| Revista: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo |
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| Número de sistema: | 000537108 |
| ISSN: | 0036-4665 |
| Autores: | Paiva, Yrving1 Nagano, Debora Satie1 Cotia, Andre Luis Franco1 Guimarães, Thais2 Martins, Roberta Cristina Ruedas1 Perdigão Neto, Lauro Vieira1 Côrtes, Marina Farrel1 Marchi, Ana Paula1 Corscadden, Louise3 Machado, Anna Silva4 Paula, Alexandre Inácio de2 Franco, Lucas Augusto Moyses1 Neves, Patricia Regina1 Levin, Anna Sara1 Costa, Silvia Figueiredo1 |
| Instituciones: | 1Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo. Brasil 2Instituto de Assistência Médica ao Servidor Público Estadual, São Paulo, São Paulo. Brasil 3University of Leicester, Leicester. Reino Unido 4Hospital Totalcor, São Paulo, São Paulo. Brasil |
| Año: | 2021 |
| Volumen: | 63 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Resumen en inglés | The plasmid-mediated colistin-resistance gene named mcr-1 has been recently described in different countries and it became a public health challenge. Of note, few studies have addressed the spread of Escherichia coli harboring the mcr-1 gene in both, community and hospital settings. A total of seven colistin-resistant E. coli carrying mcr-1, collected from 2016 to 2018, from community (n=4), healthcare-acquired infections (n=2) and colonization (n=1) were identified in three high complexity hospitals in Sao Paulo, Brazil. These colistin-resistant isolates were screened for mcr genes by PCR and all strains were submitted to Whole Genome Sequencing and the conjugation experiment. The seven strains belonged to seven distinct sequence types (ST744, ST131, ST69, ST48, ST354, ST57, ST10), and they differ regarding the resistance profiles. Transference of mcr-1 by conjugation to E. coli strain C600 was possible in five of the seven isolates. The mcr-1 gene was found in plasmid types IncX4 or IncI2. Three of the isolates have ESBL-encoding genes (blaCTX-M-2, n=2; blaCTX-M-8, n=1). We hereby report genetically distinct E. coli isolates, belonging to seven STs, harboring the mcr-1 gene, associated to community and healthcare-acquired infections, and colonization in patients from three hospitals in Sao Paulo. These findings point out for the potential spread of plasmid-mediated colistin-resistance mechanism in E. coli strains in Brazil. |
| Keyword: | E. coli, Colistin-resistance, Mcr-1, Community and healthcare-acquired infections |
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