Characterization of Escherichia coli–Producing Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL) Isolated from Chicken Slaughterhouses in South Korea
2015
Lim, Jong-Soo | Choi, Da-Som | Kim, Young-Jo | Chon, Jung-Whan | Kim, Hong-Seok | Park, Hyun Jung | Moon, Jin-San | Wee, Sung-Hwan | Seo, Kun-Ho
In South Korea, few reports have indicated the occurrence and characteristics of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)–producing Escherichia coli in food-producing animals, particularly in poultry slaughterhouses. In this study, we investigated the occurrence and antibiotic resistance of ESBL-producing E. coli from whole chicken carcasses (n=156) and fecal samples (n=39) of chickens obtained from 2 slaughterhouses. Each sample enriched in buffered peptone water was cultured on MacConkey agar with 2 mg/L cefotaxime and ESBL agar. ESBL production and antibiotic susceptibility were determined using the Trek Diagnostics system. The ESBL genotypes were determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using the blaSHV, blaTEM, and blaCTX₋M gene sequences. Subtyping using a repetitive sequence-based PCR system (DiversiLab™) and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) were used to assess the interspecific biodiversity of isolates. Sixty-two ESBL-producing E. coli isolates were obtained from 156 samples (39.7%). No blaSHV genes were detected in any of the isolates, whereas all contained the blaTEM gene. Twenty-five strains (40.3%) harbored the CTX-M group 1 gene. The most prevalent MLST sequence type (ST) was ST 93 (14.5%), followed by ST 117 (9.7%) and ST 2303 (8.1%). This study reveals a high occurrence and β-lactams resistance rate of E. coli in fecal samples and whole chickens collected from slaughterhouses in South Korea.
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