Commensal Escherichia coli isolate resistant to eight classes of antimicrobial agents in the United States

Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2011 Feb;8(2):329-32. doi: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0619. Epub 2010 Oct 25.

Abstract

To increase understanding of community-acquired resistance, stool samples from 477 nonhospitalized persons in Maryland and Michigan, from 2004 to 2008, were screened for ceftriaxone resistance. Seven (1.5%) yielded ceftriaxone-resistant Escherichia coli; one isolate was resistant to all eight antimicrobial classes routinely tested: aminoglycosides, β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations, cephems, penicillins, folate pathway inhibitors, phenicols, quinolones, and tetracyclines. The extensively resistant isolate was from a 50-year-old woman who denied antimicrobial use, hospitalization, or international travel within 6 months. Meat (beef, chicken, and pork) and eggs were consumed within 1 month before stool collection. Further studies are warranted to understand potential sources, including the food supply, of resistant E. coli.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Ceftriaxone / pharmacology
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial* / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects*
  • Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Female
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Genes, MDR
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Plasmids / isolation & purification
  • Population Surveillance
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • United States

Substances

  • Ceftriaxone