Genetic identity of aminoglycoside-resistance genes in isolates from human and animal sources Free

Abstract

A bacterial collection (=249) obtained in Hong Kong from 2002 to 2004 was used to investigate the molecular epidemiology of aminoglycoside resistance among isolates from humans and food-producing animals. Of these, 89 isolates were gentamicin-sensitive (human =60, animal =29) and 160 isolates were gentamicin-resistant (human =107, animal =53). Overall, 84.1 % (90/107) and 75.5 % (40/53) of the gentamicin-resistant isolates from human and animal sources, respectively, were found to possess the gene. The gene for 20 isolates (10 each for human and animal isolates) was sequenced. Two alleles were found that were equally distributed in human and animal isolates. PFGE showed that the gentamicin-resistant isolates exhibited diverse patterns with little clonality. In some isolates, the gene was encoded on large transferable plasmids of multiple incompatibility groups (IncF, IncI1 and IncN). An IncFII plasmid of 140 kb in size was shared by one human and three animal isolates. In summary, this study showed that human and animal isolates share the same pool of resistance genes.

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