Accès libre

Characterisation and antibiotic susceptibility profile of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile isolated from chicken carcasses

À propos de cet article

Citez

Primer sequence list used in the study

Gene Primers Amplicon size Reference
tpi F: 5′-AAAGAAGCTACTAAGGGTACAAA-3′ 230 bp 15
R: 5′-CATAATATTGGGTCTATTCCTAC-3′

tcdA F: 5′-AGATTCCTATATTTACATGACAATAT-3′ 369 bp 15
R: 5′-GTATCAGGCATAAAGTAATATACTTT-3′

tcdB F: 5′-GGAAAAGAGAATGGTTTTATTAA-3′ 160 bp 15
R: 5′-ATCTTTAGTTATAACTTTGACATCTTT-3′

cdtA F: 5′-TGAACCTGGAAAAGGTGATG-3′ 353 bp 28
R: 5′-AGGATTATTTACTGGACCATTTG-3′

cdtB F: 5′-CTTATTGCAAGTAAATACTGAGAGTACTATATC-3′ 490 bp 28
R: 5′-ACCGGATCTCTTGCTTCAGTC-3′

The distribution of determined ribotypes in terms of antibiotic susceptibility

AMP AMC DA IMP MTZ TE VA CTX
RTs n S I R S I R S I R S I R S I R S I R S I R S I R
RT027 6 4 2 - 6 - - 4 1 1 - - 6 6 - - 6 - - 6 - - - - 6
RT087 4 3 1 - 4 - - 3 1 - - - 4 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - - - 4
RT470 4 2 2 - 4 - - 4 - - - - 4 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - - - 4
RT085 4 4 - - 4 - - 3 1 - - - 4 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - - - 4
RT456 2 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - - - 2 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - - - 2
RT020 2 2 - - 2 - - 1 1 - - - 2 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - - - 2
RT010 1 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - - - 1 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - - - 1
RT003 1 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - - - 1 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - - - 1
ML027 6 3 3 - 6 - - 3 2 1 - - 6 6 - - 6 - - 6 - - - - 6
NR 3 26 11 2 39 - - 17 8 14 6 1 32 31 - 8 36 1 2 37 - 2 2 - 3
9 7

TOTAL 69 48 19 2 69 - - 39 14 16 6 1 62 61 - 8 66 1 2 67 - 2 2 - 67

Susceptibility profiles of C. difficile isolates from chicken carcasses

n Susceptibility AMP (%) AMC (%) DA (%) IMP (%) MTZ (%) TE (%) VA (%) CTX (%)
Susceptible 48 69 39 6 61 66 67 2
(69.6) (100) (56.5) (8.7) (88.4) (95.7) (97.1) (2.9)
19 0 14 1 0 1 0 0
69 Intermediate (27.5) (0) (20.3) (1.4) (0) (1.4) (0) (0)
2 0 16 62 8 2 2 67
Resistant (2.9) (0) (23.2) (89.9) (11.6) (2.9) (2.9) (97.1)

The distribution of the virulence genes and ribotypes of C. difficile isolates (n = 69)

Toxigenic genes Samples (%) Ribotypes (nr)
tcdA+ tcdB+ cdtA/B+ 17 (24.6) 027 (6), 003 (1), ML#027 (6), NR* (4)
tcdA+ tcdB+ cdtA/B 14 (20.3) 087 (4), 020 (2), NR (8)
tcdA+ tcdB cdtA/B+ 1 (1.5) NR (1)
tcdA+ tcdB cdtA/B 3 (4.4) NR (3)
tcdA tcdB+ cdtA/B+ 13 (18.8) NR (13)
tcdA tcdB+ cdtA/B 11 (15.9) 470 (4), 456 (2), NR (5)
tcdA tcdB cdtA/B+ 0 (0) ND**
tcdA tcdB cdtA/B 10 (14.5) 010 (1), 085 (4), NR (5)
eISSN:
2450-8608
Langue:
Anglais
Périodicité:
4 fois par an
Sujets de la revue:
Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Virology, other, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine