A Multidrug-Resistant Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Enterobacter hormaechei Strain from Mixed Sprouts

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Fresh vegetables can harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacterales. Enterobacter hormaechei is a bacterium belonging to the Enterobacterales order and the most commonly identified nosocomial pathogen of Enterobacter cloacae complex. The purpose of this study was to characterize a multi-drug resistant ESBL-producing E. hormaechei strain isolated from a sample of mixed sprouts. Vegetable samples were pre-enriched in buffered peptone water, followed by enrichment in Enterobacteria Enrichment Broth, and isolation on Chromagar™ ESBL plates. One isolate from a sprout sample was confirmed to produce both ESBL and AmpC β-lactamases through the combination disk diffusion assay using antibiotic disks containing cefotaxime and ceftazidime with or without clavulanate, and with or without cloxacillin, respectively. The isolate was also resistant to multiple antibiotics, including cefotaxime, ceftazidime, chloramphenicol, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline, gentamicin, ampicillin, and amoxicillin-clavulanate, as determined by antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Through whole genome sequencing, the isolate was identified as E. hormaechei 057-E1, which carried multiple antibiotic resistance (AR) genes and a sul2-aph(3″)-Ib-aph(6)-Id-blaTEM-1-ISEcp1 -blaCTX-M-15 gene cluster. Our results further demonstrate the important role of fresh vegetables in AR and highlight the need to develop strategies for AR mitigation in fresh vegetables.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:81

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Current microbiology - 81(2024), 5 vom: 09. Apr., Seite 131

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Leighton, Elizabeth A [VerfasserIn]
Gale, Chelsea N [VerfasserIn]
Huang, En [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Xu [VerfasserIn]
DiCaprio, Erin L [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xinhui [VerfasserIn]

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74469-00-4
9M416Z9QNR
Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Beta-Lactamases
Cefotaxime
Ceftazidime
EC 3.5.2.6
Journal Article
N2GI8B1GK7

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Date Completed 10.04.2024

Date Revised 22.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00284-024-03663-3

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NLM370818512