Multidrug-resistant conjugative plasmid carrying mphA confers increased antimicrobial resistance in Shigella

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Shigellosis remains a common gastrointestinal disease mostly in children < 5 years of age in developing countries. Azithromycin (AZM), a macrolide, is currently the first-line treatment for shigellosis in Bangladesh; ciprofloxacin (CIP) and ceftriaxone (CRO) are also used frequently. We aimed to evaluate the current epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and mechanism(s) of increasing macrolide resistance in Shigella in Bangladesh. A total of 2407 clinical isolates of Shigella from 2009 to 2016 were studied. Over the study period, Shigella sonnei was gradually increasing and become predominant (55%) over Shigella flexneri (36%) by 2016. We used CLSI-guided epidemiological cut-off value (ECV) for AZM in Shigella to set resistance breakpoints (zone-diameter ≤ 15 mm for S. flexneri and ≤ 11 mm for S. sonnei). Between 2009 and 2016, AZM resistance increased from 22% to approximately 60%, CIP resistance increased by 40%, and CRO resistance increased from zero to 15%. The mphA gene was the key macrolide resistance factor in Shigella; a 63MDa conjugative middle-range plasmid was harboring AZM and CRO resistance factors. Our findings show that, especially after 2014, there has been a rapid increase in resistance to the three most effective antibiotics. The rapid spread of macrolide (AZM) resistance genes among Shigella are driven by horizontal gene transfer rather than direct lineage.

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UpdateOf: Res Sq. 2023 Jun 29;:. - PMID 37461575

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

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Scientific reports - 14(2024), 1 vom: 23. März, Seite 6947

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Asad, Asaduzzaman [VerfasserIn]
Jahan, Israt [VerfasserIn]
Munni, Moriam Akter [VerfasserIn]
Begum, Ruma [VerfasserIn]
Mukta, Morium Akter [VerfasserIn]
Saif, Kazi [VerfasserIn]
Faruque, Shah Nayeem [VerfasserIn]
Hayat, Shoma [VerfasserIn]
Islam, Zhahirul [VerfasserIn]

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5E8K9I0O4U
75J73V1629
83905-01-5
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Azithromycin
Ceftriaxone
Ciprofloxacin
Journal Article
Macrolides
Protein Synthesis Inhibitors

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Electronic

UpdateOf: Res Sq. 2023 Jun 29;:. - PMID 37461575

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-024-57423-1

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NLM370113705