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从中国某地区医院回收的产超广谱 β-内酰胺酶的大肠杆菌分离株的基因组特征

 

Authors Shao J, Dai H, Xu L, Zhu S, Zhu J, Fu H, Ge M, He X

Received 1 April 2023

Accepted for publication 2 June 2023

Published 7 June 2023 Volume 2023:16 Pages 3589—3600

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S415373

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Review by Single anonymous peer review

Peer reviewer comments 2

Editor who approved publication: Professor Suresh Antony

Purpose: The isolation rate of extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli is increasing, posing a challenge to clinical anti-infective therapy. This study aims to provide new insight into the genomic characteristics and antimicrobial resistance mechanisms of extended spectrum β-lactamase producing E. coli isolates recovered from a district hospital in China.
Methods: A total of 36 ESBL-producing E. coli isolates were collected from body fluid samples from a Chinese district hospital. All isolates were subjected to whole genome sequencing to identify their antimicrobial resistance genes, virulence genes, serotypes, sequence types, and phylogenetic relationships by BacWGSTdb 2.0 webserver.
Results: Among these isolates, all were resistant to cefazolin, cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, ampicillin, 24 (66.7%) were resistant to aztreonam, 16 (44.4%) were resistant to cefepime, and 15 were resistant (41.7%) to ceftazidime. The blaCTX-M gene was detected in all ESBL-producing E. coli isolates. Two isolates carrying two different types of blaCTX-M genes simultaneously. The carbapenem resistance gene blaKPC-2 was detected in one (2.8%) isolate. A total of 17 sequence types (STs) were found, with ST131 accounting for the majority (n =13; 36.1%). The most common serotype was O16:H5 associated with seven ST131 strains, followed by O25:H4/ST131 (n = 5) and O75:H5/ST1193 (n = 5). Evaluation of clonal relatedness revealed that all blaCTX-M gene-carrying E. coli had a difference of SNPs range from 7 to 79,198, which could be divided into four clusters. Only 7 SNPs could be found between EC266 and EC622, indicating that they are variants of the same clonal lineage.
Conclusion: This study investigated the genomic characteristics of ESBL-producing E. coli isolates recovered from a district hospital in China. Continuous surveillance of ESBL-producing E. coli infections is imperative to create efficient strategies for controlling the transmission of these multi-drug resistant bacteria in clinical and community settings.
Keywords: Escherichia coli , ESBLs, antimicrobial resistance, whole genome sequencing