Antibiotic Resistance Of Bacteria A Growing Threat For Animals And Public Health
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Published Online: Oct 05, 2019
Page range: 259 - 270
Received: Mar 01, 2019
Accepted: Jul 01, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/PM-2019.58.3.259
© 2019 Marian Binek et al., published by Sciendo
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Percentage of commensal Escherichia coli strains resistant to selected antimicrobials, isolated from fattening pigs
| Country/average in EU | Number of strains tested | Percentage of resistant strains | ||||||||
| Gentamicin | Chloramphenicol | Ampicillin | Cefotaxime | Ceftazidime | Ciprofloxacin | Colistine | Sulfamethoxazole | Tetracicline | ||
| Spain | 170 | 4.7 | 35.3 | 77.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 44.7 | 0.6 | 63.5 | 88.8 |
| Portugal | 142 | 2.8 | 44.4 | 59.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 21.1 | 2.1 | 68.3 | 89.4 |
| Greece | 170 | 9.4 | 40.6 | 58.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 10.0 | 0.6 | 82.4 | 75.9 |
| Poland | 213 | 3.3 | 13.6 | 46.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 16.0 | 0 | 57.7 | 58.2 |
| Germany | 227 | 1.3 | 9.7 | 29.1 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 6.6 | 0.4 | 30.0 | 36.6 |
| Sweden | 140 | 0 | 5.7 | 18.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 9.3 |
| Finland | 175 | 0 | 0.6 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18.8 |
| On average in EU (28 member countries) | 4205 | 2.7 | 18.0 | 38.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 10.6 | 0.3 | 42.4 | 52.1 |
Selected genes and clusters of genes encoding multidrug resistance of bacteria found in animals
| No. | Genes | Clustered in: | Examples of bacteria / host | Resistance to: |
| 1. | blaZ-blaI-blar1 operon in Tn552transposome | many groups of β-lactam antibiotics | ||
| 2. | SCCmec | MRSA, MRSP/ many species of animals | β-laktams | |
| 3. | pSWS47, tet (M) part of Tn916 in pSWS47 | tetracyclines (except glycylcyclines), kanamycin, neomycin, tobramycin, trimethoprim, lincosamides, pleuromutiline, streptogramin | ||
| 4. | pV7037 | gentamicin, kanamycin, tobramycin, streptomycin, macrolides, lincosamides, streptogramin A and B tetracyclines, aminocyclitols, pleuromutilins | ||
| 5. | pAFS11 | kanamycin, neomycin, tobramycin, lincosamides, streptogramin B, tetracyclines (except minocycline and glycylcycline), trimethoprim, apramycin | ||
| 6. | pSCFS1 | phenicols, lincosamides, oxazolidinones, pleuro- mutilines, streprogramin A and B, macrolides, aminocyclitols | ||
| 7. | pMSA16 | phenicols, lincosamides, oxazolidinones, pleuromutilins, streptogramin A and B, macrolides | ||
| 8. | pKKS825 | kanamycin, neomycin, tobramycin, tetracyclines (except minocycline and glycylcyclines), trimtro- prim, lycosamides, pleuromutiline, treptogramin A | ||
| 9. | pGXEC3 | phenicols, lincosamides, oxazolidinones, pleuromutilins, streptogramin A and B, penicillin, cephalosporins (except cefamycins), monobactams | ||
| 10. | pSCEC2 | phenicols, lincosamides, oxazolidinones, pleuro- mutilines, streptogramin A and B, tetracyclines and glycylcyclins, streptomycin, and sufonamides | ||
| 11. | pNH6DS2 | colistin, penicillins, cephalosporins (except cefamycins), monobactams, fosfomycin, phenicols | ||
| 12. | pEC008 | penicillins, cephalosporins, aminogicosides, tetracyclines and glycylcyclines, phenicols, streptomycin, trimethoprim |