Detection of vanA and vanB2-containing enterococci from food samples in Spain, including Enterococcus faecium strains of CC17 and the new singleton ST425
- López, M. 1
- Sáenz, Y. 2
- Rojo-Bezares, B. 2
- Martínez, S. 1
- del Campo, R. 3
- Ruiz-Larrea, F. 1
- Zarazaga, M. 1
- Torres, C. 1
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Universidad de La Rioja
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Centro de Investigación Biomédica de La Rioja
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Hospital Ramón y Cajal
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ISSN: 0168-1605
Datum der Publikation: 2009
Ausgabe: 133
Nummer: 1-2
Seiten: 172-178
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: International Journal of Food Microbiology
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JCR (Journal Impact Factor)
- Jahr 2009
- Impact Factor der Zeitschrift: 3.011
- Impact Factor ohne Selbstzitierung: 2.619
- Article influence score: 0.829
- Höchstes Quartil: Q1
- Bereich: FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Quartil: Q1 Position im Bereich: 8/118 (Ausgabe: SCIE)
- Bereich: MICROBIOLOGY Quartil: Q2 Position im Bereich: 33/95 (Ausgabe: SCIE)
SCImago Journal Rank
- Jahr 2009
- Impact SJR der Zeitschrift: 1.475
- Höchstes Quartil: Q1
- Bereich: Food Science Quartil: Q1 Position im Bereich: 12/244
- Bereich: Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality Quartil: Q1 Position im Bereich: 5/293
- Bereich: Microbiology Quartil: Q1 Position im Bereich: 28/130
- Bereich: Medicine (miscellaneous) Quartil: Q1 Position im Bereich: 235/2938
Zusammenfassung
Two-hundred-twenty-nine food samples of animal origin were tested to know the prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) after a decade of avoparcin ban as animal growth promoter in Spain. VRE with acquired mechanism of resistance were detected in 9 of these 229 samples (3.9%, obtained from chicken, veal and rabbit), and one VRE per food sample was further characterized. The vanA gene was identified in seven isolates (2 E. faecium, 3 E. durans, and 2 E. hirae), and the vanB2 gene in the remaining 2 isolates (identified as E. faecium). The two vanB2 isolates showed a phenotype of multiresistance that included, in addition to vancomycin, also ampicillin, erythromycin, tetracycline, streptomycin, kanamycin, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and contained, among others, erm(B), tet(M), ant(6), and aph(3′)-III genes. Most of vanA enterococci showed erythromycin and tetracycline resistance and contained the erm(B) and tet(M) genes. One vanA- and both vanB2-positive E. faecium isolates were classified by MLST analysis into the CC17 clonal complex (ST17 and ST78), and one additional vanA isolate was included in a new sequence type named ST425 (singleton). Co-transference by conjugation of erm(B) and vanA genes was demonstrated in one vanA-positive E. faecium isolate. The inclusion of vanB2 cluster into Tn5382 structure was demonstrated in the two vanB2 isolates, as well as the linkage pbp5-Tn5382, and beta-haemolysis and gelatinase production was identified in one of them. Food sample of animal origin could be a vehicle of transference of VRE of vanA and vanB2 type that could be transferred to humans. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.