Prevalence, Antibiotic Susceptibility, and Diversity of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolates from a Longitudinal Study of Beef Cattle Feedlots
| Autor: | Doreene R. Hyatt, David W. K. Acheson, John C. Galland, Scott S. Crupper |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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medicine.drug_class Antibiotics Cattle Diseases Virulence Microbial Sensitivity Tests Public Health Microbiology Biology Beef cattle Escherichia coli O157 medicine.disease_cause Polymerase Chain Reaction Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiology Feces Antibiotic resistance Environmental Microbiology Prevalence medicine Animals Animal Husbandry Escherichia coli Escherichia coli Infections Ecology Genetic Variation Drug Resistance Microbial Anti-Bacterial Agents Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique Latex fixation test Feedlot Cattle Food Science Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 67:1619-1627 |
| ISSN: | 1098-5336 0099-2240 |
| DOI: | 10.1128/aem.67.4.1619-1627.2001 |
| Popis: | Prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility, and genetic diversity were determined for Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolated over 11 months from four beef cattle feedlots in southwest Kansas. From the fecal pat (17,050) and environmental (7,134) samples collected, 57 isolates of E. coli O157:H7 were identified by use of bacterial culture and latex agglutination (C/LA). PCR showed that 26 isolates were eaeA gene positive. Escherichia coli O157:H7 was identified in at least one of the four feedlots in 14 of the 16 collections by C/LA and in 9 of 16 collections by PCR, but consecutive positive collections at a single feedlot were rare. Overall prevalence in fecal pat samples was low (0.26% by C/LA, and 0.08% by PCR). No detectable differences in prevalence or antibiotic resistance were found between isolates collected from home pens and those from hospital pens, where antibiotic use is high. Resistant isolates were found for six of the eight antibiotics that could be used to treat E. coli infections in food animals, but few isolates were multidrug resistant. The high diversity of isolates as measured by random amplification of polymorphic DNA and other characteristics indicates that the majority of isolates were unique and did not persist at a feedlot, but probably originated from incoming cattle. The most surprising finding was the low frequency of virulence markers among E. coli isolates identified initially by C/LA as E. coli O157:H7. These results demonstrate that better ways of screening and confirming E. coli O157:H7 isolates are required for accurate determination of prevalence. |
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