, and lsa, were detected in all HLAR in Enterococcus faecalis isolates. These results improve our understanding of the transmission dynamics of HLAR in enterococci from non-hospital sources to humans.
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Authors Kim, Yeong Bin;Seo, Kwang Won;Son, Se Hyun;Noh, Eun Bi;Lee, Young Ju;
Journal Poultry science
Year 2019
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