Serotypes of Escherichia coli isolated from septicaemic chickens in Galicia (Northwest Spain)

The purpose of this study was to establish the serogroups of Escherichia coli that cause avian colibacillosis in Spain. The serogroups of 625 avian E. coli isolated between 1992 and 1993 were determined. The 458 E. coli from chickens with septicaemia belonged to 62 different O serogroups; however, 59% were of one of 18 serogroups (O1, O2, O5, O8, O12, O14, O15, O18, O20, O53, O78, O81, O83, O102, O103, O115, O116 and O132). These 18 serogroups were also determined as an important percentage (29%) of control isolates from faeces of healthy birds. Nevertheless, a significant difference (59% versus 29%; P<0.001) was observed. Furthermore, the serogroups O12, O14, O18, O53, O78, O81, O102, O115, O116 and O132 were almost exclusively identified among septicaemic E. coli (31% versus 3%; P<0.001). The high prevalence of O18, O81, O115, O116 and O132 isolates was not expected and may indicate the emergence of five new serogroups associated with avian colibacillosis not yet reported.     

Penetration of drug resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from laboratory animals

A total of 713 strains of fecal Escherichia coli (E. coli) isolated from laboratory animals in the colonies of 4 research laboratories and 4 commercial breeders in Japan in 1994 were examined in regard to resistance to 8 antibacterial agents. The incidence of resistance to sulfadimethoxine (Su), streptomycin (Sm), ampicillin, cephaloridine, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, kanamycin, and gentamicin was 99.9%, 32.5%, 6.7%, 0.7%, 7.0%, 2.6%, 6.6% and 0.7%, respectively. These results indicated that Su and Sm resistance are penetrating into normal E. coli strains isolated from laboratory animals.     

猪和野生动物源大肠杆菌及沙门菌中磺胺类药物耐药基因的检测

对从四川省10个规模化猪场和16种野生动物的粪样中分离鉴定出的67株大肠杆菌、57株沙门菌进行了药敏试验。结果，猪源和野生动物源分离菌对磺胺类药物的耐药率分别为72．0％（72／100）和29．2％（7／24）。根据GenBank中登录的序列，设计了3对特异性引物，对磺胺类药物的耐药基因Sul1、Sul2、Sul3进行了三重PCR检测。在这124株细菌中，Sul1基因的检出率最高，为47．6％（59／124），Sul2基因的检出率为17．7％（22／124），Sul3基因的检出率为18．5％（23／124）。药敏试验结果与基因检测结果的符合率为89．9％。     

合肥地区动物源致病性大肠杆菌ESBLs和PMQR基因流行分布

从安徽省合肥地区多个养殖厂分离鉴定了65株致病性大肠杆菌,用PCR方法检测ESBLs和PMQR基因的流行分布情况,用微量肉汤稀释法测定30株ESBLs和/或PMQR阳性菌对16种抗菌药物的最小抑菌浓度.PCR结果显示:ESBLs阳性率为24.6％(16/65),分别为blaOXA(16株)、blaTEM(15株)和blaCTX-M(14株),未检出blaSHV; PMQR的阳性率为46.2％(30/65),分别为qnrA(9株)、qnrS(18株)、aac(6')-Ib～cr(28株),未检出qnrB、qnrC、qnrD和qepA;且携带ESBLs基因的阳性菌株均携带PMQR基因.首次检测出有7株大肠杆菌同时携带ES-BLs基因型(blaOXA、blaTEM、blaCTX-M)和PMQR基因型(qnrA、qnrS、aac(6')-Ib-cr).药物敏感性测定结果显示:30株携带ESBLs和/或PMQR基因的阳性大肠杆菌对16种抗菌药物的耐药率为16.7％～100％,耐药谱较广,耐药性较严重.16株同时携带ESBLs和PMQR基因的阳性菌株对11种及11种以上药物耐药的菌株占87.5％,14株仅携带PMQR基因的阳性菌株对11种及11种以上药物耐药的菌株占28.5％,表明携带PMQR基因的同时携带ESBLs基因大大增强了菌株的耐药性,携带耐药基因的数量和种类与菌株的多重耐药性相关.     

Antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from chickens

Faecal Escherichia coli isolated from healthy farm chickens, from farm chickens with avian influenza, and from chickens with diarrhoea were more resistant to antimicrobial agents (94-100%) than those isolated from healthy domestic chickens (20%). Transfer of drug resistance was readily achieved from strains isolated from both healthy and sick farm chickens, and from diarrhoeic chickens; it was more difficult to demonstrate in strains from domestic chickens. Resistant E. coli showing serotypes suspected to be enteropathogenic for man, i.e 0126:K71(B16), 044:K74 (L) and 0119:K69(B14), were isolated from faecal samples of healthy and sick farm chickens, but not from healthy domestic birds.     

Characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from healthy dogs

Five month old dogs from a Midwestern research kennel occasionally developed bloody diarrhea after shipment to other facilities. As previous diagnostic efforts failed to reveal any potential pathogens in feces from normal and diarrheic dogs, Escherichia coli was investigated for select virulence properties that may contribute to the occurrence of bloody diarrhea. Fecal swabs from 52 healthy dogs were examined for E. coli. Two hundred and sixty E. coli-like colonies were screened by PCR for the attaching and effacing (eae) gene, Shiga toxin (stx) genes, and the heat-stable enterotoxin type A (sta) gene. One hundred forty two of the 260 E. coli-like colonies (54.6%) from 43 dogs were eae or sta positive; and 60 of the eae and/or sta positive isolates were examined further. Among the 60 isolates, 23 (38.3%) possessed the eae gene, 32 (53.3%) possessed the sta gene, and five (8.3%) possessed both eae and sta genes (eae⁺/sta⁺). Of the 60 isolates, six sta⁺ and one eae⁺/sta⁺ isolates were hemolytic. When examined in the suckling mouse assay, five of six sta⁺ isolates and three of four eae⁺/sta⁺ isolates gave gut-to-remaining carcass ratios ≥0.083, indicating expression of heat-stable enterotoxin. These enterotoxin-producing isolates belonged to serogroups O42, O170, and O-negative.     

临床分离食品动物源多重耐药大肠杆菌耐药分子特征研究

本研究从主动外排机制、膜孔蛋白缺失及氟喹诺酮类药物作用靶位改变等几个方面探讨,临床分离的20株动物源性多重耐药大肠杆菌的耐药分子特征。实验结果表明,20株临床分离大肠杆菌gyrA83、gyrA87、parC80的突变率分别为95％、85％、55％。gyrA和parC共同突变的有11株,突变率为55％;20株多重耐药菌大肠杆菌普遍存在主动外排机制,主要介导对部分氨基糖苷类、四环素、氟苯尼考和氟喹诺酮类药物耐药,当添加外排泵抑制剂PAβN后多数菌株庆大霉素、新霉素、四环素、氟苯尼考及氟喹诺酮类药物的MIC都降低了2倍～256倍。利用建立的ELISA方法检测外排泵AcrA蛋白的表达水平,结果证实所有,临床分离菌外排泵表达都增高;20株分离大肠杆菌中,部分菌株缺失OmpC或OmpF蛋白,同时缺失这两个蛋白的只有3株。部分菌株OmpF蛋白条带附近存在有多重耐药相关蛋白（Mar）。本研究结果揭示多重耐药大肠杆菌对常用抗菌药物高水平的耐药表型是主动外排机制、药物作用靶位的改变、外膜通透性的改变及其它机制共同作用的结果。     

Serotypes and Shiga toxin genotypes among Escherichia coli isolated from animals and food in Argentina and Brazil

Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains isolated from animals and food in Argentina (n=44) and Brazil (n=20) were examined and compared in regard to their phenotypic and genotypic characteristics to evaluate their pathogenic potential. The clonal relatedness of STEC O157 isolates (n=22) was established by phage typing (PT) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). All O157 strains studied carried eae and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)-hly sequences. In Argentina, these strains occurred both in cattle and meat, and 50% of them carried stx2/stx2vh-a genes, whereas in Brazil the O157 strains were isolated from animals, and most harbored the stx2vh-a sequence. At least 13 different O:H serotypes were identified among the non-O157 strains studied, with serotype O113:H21 being found in both countries. All but one non-O157 strains did not carry eae gene, but EHEC-hlyA gene was found in 85.7% of them, and the stx2 genotype was also more prevalent in Argentina than in Brazil (P<0.01), where stx1 alone or in association was most common (68.8%). One STEC strain isolated from a calf in Brazil harbored the new variant referred to as stx2-NV206. PFGE analysis showed that STEC O157 strains were grouped in four clusters. One Brazilian strain was considered possibly related (> or =80%) to Argentinean strains of cluster I. Differences in the pathogenic potential, especially in regard to serotypes and stx genotypes, were observed among the STEC strains recovered from animals and food in both countries.     

重庆市及三峡库区家畜中大肠杆菌O157带菌的流行病学调查

采集重庆市及三峡库区6个区县家畜粪便样品1 473份,接种mEC＋n增菌肉汤37℃振摇孵育6 h,取增菌液接种CT-SMAC平板,37℃培养18 h,挑取可疑菌落,经血清学检验、PCR扩增和微量生化实验确认,最后用药敏试纸测试其对常用抗生素的敏感性。结果表明,在1 473份粪便样品中共检出11株O157,其中7株O157：H7,4株O157：H？;对分离菌株做药物敏感性试验,发现它们对青霉素、氨苄西林、杆菌肽、头孢呋肟、红霉素、庆大霉素、四环素等存在不同程度的耐药。这次调查为重庆市及三峡库区该病的预防提供了依据。     

Toxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from pigs in Argentina

The presence of porcine toxigenic E. coli (ETEC, VTEC) in 28 piggeries (5% of total) of the central and northeast region of Argentina was studied for a better understanding of the epidemiology of porcine strains. Samples were taken by rectal swabs from healthy piglets and from those with diarrhoea, in addition to their dams. Between 5-10 colonies were isolated from each one of 223 animals sampled from 1992 to 1997. By using specific primers each strain was screened by PCR for VT1, VT2all, VT2e, STIa, and LTI toxin genes. Only strains positive for any of the toxins mentioned above were screened for STb. Their O serogroups were determined by agglutination. All of the above enterotoxins and verocytotoxins were found in E. coli isolated from the animals. The STIa gene was detected in E. coli isolated from 27/127 piglets with diarrhoea, in comparison with LTI (4/127 pigs). No toxin gene was amplified from E. coli isolated from either healthy piglets or their dams. When strains isolated from 48 piglets without diarrhoea but showing delayed growth were analysed by PCR, their toxin profile was determined to be VT1 (1/48 piglets), VT2all (5/48), STIa (1/48), LTI (3/48) and VT2e (3/48). Serogroup O64 prevailed among ETEC; O138 prevailed for ETEC/VTEC strains. This is the first extensive study regarding porcine toxigenic E. coli in Argentina and constitutes an important database for the implementation of prevention measures.     

Comparison of necrotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolates from farm animals and from humans

Necrotoxigenic Escherichia coli (NTEC) isolated from animals and humans can belong to the same serogroups/types and produce or carry the genes coding for fimbrial and afimbrial adhesins of the same family, P, S, F17, and/or AFA, raising the question of a potential zoonotic source of human infection. The main purpose of this study was to compare 239 NTEC1 strains (45 from cattle, 65 from humans and 129 from piglets) and 98 NTEC2 strains from cattle, using a uniform and standardized typing scheme. The O serogroups and the biotypes recognized amongst NTEC1 and NTEC2 strains were quite varied, although some were more frequently observed (serogroups O2, O4, O6, O8, O18, O78, and O83 and biotypes 1, 2, 5, 6, and 9). Hybridization, results with gene probes for the P family (PAP probe), S family (SFA probe), AFA family (AFA probe), F17 family (F17 probe) of fimbrial and afimbrial adhesins, could differentiate most NTEC1 strains, which are PAP-, SFA- and/or AFA-positive, from NTEC2 strains, which are mainly F17- and/or AFA-positive, but were of no help in differentiating between NTEC1 strains from cattle, humans, and piglets. All but seven (98%) NTEC1 and NTEC2 strains were serum resistant, 199 (59%) produced an aerobactin, and colicin (I, V, or unidentified) was produced by 22-34% of them. On the other hand, more than 90% of the NTEC1 strains were haemolytic on sheep blood agar compared with only 40% of the NTEC2 strains. Production of a classical haemolysin, active on sheep erythrocytes, and hybridization with the PAP probe were associated in a majority of NTEC1 strains (63-81%), but very rarely in NTEC2 strains (3%). Production of enterohaemolysin and hybridization with the PAP probe were much less frequently associated in NTEC strains (1-9%). It was thus possible neither to completely differentiate NTEC1 strains from cattle, humans, and pigs, nor to define a signature for the NTEC strains. Necrotoxigenic E. coli must still be identified on the basis of the production of the Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factors 1 or 2 (or of their encoding genes) and complete differentiation of NTEC1 strains from cattle, humans, and piglets, use additionnal methods.     

鸭源大肠杆菌分离株药物敏感性测定

自永定肉鸭养殖场分离到17株大肠杆菌,对其进行了常用抗生素敏感性测定。结果显示所检测的25种抗生素中,无高敏药,中敏药物仅为阿米卡星、头孢类药物。由此表明鸭大肠杆菌分离菌株的耐药性在不断增强、耐药谱在拓宽。     

腹泻犊牛大肠杆菌的分离鉴定和药敏试验

犊牛腹泻是犊牛常见病之一.犊牛腹泻大肠杆菌有多种血清型,主要有导致初生犊牛腹泻的O8、O9、O20、O101大肠杆菌,感染犊牛发生败血症的O78、O15、O35、O115、O117、O137等血清型大肠杆菌[1].2005～2007年我们从南京地区部分奶牛场犊牛腹泻和犊牛败血症病例的犊牛,无菌采集直肠棉拭及病死犊牛的脾脏和关节液作病料,同时无菌采集部分临床健康的犊牛和成年奶牛直肠棉拭,划线于麦康凯平板,37℃培养24 h;     

犬源大肠杆菌耐药与毒力的分子特征

从9份病犬血便和6份健康犬粪便样品中分离出17株大肠杆菌,分别进行了生化鉴定,耐药基因blaCTX-M、blaTEM和blaSHV以及24种毒力基因的PCR扩增,13种抗菌药的药敏检测,以及ESBL表型鉴定、MLST分型、菌株分群和质粒分型。研究发现,病犬分离出的大肠杆菌多为致病性的ESBL表型耐药菌,携带多种质粒以及blaCTX-M和/或blaTEM-1基因,检测到10种毒力相关基因,健康犬分离出的大肠杆菌对多数抗菌药敏感,绝大部分未检测到质粒及blaCTX-M、blaTEM和blaSHV耐药基因。本研究从健康犬大肠杆菌分离株检测到3种新的ST型,分别为ST4001、ST4002和ST4003。结果表明,犬致病性大肠杆菌耐药情况十分严重,其临床治疗难度以及耐药性传播风险将加大,并对于人类健康具有潜在威胁,应予以重视。