Virulence and antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical and environmental strains of Aeromonas spp. from northeastern Brazil

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From: Canadian Journal of Microbiology(Vol. 61, Issue 8)
Publisher: NRC Research Press
Document Type: Report
Length: 4,163 words
Lexile Measure: 1340L

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The aims of the present study were to isolate and identify clinical and environmental strains of Aeromonas spp. by means of biochemical tests and the automated method VITEK 2 and to investigate the presence of the virulence genes cytotoxic enterotoxin (act), hemolysin (asa-1), and type III secretion system (ascV), and also the in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of the strains. From the clinical isolates, 19 Aeromonas hydrophila, 3 Aeromonas veronii bv. sobria, and 1 Aeromonas caviae were identified, while from the environmental strains, 11 A. hydrophila, 22 A. veronii bv. sobria, 1 A. veronii bv. veronii, and 1A. caviae were recovered. The gene act was detected in 69.5% of clinical isolates, asa-1 in 8.6%, and ascV in 34.7%. In the environmental strains, the detection rates were 51.4%, 45.7%, and 54.2% for the genes act, asa-1, and ascV, respectively. Resistance to amoxicillin-clavulanate and piperacillin-tazobactam was observed in 15 and 3 clinical strains, respectively, and resistance to ceftazidime, meropenem, imipenem, ciprofloxacin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole was observed in 1 strain for each drug. Resistance to amoxicillinclavulanate and piperacillin-tazobactam was detected in 17 and 1 environmental strain, respectively. Higher resistance percentages were observed in clinical strains, but environmental strains also showed this phenomenon and presented a higher detection rate of virulence genes. Thus, it is important to monitor the antimicrobial susceptibility and pathogenic potential of the environmental isolates. Key words: Aeromonas spp., human infections, environments, virulence genes, antimicrobial resistance. La presente etude avait pour but d'isoler et d'identifier des souches cliniques et environnementales d'Aeromonas spp. au moyen d'analyses biochimiques et de la methode automatisee VITEK 2, par la recherche de genes de virulence tels que l'enterotoxine cytotoxique (act), l'hemolysine (asa-1) et le systeme de secretion de type III (ascV), et par l'analyse de la susceptibilite aux antimicrobiens in vitro. Du nombre des isolats cliniques, on a identifie 19 Aeromonas hydrophila, 3 Aeromonas veronii bv. sobria et 1 Aeromonas caviae, tandis qu'on a recueilli 11 A. hydrophila, 22 A. veronii bv. sobria, 1 A. veronii bv. veronii et 1 A. caviae chez les souches environnementales. Le gene act a ete detecte chez 69,5 % des isolats, tandis qu'asa-1 a ete detecte chez 8,6 % d'entre eux et ascV chez 34,7 %. Pour ce qui est des souches environnementales, les taux de detection etaient de 51,4 %, 45,7 % et 54,2 % pour les genes act, asa-1 et ascV, respectivement. On a note une resistance a l'amoxicilline-clavulanate et a la piperacilline-tazobactame chez respectivement 15 et 3 isolats. Une souche a resiste a l'un ou l'autre des antibiotiques suivants : ceftazidime, meropeneme, imipeneme, ciprofloxacin et trimethoprime-sulfamethoxazole. On a note une resistance a l'amoxicilline-clavulanate et a la piperacilline-tazobactame chez respectivement 17 et 1 souches environnementales. Les pourcentages de resistance observes etaient plus eleves chez les souches cliniques, mais les souches environnementales n'ont pas moins demontre cette attribut et s'associaient a des taux plus eleve de detection de genes de virulence. Il importe donc de surveiller la susceptibilite aux antimicrobiens et le potentiel pathogenique d'isolats environnementaux. [Traduit par la Redaction] Mots-cles: Aeromonas spp., infections humaines, environnements, genes de virulence, resistance antimicrobienne.

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