Clinic for Ruminants, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Division of Molecular Bacterial Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Microbiol Spectr. 2024 Apr 2;12(4):e0321423. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.03214-23. Epub 2024 Mar 5.
UNLABELLED: The fattening of calves is often associated with high antimicrobial use and the selection of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The objective of this observational longitudinal study was to describe the AMR and strain dynamics, using whole-genome sequencing (WGS), of fecal in a cohort of 22 calves. All calves received antimicrobial group treatments on Day (D) 1 (oxytetracycline, intramuscularly) and on D4 through D12 (doxycycline, in-feed). Additionally, eight calves received individual parenteral treatments between D7 and D59, including florfenicol, amoxicillin, marbofloxacin, and gamithromycin. Rectal swabs were collected from all calves on D1 (prior to treatment), D2, D9, and D82. The swabs were spread onto -selective agar, and three colonies per plate were subjected to WGS. Out of 264 isolates across all calves and sampling times, 80 unique strains were identified, a majority of which harbored genes conferring resistance to tetracyclines, streptomycin, and sulfonamides. The diversity of strains decreased during the in-feed antimicrobial group treatment of the calves. On D82, 90% of isolates were strains that were not isolated at previous sampling times, and the median number per strain of AMR determinants to tetracyclines, florfenicol, β-lactams, quinolones, or macrolides decreased compared to D9. Additionally, clonal dissemination of some strains represented the main transmission route of AMR determinants. In this study, WGS revealed important variations in strain diversity and genotypic AMR of fecal over time in calves subjected to group antimicrobial treatments. IMPORTANCE: The continued emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) determinants are serious global concerns. The dynamics of AMR spread and persistence in bacterial and animal host populations are complex and not solely driven by antimicrobial selection pressure. In calf fattening, both antimicrobial use and carriage prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria are generally recognized as high. This study provides new insights into the short-term, within-farm dynamics and transmission of AMR determinants in from the dominant fecal flora of calves subjected to antimicrobial group treatments during the rearing period. The diversity of strains decreased over time, although, in contrast to previous observations in extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing , the predominance of a few clones was not observed. The spread of AMR determinants occurred through the dissemination of clonal strains among calves. The median number per strain of AMR determinants conferring resistance to selected antimicrobials decreased toward the end of the rearing period.
未加标签:犊牛育肥通常与高抗菌药物使用和抗菌药物耐药性(AMR)的选择有关。本观察性纵向研究的目的是使用全基因组测序(WGS)描述 22 头犊牛队列中粪便 的 AMR 和菌株动态。所有犊牛在第 1 天(D1)(肌肉内注射土霉素)和第 4 天至第 12 天(饲料中添加多西环素)接受抗菌药物组治疗。此外,8 头犊牛在 D7 至 D59 期间接受了个体肠外治疗,包括氟苯尼考、阿莫西林、马波沙星和加米霉素。所有犊牛在 D1(治疗前)、D2、D9 和 D82 采集直肠拭子。将拭子铺在 -选择琼脂上,每个平板上的 3 个 菌落进行 WGS。在所有犊牛和采样时间的 264 株分离株中,鉴定出 80 个独特的菌株,其中大多数携带赋予对四环素、链霉素和磺胺类药物耐药性的基因。在犊牛接受饲料中抗菌药物组治疗期间,菌株的多样性下降。在 D82 时,90%的分离株是以前采样时间未分离出的菌株,与 D9 相比,每株对四环素、氟苯尼考、β-内酰胺类、喹诺酮类或大环内酯类的 AMR 决定因素的中位数减少。此外,一些菌株的克隆传播代表了 AMR 决定因素传播的主要途径。在这项研究中,WGS 揭示了在接受群体抗菌治疗的犊牛中,粪便 的菌株多样性和基因型 AMR 随时间的重要变化。
意义:抗菌药物耐药性(AMR)决定因素的持续出现和传播是全球关注的严重问题。AMR 在细菌和动物宿主群体中的传播和持续存在的动态是复杂的,不仅仅是由抗菌选择压力驱动的。在犊牛育肥中,抗菌药物的使用和携带抗菌药物耐药细菌的流行率通常被认为很高。本研究提供了新的见解,即了解在育肥期间接受群体抗菌治疗的犊牛粪便 中 AMR 决定因素的短期、农场内动态和传播。随着时间的推移,菌株的多样性减少,尽管与先前在扩展谱β-内酰胺酶产生 中观察到的情况相反,没有观察到少数克隆的优势。AMR 决定因素的传播是通过克隆菌株在犊牛之间的传播来实现的。在育肥期结束时,每株对选定抗菌药物的耐药 AMR 决定因素的中位数减少。
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