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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
卷 194, 期 1, 页码 71-78出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1086/504921
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- NCPDCID CDC HHS [R01-CI000204] Funding Source: Medline
Background. The food supply is suspected to be a source of fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli that cause disease in humans, but supporting molecular data are lacking. Methods. We performed a molecular-epidemiological comparison, in Barcelona, Spain (1996-1998), of 117 contemporaneous, geographically matched E. coli isolates from humans ( 35 blood isolates and 33 fecal) or chickens ( 49 fecal) that were either susceptible (n = 57) or resistant (n = 60) to ciprofloxacin and analyzed them by phylogenetic group, virulence genotype, and O antigens using random amplified polymorphic DNA( RAPD) analysis and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Results. When analyzed by phylogenetic distribution, virulence profiles, and O antigens, resistant human isolates were distinct from susceptible human isolates but were largely indistinguishable from chicken isolates, whereas resistant and susceptible chicken isolates were similar. Susceptible human isolates contained more virulence-associated genes and more frequently expressed virulence-associated O antigens than did resistant human or any chicken isolates. Certain resistant human isolates closely resembled chicken isolates by RAPD and PFGE analysis. Conclusions. Ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli may arise de novo in poultry from susceptible progenitors, be transmitted to humans via the food supply, and go on to cause potentially life-threatening infections. If confirmed, these findings would mandate efforts to eliminate this reservoir of drug-resistant pathogens and/or to block their transmission to humans.
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