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Antibiotic Resistance Of Bacteria A Growing Threat For Animals And Public Health

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|Oct 2019

Figures & Tables

Percentage of commensal Escherichia coli strains resistant to selected antimicrobials, isolated from fattening pigs

Country/average in EUNumber of strains testedPercentage of resistant strains
GentamicinChloramphenicolAmpicillinCefotaximeCeftazidimeCiprofloxacinColistineSulfamethoxazoleTetracicline
Spain1704.735.377.12.92.944.70.663.588.8
Portugal1422.844.459.93.53.521.12.168.389.4
Greece1709.440.658.80.60.610.00.682.475.9
Poland2133.313.646.91.91.916.0057.758.2
Germany2271.39.729.12.21.36.60.430.036.6
Sweden14005.718.6000020.79.3
Finland17500.68.600001218.8
On average in EU (28 member countries)42052.718.038.51.41.310.60.342.452.1

Selected genes and clusters of genes encoding multidrug resistance of bacteria found in animals

No.GenesClustered in:Examples of bacteria / hostResistance to:
1.blaZ; blaARLblaZ-blaI-blar1 operon in Tn552transposomeS. aureus, CoNS/ many species of animalsmany groups of β-lactam antibiotics
2.mec A, mecCSCCmecMRSA, MRSP/ many species of animalsβ-laktams
3.tet(L), tet(M), aadD, dfrK, vga (A) (ΔblaZ (functionally inactive)pSWS47, tet (M) part of Tn916 in pSWS47S. epidermidis/cattetracyclines (except glycylcyclines), kanamycin, neomycin, tobramycin, trimethoprim, lincosamides, pleuromutiline, streptogramin
4.aacA-aphD, aadE, erm(B), tet(L), spw, lsa(E), lnu(B), ΔblaZpV7037S. aureus/pigsgentamicin, kanamycin, tobramycin, streptomycin, macrolides, lincosamides, streptogramin A and B tetracyclines, aminocyclitols, pleuromutilins
5.aadD, erm(B), tet(L), dfrk, apmA,pAFS11S. aureus/cattlekanamycin, neomycin, tobramycin, lincosamides, streptogramin B, tetracyclines (except minocycline and glycylcycline), trimethoprim, apramycin
6.cfr, lsa(B), erm(33) spcpSCFS1S. sciuri/cattlephenicols, lincosamides, oxazolidinones, pleuro- mutilines, streprogramin A and B, macrolides, aminocyclitols
7.cfr, erm(A)pMSA16S. aureus/cattlephenicols, lincosamides, oxazolidinones, pleuromutilins, streptogramin A and B, macrolides
8.aadD, tet(L), dfrK, vga(C)pKKS825S. aureus/pigskanamycin, neomycin, tobramycin, tetracyclines (except minocycline and glycylcyclines), trimtro- prim, lycosamides, pleuromutiline, treptogramin A
9.cfr blaCTX-M-14bpGXEC3E. coli/pigsphenicols, lincosamides, oxazolidinones, pleuromutilins, streptogramin A and B, penicillin, cephalosporins (except cefamycins), monobactams
10.cfr, floR, tet(A)-tetR, strA/strB and sul2pSCEC2E. coli/ pigsphenicols, lincosamides, oxazolidinones, pleuro- mutilines, streptogramin A and B, tetracyclines and glycylcyclins, streptomycin, and sufonamides
11.mcr-1, blaCTx-M-64’ fosA3, floA3pNH6DS2E. coli/dogscolistin, penicillins, cephalosporins (except cefamycins), monobactams, fosfomycin, phenicols
12.blaTEM-1’, aacC2, tetA, floR, strAB, rmtB, dfrApEC008E. coli/poultrypenicillins, cephalosporins, aminogicosides, tetracyclines and glycylcyclines, phenicols, streptomycin, trimethoprim
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/PM-2019.58.3.259 | Journal eISSN: 2545-3149 | Journal ISSN: 0079-4252
Language: English, Polish
Page range: 259 - 270
Submitted on: Mar 1, 2019
Accepted on: Jul 1, 2019
Published on: Oct 5, 2019
Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2019 Marian Binek, Magdalena Kizerwetter-Świda, Magdalena Rzewuska, Dorota Chrobak-Chmiel, Agnieszka Sałamaszyńska-Guz, published by Polish Society of Microbiologists
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