期刊
MICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE
卷 28, 期 4, 页码 444-452出版社
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2021.0254
关键词
vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE); antibiotic resistance; whole-genome sequencing; wastewater
资金
- Oswaldo Cruz Foundation [VPPCB-007-FIO-18-2-68]
This study investigated vanA-carrying Efm from WWTPs in Brazil and found their environmental spread. These isolates exhibited multidrug resistance gene expression and carried plasmids, with some genes classified as human pathogens. Multilocus sequence typing analysis revealed new alleles and different STs, including CC17 associated with hospital outbreaks. These findings are important for understanding the environmental dissemination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
The emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (Efm) harboring vanA gene and multidrug-resistant determinants is a relevant public health concern. It is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for nosocomial infections widely distributed in the environment, including wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Our study addresses a genomic investigation of vanA-carrying Efm from WWTPs in Brazil. Samples from five WWTPs supplied with sewage from different sources were evaluated. Here we present whole-genome sequencing of eight vanA-Efm isolates performed on Illumina MiSeq platform. All these isolates presented multidrug-resistant profile, and five strains were from treated wastewater. Multiple antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) were found, such as aph(3 ')-IIIa, ant(6 ')-Ia, erm(B), and msrC, some of them being allocated in plasmids. The virulence profile was predominantly constituted by efaAfm and acm genes and all isolates, except for one, were predicted as human pathogens. Multilocus sequence typing analysis revealed a new allele and five different STs, three previously described (ST32, ST168, and ST253) and two novel ones (ST1893 and ST1894). Six strains belonged to CC17, often associated with hospital outbreaks. As far as our knowledge, no genomic studies of vanA-Efm recovered from WWTPs revealed isolates belonging to CC17 in Brazil. Therefore, our findings point to the environmental spread of Efm carrying multiple ARGs.
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