Impact of food animal trade on the spread of mcr-1-mediated colistin resistance, Tunisia, July 2015

We report a high prevalence of MCR-1 and CTX-M-1-producing Escherichia coli in three Tunisian chicken farms. Chickens were imported from France or derived from French imported chicks. The same IncHI2-type plasmid reported to carry those genes in cattle in France and in a food sample in Portugal was...

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Published in:Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2016-02, Vol.21 (8), p.30144-30144
Main Authors: Grami, Raoudha, Mansour, Wejdene, Mehri, Wahib, Bouallègue, Olfa, Boujaâfar, Noureddine, Madec, Jean-Yves, Haenni, Marisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Bacteriology
beta-Lactamases - genetics
Chickens
Colistin - pharmacology
Commerce
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
E coli
Escherichia coli - drug effects
Escherichia coli - genetics
Escherichia coli Infections - blood
Escherichia coli Infections - drug therapy
Escherichia coli Infections - epidemiology
Food Microbiology
France
Genes
Genotype
Humans
Life Sciences
Meat - microbiology
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Microbiology and Parasitology
Peptides - genetics
Plasmids
Poultry
Prevalence
Tunisia
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Summary:We report a high prevalence of MCR-1 and CTX-M-1-producing Escherichia coli in three Tunisian chicken farms. Chickens were imported from France or derived from French imported chicks. The same IncHI2-type plasmid reported to carry those genes in cattle in France and in a food sample in Portugal was found in Tunisian chickens of French origin. This suggests a significant impact of food animal trade on the spread of mcr-1-mediated colistin resistance in Europe.
ISSN:1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
1025-496X
DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.es.2016.21.8.30144