Belaynehe Kuastros Mekonnen, Shin Seung Won, Park Kyung Yoon, Jang Ji Young, Won Ho Geun, Yoon In Joong, Yoo Han Sang
1 Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University , Seoul, Republic of Korea.
2 Research Unit, Green Cross Veterinary Products , Yongin, Republic of Korea.
Microb Drug Resist. 2019 Apr;25(3):457-461. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2018.0132. Epub 2018 Oct 31.
We screened, for the first time, plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mcr-3 genes among 636 Escherichia coli isolates collected from swine in South Korea. Whole-genome sequencing showed that the E. coli strain harbored the mcr-3 gene in a p17S-208 plasmid with an IncHI2-ST3 plasmid type and a size of 260,399 base pairs. The deduced amino acid sequences revealed that persistent evolution in the bacterial genome has resulted in mcr gene variants. There is a need for extensive surveillance to prevent the dissemination of colistin resistance mcr genes from animal to human.
我们首次在从韩国猪群中收集的636株大肠杆菌分离株中筛选了质粒介导的黏菌素耐药mcr-3基因。全基因组测序显示,该大肠杆菌菌株在一个大小为260,399碱基对、质粒类型为IncHI2-ST3的p17S-208质粒中携带mcr-3基因。推导的氨基酸序列表明,细菌基因组中的持续进化导致了mcr基因变体的产生。有必要进行广泛监测,以防止黏菌素耐药mcr基因从动物传播到人类。