scholarly journals Characterization of Isolates from an Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant, Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O145 in the United States

2011 ◽  
Vol 55 (12) ◽  
pp. 5955-5956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason P. Folster ◽  
Gary Pecic ◽  
Ethel Taylor ◽  
Jean Whichard
2000 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 819-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID W. K. ACHESON

Escherichia coli O157:H7 is but one of a group of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) that cause both intestinal disease such as bloody and nonbloody diarrhea and serious complications like hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). While E. coli O157: H7 is the most renowned STEC, over 200 different types of STEC have been documented in meat and animals, at least 60 of which have been linked with human disease. A number of studies have suggested that non-O157 STEC are associated with clinical disease, and non-O157 STEC are present in the food supply. Non-O157 STEC, such as O111 have caused large outbreaks and HUS in the United States and other countries. The current policy in the United States is to examine ground beef for O157:H7 only, but restricting the focus to O157 will miss other important human STEC pathogens.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. e0219352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan K. Cole ◽  
Marko Ilikj ◽  
Cindy B. McCloskey ◽  
Susana Chavez-Bueno

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (34) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory H. Tyson ◽  
Cong Li ◽  
Olgica Ceric ◽  
Renate Reimschuessel ◽  
Stephen Cole ◽  
...  

The carbapenem resistance gene bla NDM-5 was identified in an Escherichia coli strain isolated from a dog. We report here the complete genome sequence of this E. coli strain; the bla NDM-5 gene was present on a large IncFII multidrug-resistant plasmid. This is the first bla NDM-5-carrying E. coli strain from an animal in the United States.


2011 ◽  
Vol 78 (5) ◽  
pp. 1615-1618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydia V. Rump ◽  
Sonya Bodeis-Jones ◽  
Jason Abbott ◽  
Shaohua Zhao ◽  
Julie Kase ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTEscherichia coliO104 isolates collected from different sources in the United States were examined for virulence genes typical of enterohemorrhagicE. coliand those identified in the O104:H4 isolate associated with the 2011 German outbreak. The unexpected presence of virulence markers in these isolates highlights the importance of screening unusual and potentially pathogenic Shiga toxin-producingE. coliserotypes.


2015 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 3606-3610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sibylle H. Lob ◽  
Krystyna M. Kazmierczak ◽  
Robert E. Badal ◽  
Meredith A. Hackel ◽  
Samuel K. Bouchillon ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTAntimicrobial resistance inEnterobacteriaceae, including resistance to carbapenems, is increasing worldwide. However, using U.S. Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART) data for 2009 to 2013, no statistically significant decreasing susceptibility trends were found overall forEscherichia coliisolates from patients with intra-abdominal infections. In the subset of isolates from community-associated infections, susceptibility to levofloxacin decreased significantly and the increasing rate of multidrug-resistantE. coliapproached statistical significance. In 2013, ertapenem, imipenem, and amikacin showed the highest susceptibility rates (≥99%) and fluoroquinolones the lowest (<70%). The 10 non-ertapenem-susceptible isolates (0.3% of allE. coliisolates) encoded one or more carbapenemases, extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs), AmpC β-lactamases, or non-ESBL β-lactamases.


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