Resistência a antimicrobianos e diversidade de β-lactamases em Escherichia coli de origem aviária / Antimicrobial resistance and β-lactamases diversity in Escherichia coli from poultry

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

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The diversity of resistance mechanisms to antimicrobial compounds was investigated in E. coli strains isolated from poultry. All 30 isolates were resistant to ampicillin and 26 of them were resistant to at least two antibiotics. Multi-resistance profiles were confirmed, including intermediate levels. Forty percent of the strains presented four resistance markers and 93% of the isolates were resistant to tetracycline, an antibiotic commonly used in poultry farms. The β-lactamase diversity among the strains was probed against seven compounds. Among strains bearing the same resistance profile for other groups of antimicrobial drugs, it was possible to observe different β-lactamases activity against the tested substrates. This fact suggests either a pool of resistance genes or regulatory differences. The isolate that displayed confirmed activity against six of the β-lactamic antibiotics bears a large molecular mass plasmid that confers the AmpR phenotype. A fragment of this plasmid with approximately 5 kb was subcloned in the pCCR9 vector which is commonly used to detect β-lactamase genes. The amino acid deduced from nucleotide sequencing displayed 100% of identity to TEM-1, a class A serine β-lactamase. Next to the gene encoding TEM-1 was found putative transposon related to the Tn3 family, albeit with some differences in the order and direction of transcription of the genes.

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β -lactamases resistência antimicrobianos -lactamases antimicrobial β resistance microbiologia agricola

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