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Coexistence of Fosfomycin Resistance Determinant fosA and fosA3 in Enterobacter cloacae Isolated from Pets with Urinary Tract Infection in Taiwan
Microbial Drug Resistance ( IF 2.3 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-12 , DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2020.0077 Lin Chen, Bingming Ou, Minyu Zhang, Chung-Hsi Chou, Shao-Kuang Chang, Guoqiang Zhu
Microbial Drug Resistance ( IF 2.3 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-12 , DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2020.0077 Lin Chen, Bingming Ou, Minyu Zhang, Chung-Hsi Chou, Shao-Kuang Chang, Guoqiang Zhu
To analyze the characteristics of fosA and fosA3 in Enterobacter cloacae isolated from aspirated and catheterized urine culture specimens of companion pets in Taiwan. A total of 19 E. cloacae isolates from pets with urinary tract infection were screened for the presence of fosA, fosA3, and fosC2 and for the genetic context of them by PCR amplification and sequencing. The transferability, resistance phenotypes, plasmid replicon typing properties and genetic environments of fosA- and/or fosA3-positive strains were characterized. Five E. cloacae isolates were positive for fosA and three coharbored fosA and fosA3. No fosC determinant was detected. Transconjugants of fosA3 were successfully acquired, while the acquisition of fosA transconjugants was failed. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of the three fosA3-positive isolates and their transconjugants were ≥256 mg/L, whereas the MICs of the five fosA-positive isolates ranged from 64 mg/L to 256 mg/L. Three plasmid replicons (InCFrepB, InCL/M, and InCHI2) were identified in fosA- and fosA3-positive E. cloacae isolates. Different genetic contexts lay in the downstream region of fosA and fosA3, respectively. Eight distinct patterns based on the similarity value of more than 80% were typed for all the 8 fosA-positive isolates. In conclusion, the fosA concomitant with fosA3 were found in E. cloacae isolates. The fosA3 not only exhibits stronger activity of inactivating fosfomycin than fosA but also possesses stronger potential to spread than fosA. Different genetic backgrounds exist in these fosA- and fosA3-positive isolates, and different mobile elements may confer the dissemination of fosA and fosA3.
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