scholarly journals Genetic relatedness within and between serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae from the United Kingdom: analysis of multilocus enzyme electrophoresis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and antimicrobial resistance patterns.

1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 853-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
L M Hall ◽  
R A Whiley ◽  
B Duke ◽  
R C George ◽  
A Efstratiou
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1311-1318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dusadee Phongaran ◽  
Seri Khang-Air ◽  
Sunpetch Angkititrakul

Aim: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance pattern of Salmonella spp., and the genetic relatedness between isolates from broilers and pigs at slaughterhouses in Thailand. Materials and Methods: Fecal samples (604 broilers and 562 pigs) were collected from slaughterhouses from April to July 2018. Salmonella spp. were isolated and identified according to the ISO 6579:2002. Salmonella-positive isolates were identified using serotyping and challenged with nine antimicrobial agents: Amoxicillin/clavulanate (AMC, 30 μg), ampicillin (AMP, 10 μg), ceftazidime (30 μg), chloramphenicol (30 μg), ciprofloxacin (CIP, 5 μg), nalidixic acid (NAL, 30 μg), norfloxacin (10 μg), trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (SXT, 25 μg), and tetracycline (TET, 30 μg). Isolates of the predominant serovar Salmonella Typhimurium were examined for genetic relatedness using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Results: Salmonella was detected in 18.05% of broiler isolates and 37.54% of pig isolates. The most common serovars were Kentucky, Give, and Typhimurium in broilers and Rissen, Typhimurium, and Weltevreden in pigs. Among broilers, isolates were most commonly resistant to antibiotics, NAL, AMP, TET, AMC, and CIP. Pig isolates most commonly exhibited antimicrobial resistance against AMP, TET, and SXT. Based on PFGE results among 52 S. Typhimurium isolates from broilers and pigs, a high genetic relatedness between broiler and pig isolates (85% similarity) in Cluster A and C from PFGE result was identified. Conclusion: The results revealed high cross-contamination between these two animal species across various provinces in Thailand. Keywords: antimicrobial resistance, broilers, pigs, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, Salmonella spp.


2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 3637-3639 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Pérez-Trallero ◽  
J. M. Marimón ◽  
A. González ◽  
C. García-Rey ◽  
L. Aguilar

ABSTRACT Of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from 17 hospitals, 9.8% were amoxicillin nonsusceptible (MIC ≥ 4 μg/ml). The genetic relatedness of 138 isolates was studied by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Although 44 different clones were detected, more than 62% of these isolates were related to four clones (Spain23F-1, Spain6B-2, Spain9V-3, and Spain14-5).


2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 785-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Eisner ◽  
Elizabeth J. Fagan ◽  
Gebhard Feierl ◽  
Harald H. Kessler ◽  
Egon Marth ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Among 149 extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates collected from patients in southeast Austria from 1998 to 2004, 38 Escherichia coli isolates and 11 Klebsiella spp. were CTX-M producers. The proportion of CTX-M-producers among all ESBL producers rose from 0% in 1998 to 58% in 2004. In general, CTX-M-producers had heterogeneous pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns, but one E. coli isolate was identical to a United Kingdom epidemic CTX-M-15-producing strain, although no epidemiological link with the United Kingdom was apparent.


1998 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 2828-2834 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Van Looveren ◽  
P. Vandamme ◽  
M. Hauchecorne ◽  
M. Wijdooghe ◽  
F. Carion ◽  
...  

In Belgium an increase in the incidence of meningococcal disease has been noted since the early 1990s. Four hundred twenty clinical strains isolated during the period from 1990 to 1995, along with a set of 30 European reference strains, and 20 Dutch isolates were examined by random-primer and repetitive-motif-based PCR. A subset was investigated by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. The data were compared with results obtained by serotyping (M. Van Looveren, F. Carion, P. Vandamme, and H. Goossens, Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 4:224–228, 1998). Both phenotypic and molecular epidemiological data suggest that the lineage III ofNeisseria meningitidis, first encountered in The Netherlands in about 1980, has been introduced in Belgium. The epidemic clone, as defined by oligonucleotide D8635-primed PCR, encompasses mainly phenotypes B:4:P1.4 and B:nontypeable:P1.4, but strains with several other phenotypes were also encountered. Therefore, serotyping alone would underestimate the prevalence of the epidemic clone.


1999 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 2337-2342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mónica Tamayo ◽  
Raquel Sá-Leão ◽  
Ilda Santos Sanches ◽  
Elizabeth Castañeda ◽  
Hermínia de Lencastre

A national surveillance conducted in Colombia between 1994 and 1996 identified serotype 5 Streptococcus pneumoniae as the second most frequent cause of invasive disease in children younger than 5 years of age. All 43 serotype 5 isolates collected during this period were shown to be susceptible to penicillin, erythromycin, cefotaxime, and vancomycin, but most (38 of 43, or 88%) were highly resistant to chloramphenicol. In order to clarify a possible genetic relatedness among these isolates, additional microbiological and molecular characterizations were performed. Most (40 of 43, or 93%) of the isolates were found to be resistant to tetracycline. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns of chromosomal DNAs revealed that all the 43 isolates were closely related and that 38 of the 43 isolates were representatives of a “Colombian clone” of S. pneumoniae isolates which were recovered throughout the 3-year surveillance period from patients in 13 hospitals located in five Colombian cities. Isolates belonging to this Colombian clone were resistant to chloramphenicol and tetracycline, hybridized with thecat and tetM DNA probes in the same 340-kbSmaI fragment, and had identical PFGE patterns after bothSmaI and ApaI digestions.


1996 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Feizabadi ◽  
I. D. Robertson ◽  
D. V. Cousins ◽  
D. Dawson ◽  
W. Chew ◽  
...  

SummaryGenetic relationships amongst 115 mainly Australian isolates ofMycobacterium aviumwere assessed using multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MEE). The isolates were divided into 58 electrophoretic types (ETs), with a mean genetic diversity of 0·29. Isolates from humans were closely related to but distinct from those cultured from birds, whilst some porcine isolates belonged to the same ETs as certain human isolates. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was used to differentiate related isolates, and those from birds and some from other animals, including pigs, were distinguished from the human isolates. The results of MEE and PFGE suggested that certain strains ofM. aviummay be transmitted between birds and pigs, but there was no clear evidence of transmission to humans. The serovar of theM. aviumisolates was not obviously related to their ET assignment or their PFGE type.


2010 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Fabiano Gomes Boriollo ◽  
Ricardo Antunes Dias ◽  
João Evangelista Fiorini ◽  
Nelma de Mello Silva Oliveira ◽  
Denise Madalena Palomari Spolidório ◽  
...  

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