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Diversity of CTX-M Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in Escherichia coli Isolates from Retail Raw Ground Beef: First Report of CTX-M-24 and CTX-M-32 in Algeria.
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and molecular features of extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance in Escherichia coli isolates contaminating ground beef at retail in Algeria. Of 371 ground beef samples, 27.5% were found to contain cefotaxime-resistant E. coli isolates distributed into A (24.5%), B1 (60.8%), and D (14.7%) phylogroups. A rate of 88.2% of isolates had a multidrug-resistance phenotype. All strains were producers of CTX-M type extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs): CTX-M-1, CTX-M-3, CTX-M-14, CTX-M-15, CTX-M-24, or CTX-M-32. Conjugation assays allowed the transfer of blaCTX-M-1 in association with IncI1 plasmids, blaCTX-M-15 with IncI1 and IncK+B/O plasmids, blaCTX-M-3 with IncK plasmids, and blaCTX-M-14 with IncF1B or IncK plasmids. Sequence analysis of gyrA and parC genes showed mutations in 98.6% of ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates. The patterns "GyrA: S83L+D87N, ParC: S80I" (46.5%) and "ParC: S80I" (42.3%) were predominant. qnrS1, qnrB, and aac(6')-Ib-cr were detected in 18.7% of isolates. The tet genes, tetA, tetB, and tetA+tetB, were present in 95.7% of tetracycline-resistant isolates. The sul genes (sul1, sul2, sul3, sul1+sul2, sul2+sul3, and sul1+sul3) and the dfr gene clusters (dfrA1, dfrA5, dfrA7, dfrA8, dfrA12, dfrA5+dfrA12, dfrA1+dfrA5, dfrA7+dfrA12, dfrA5+dfrA7, and dfrA1+dfrA5+dfrA7) were found in 96.4% and 85.5% of sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim-resistant isolates, respectively. Classes 1 and 2 integrons were detected in 67.6% and 9.8% of isolates, respectively. This study highlighted the significant presence of resistance genes, in particular those of CTXM ESBLs, in the beef meat, with the risk of their transmission to humans through food chain.
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