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INFECTION AND DRUG RESISTANCE
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages 391-395Publisher
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/IDR.S153178
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traveler; ESBL-producing E. coli; mcr-1; Vietnam; Japan
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- Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)/Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as a part of the Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS)
- MEXT/JSPS KAKENHI [17H01687]
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Background: Due to increasing colistin usage, the dissemination of the colistin-resistant gene mcr-1 has been increasingly investigated. The aim of this study was to determine whether a traveler on a short-term international trip to a developing country could bring mcr-1 back to their home country. Materials and methods: Thirty-four travel events from Japan to Vietnam encompassing 19 travelers were assessed. A fecal specimen was collected from each traveler before and after each travel event and was inoculated on CHROMagar containing cefotaxime (CTX). Three to seven colonies exhibiting the characteristics of Escherichia coli were collected. Susceptibility to antibiotics and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) production were determined by the disk diffusion method and the double-disk synergy test, respectively. ESBL-encoding genes were genotyped, and phylogenetic groupings were determined by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The presence of mcr-1 was also confirmed by PCR and sequencing. Results: A total of 175 ESBL-producing E. coli isolated before and up to 2 weeks after traveling to Vietnam were analyzed. Genotyping of ESBL-producing isolates showed that bla(CTX-M-1)/bla(TEM) (27.7%) and bla(CTX-M-9) (45.9%) were the most prevalent genotypes, while the most frequently detected phylogenetic group was D (41.9%) followed by B2 (23.0%). In a significant number of travel events, travelers brought ESBL-producing E. coli back to Japan and three events by three travelers carried mcr-1. ESBL-producing E. coli isolates harboring mcr-1 were identified as those carrying both bla(CTX-M-14) or bla(CTX-M-55) and mcr-1. Conclusion: Using Vietnam as an example, we have shown that even a short-term trip to some countries may result in ESBL-producing mcr-1-positive E. coli carriage by international travelers.
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