1. Prevalence and molecular characterization of extended-spectrum β–lactamase—producing Escherichia coli isolates from dairy cattle with endometritis in Gansu Province, China.
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Zhang, Kang, Feng, Haipeng, Zhang, Jingyan, Guo, Zhiting, Yan, Zunxiang, Wang, Guibo, Wang, Xuezhi, Wang, Lei, and Li, Jianxi
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ENTEROBACTERIACEAE , *DAIRY cattle , *ESCHERICHIA coli , *ENDOMETRITIS , *MULTIDRUG resistance , *DRUG resistance in microorganisms - Abstract
Background: The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence and molecular characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)—producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) isolated from dairy cattle with endometritis in China. The prevalence of ESBL-producing E. coli in sample was detected using ChromID ESBL agar, and genotyping of the ESBL producers was performed by PCR and DNA sequencing. Results: The results revealed that the proportion of positive pathogens tested was 69.76% (180/258) in samples obtained from cows diagnosed with clinical endometritis, with E. coli accounting for 170 out of the 180 positive samples. The infection rate of isolated E. coli was 39.14% (101/258), and co-infections with other pathogens were prevalent. Furthermore, among the 158 E. coli isolates, 50 strains were identified as ESBL producers, with TEM and CTX-M prevalence rates at 78.00% and 32.00%, respectively. Drug sensitivity experiments indicated that 50 isolates of ESBL- producing E. coli were multidrug resistance (MDR), with 48.0% of them exhibiting positive results for both the class 1 integron gene and five gene cassettes associated with resistance to trimethoprim (dfr1 and dfrA17) and aminoglycosides (aadA1, aadA5, and dfrA1), respectively. Conclusion: This investigation demonstrated a substantial prevalence and heightened level of antimicrobial resistance among ESBL-producing E. coli isolates derived from dairy cattle infected with endometritis in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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