Journal
GUT MICROBES
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2022.2060676
Keywords
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase; travel; microbiome; antimicrobial resistance; metagenome
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- Netherlands Organization for Health, Research and Development [ZonMw] [50-51700-98-120]
- Dutch Research Council [VIDI grant nederlandse organisatie voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek] [016.156.427]
- University of Birmingham
- Maastricht University
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Previous studies have shown a high risk of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae acquisition among international travelers visiting AMR hotspots. This study investigated whether successful colonization of ESBL-E during travel is associated with the composition, functional capacity, and resilience of the traveler's microbiome. The results suggest that changes in the microbial composition and abundance of certain bacteria may play a role in preventing ESBL-E acquisition.
Previous studies have shown high acquisition risks of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) among international travelers visiting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) hotspots. Although antibiotic use and travelers' diarrhea have shown to influence the ESBL-E acquisition risk, it remains largely unknown whether successful colonization of ESBL-E during travel is associated with the composition, functional capacity and resilience of the traveler's microbiome. The microbiome of pre- and post-travel fecal samples from 190 international travelers visiting Africa or Asia was profiled using whole metagenome shotgun sequencing. A metagenomics species concept approach was used to determine the microbial composition, population diversity and functional capacity before travel and how it is altered longitudinally. Eleven travelers were positive for ESBL-E before travel and removed from the analysis. Neither the microbial richness (Chao1), diversity (effective Shannon) and community structure (Bray-Curtis dissimilarity) in pretravel samples nor the longitudinal change of these metrics during travel were predictive for ESBL-E acquisition. A zero-inflated two-step beta-regression model was used to determine how the longitudinal change in both prevalence and abundance of each taxon was related to ESBL acquisition. There were detected increases in both the prevalence and abundance of Citrobacter freundii and two members of the genus Bacteroides, in association with remaining uncolonized by ESBL-E. These results highlight the potential of these individual microbes as a microbial consortium to prevent the acquisition of ESBL-E. The ability to alter a person's colonization resistance to a bacterium could be key to intervention strategies that aim to minimize the spread of MDR bacteria.
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