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JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY
卷 74, 期 9, 页码 2524-2530出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkz250
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- National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFD0500300]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31572567, 31702292]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20170710]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2017M611841, 2018T110515]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)
Objectives: To characterize the oxazolidinone resistance gene poxtA on broad-host-range Inc18 plasmids from CC17 Enterococcus faecium of pig origin. Methods: Oxazolidinone-resistant E. faecium isolates were screened for the presence of poxtA. The poxtA-carrying isolates were characterized by antimicrobial susceptibility testing, conjugation, S1-PFGE and hybridization. The poxtA-carrying plasmids were completely sequenced and their instability was verified. Results: Two individual CC17 E. faecium strains were positive for poxtA. S1-PFGE and hybridization revealed the presence of a poxtA-carrying plasmid of similar to 62 kb in both WZ27-2 and the transconjugant, while poxtA-carrying plasmids of different sizes were observed in QF25-1 and the transconjugant. The two poxtA-carrying plasmids, pC25-1 and pC27-2, belonged to the broad-host-range plasmids of the Inc18 family and carried dfrG, aadE, Delta sat4, aph(3')-III, erm(B), tet(M), tet(L) and fexB. Plasmid pC27-2 was virtually identical to pC25-1, with minor differences. The calculated transfer frequency was similar to 0.87 x 10(-8) and similar to 1.03 x 10(-7) per recipient to plasmids pC25-1 and pC27-2, respectively. Instability assays of the region with four adjacent IS1216Es, which forms three IS1216E translocatable units, revealed the formation of a series of mosaic circular intermediates. Conclusions: We report the emergence of the plasmid-mediated oxazolidinone resistance gene poxtA in E. faecium from different farms in China. Comparison of the poxtA genetic context suggests that IS1216E elements play an important role in the dissemination of poxtA. The co-occurrence of poxtA with other antimicrobial and heavy metal resistance genes on the broad-host-range plasmids of the Inc18 family may lead to the co-selection of poxtA, contributing to its persistence and accelerating its dissemination.
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