Prevalence and molecular characterization of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli isolated from broiler chicken and their respective farms environment in Malaysia.

Autor: Lemlem M; Public Health and Zoonotic Diseases Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kota Bharu, 16100, Malaysia. mulu.lemlem@mu.edu.et.; Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Health Science, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia. mulu.lemlem@mu.edu.et., Aklilu E; Public Health and Zoonotic Diseases Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kota Bharu, 16100, Malaysia. erkihun@umk.edu.my., Mohamed M; Public Health and Zoonotic Diseases Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kota Bharu, 16100, Malaysia., Kamaruzzaman NF; Public Health and Zoonotic Diseases Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kota Bharu, 16100, Malaysia., Devan SS; Public Health and Zoonotic Diseases Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kota Bharu, 16100, Malaysia., Lawal H; Public Health and Zoonotic Diseases Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kota Bharu, 16100, Malaysia.; Department of Public Health, Ministry of Animal Health, Husbandry and Fisheries, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, 860101, Nigeria., Kanamma AA; Public Health and Zoonotic Diseases Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kota Bharu, 16100, Malaysia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC microbiology [BMC Microbiol] 2024 Nov 26; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 499. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 26.
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-024-03653-2
Abstrakt: Background: Extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-EC) is an increasing public health threat. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and characterization of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) isolated from broiler chicken and their farm environment, in Kelantan Malaysia.
Methods: Escherichia coli was isolated from 453 collected samples, including 210 cloacal swabs and 243 environmental samples. The antimicrobial susceptibility profile of the E. coli isolates was assessed for sixteen antibiotics using the disc diffusion method. The E. coli isolates were evaluated for phenotypic ESBL production using modified double disc synergy. After extraction of genomic DNA, ESBL resistance genes, phylogenetic group, and virulence genes were detected by PCR using appropriate primers. ESBL genes were further confirmed by sequencing. The molecular typing of E. coli strains was determined by Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST).
Results: A total of 93.8% (425/453) E. coli were isolated from the collected samples. Out of 334 E. coli isolates screened, 14.7% (49/334) were phenotypically ESBL producers. All the ESBL-EC were resistant to tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, and ampicillin. Thus, 100% of the ESBL-EC were multidrug resistant. Of the ESBL-EC 81.6% were positive for at least one ESBL encoding gene. The most prevalent ESBL gene detected was bla TEM (77.6%; 38/49) followed by bla CTX-M (32.7%; 16/49) and bla SHV (18.4%; 9/49). The majority of ESBL-EC belonged to phylogenic groups A followed by B1 accounting for 44.9% and 12.2%, respectively. The most frequently identified sequence types were ST10 (n = 3) and ST206 (n = 3). The most detected virulence genes in the E. coli isolates were astA (33.3%; 22/66) followed by iss (15.2%; 10/66).
Conclusions: Our results show both broiler chicken and their respective farms environment were reservoirs of multi-drug resistant ESBL-producing E. coli and ESBL resistance genes.
Competing Interests: Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan approved this study (UMK/FPV/ACUE/PG/2/2019). The animal subjects (chicken from commercial poultry farms) were only used to collect cloacal swabs, and no invasive or harmful procedures were used to handle the birds. Informed consent was obtained from the farm owners for the use of their animals in the study prior to study commencement. All methods conducted in this manuscript are based on standard guidelines. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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