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Molecular Characterization of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis,Genetic Basis of Antimicrobial Drug Resistance and Plasmid Diversity in Ampicillin-Resistant Isolates
Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis is the most common cause of human salmonellosis worldwide. In this study, all clinical isolates of Salmonella Enteritidis recovered between January 2008 and June 2014 in a Spanish region (491) were screened for antimicrobial drug resistance and the phage type (PT) was determined for a significant number (265). PT1, PT14b, PT56, PT6, PT4, and PT8 were the predominant PTs, accounting together for 82% of the isolates. A total of 38.3% of the isolates were susceptible to all antimicrobials tested, 46.4% and 6.1% isolates were resistant to nalidixic acid and ampicillin, respectively, and single isolates were resistant to two (ampicillin and nalidixic acid) or six (ampicillin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, sulfonamides, tetracycline, and trimethoprim) agents. Nalidixic acid resistance was statistically associated with PT1 and PT14b (p < 0.05, 95% CI), and ampicillin resistance with PT6/PT6a (p < 0.05, 95% CI). All ampicillin-resistant isolates (30) carried a plasmid-encoded blaTEM-1. All except one harbored the virulence plasmid specific of Salmonella Enteritidis (IncFIIA + IncFIB; 28 isolates) or a blaTEM-1-positive variant herein (IncFIIA + IncFIB; 1 isolate). Five additional blaTEM-1 plasmids, of the ColE1, IncX, IncF, and IncI incompatibility groups, were identified. The IncI plasmid, found in the single multidrug-resistant isolate, carried the strAB and sul2 genes together with genes of the virulence plasmid, including the spv operon. The obtained results highlight the high diversity of blaTEM-1 plasmids conferring ampicillin resistance in Salmonella Enteritidis, and support clonal expansion as the main cause of nalidixic acid resistance in this serovar.
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