Common findings of bla CTX-M-55-encoding 104-139 kbp plasmids harbored by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in pork meat, wholesale market workers, and patients with urinary tract infection in Vietnam

Curr Microbiol. 2017 Feb;74(2):203-211. doi: 10.1007/s00284-016-1174-x. Epub 2016 Dec 9.

Abstract

Extended-spectrum, β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-E) harboring the bla CTX-M-55-encoding plasmid (ESBL-E55) has been reported to be associated with urinary tract infection (UTI). The aims of this study were to clarify the prevalence of ESBL-E55 in pork meats and workers from the same wholesale market, as well as patients with UTI from a nearby hospital in Vietnam; we also investigated the plasmids encoding bla CTX-M-55. Sequencing analysis showed that 66.6% of the ESBL-E isolated from pork meats contained bla CTX-M-55, whereas the gene was present in 25.0% of workers and 12.5% of patients with UTI. Plasmid analysis showed that several sizes of plasmid encoded bla CTX-M-55 in ESBL-E55 isolated from pork meats, whereas ESBL-E55 isolated from workers and patients with UTI contained only 104-139 kbp of bla CTX-M-55-encoding plasmids. This indicates that the 104-139 kbp sizes of bla CTX-M-55-encoding plasmids were commonly disseminated in pork meats, wholesale market workers, and patients with UTI.

MeSH terms

  • Carrier State / microbiology*
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology*
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Meat / microbiology*
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Plasmids / analysis*
  • Prevalence
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology*
  • Vietnam / epidemiology
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • beta-Lactamases
  • beta-lactamase CTX-M-55, E coli