Evidence for recent acquisition and successful transmission of bla(CTX-M-15) in Salmonella enterica in South Korea

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 May;57(5):2383-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01854-12. Epub 2013 Feb 25.

Abstract

We identified two distinct bla(CTX-M)-bearing and five distinct bla(CMY-2)-bearing genetic structures located on plasmids from Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli isolates (n = 35) collected from chickens in South Korea. All Salmonella plasmids shared a common replicon, bla(CTX-M-15) transposon, and core resistance phenotype, while E. coli bla(CTX-M-15) plasmids included four distinct replicons.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Chickens
  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
  • Escherichia coli Infections / transmission
  • Escherichia coli Infections / veterinary*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plasmids
  • Replicon
  • Republic of Korea / epidemiology
  • Salmonella Infections, Animal / epidemiology
  • Salmonella Infections, Animal / microbiology
  • Salmonella Infections, Animal / transmission*
  • Salmonella enterica / genetics*
  • Salmonella enterica / isolation & purification
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*
  • beta-Lactamases / isolation & purification

Substances

  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • beta-lactamase CMY-2
  • beta-lactamase CTX-M-15
  • beta-Lactamases

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JQ318854
  • GENBANK/JQ318855
  • GENBANK/JQ318856
  • GENBANK/JQ318857
  • GENBANK/JQ318858