Repeated occurrence of diverse extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in minor serotypes of food-borne Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica

L Politi; P T Tassios; M Lambiri; A Kansouzidou; M Pasiotou; A C Vatopoulos; K Mellou; N J Legakis; L S Tzouvelekis

doi:10.1128/JCM.43.7.3453-3456.2005

Repeated occurrence of diverse extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in minor serotypes of food-borne Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Jul;43(7):3453-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3453-3456.2005.

Authors

L Politi¹, P T Tassios, M Lambiri, A Kansouzidou, M Pasiotou, A C Vatopoulos, K Mellou, N J Legakis, L S Tzouvelekis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, M. Asias 75, Athens 11527, Greece.

Abstract

Screening of Greek nontyphoid salmonellae from 2000 to 2002 yielded three extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing human isolates. Salmonella enterica serotype Brandenburg harbored a multiresistant SHV-5 gene-carrying plasmid. S. enterica serotype Blockley and S. enterica serotype Hadar harbored a TEM-52 gene-carrying plasmid. An S. enterica serotype Virchow strain producing plasmid-mediated CTX-M-32 was isolated twice from poultry end products. All ESBL plasmids were self-transferable and carried by clones currently common in Greece.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Animals
Child, Preschool
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics
Female
Gastroenteritis / microbiology*
Greece
Humans
Infant
Plasmids / genetics
Poultry Products / microbiology*
Salmonella Infections / microbiology
Salmonella Infections, Animal / microbiology
Salmonella enterica / classification*
Salmonella enterica / drug effects
Salmonella enterica / enzymology
Salmonella enterica / genetics
Serotyping
beta-Lactamases / genetics
beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

TEM-52 beta-lactamase
beta-lactamase SHV-5
beta-Lactamases