title: Molecular characterization of class 1 integrons and antimicrobial resistance in Aeromonas strains from foodborne outbreak-suspect samples and environmental sources in Taiwan.
abstract: One hundred thirty-three Aeromonas spp. isolates were examined for multiple antibiotic resistance phenotypes and prevalence of class 1 integron sequences. Twenty-four (18.0%) of these isolates contained class 1 integron. Seven different class 1 integrons were found among 24strains, with a total of 10 different gene cassettes encoding for resistance to trimethoprim (dfr12 and dfr2d), aminoglycosides (aadA1 and aadA2), beta-lactam antibiotics (oxa2), chloramphenicol (catB3 and catB8), quaternary ammonium amines (qacE2), and 2 ORFs (orfD and orfF) with unknown function. Rate of antibiotic resistance was different between integron-positive and integron-negative strains. Trimethoprim and trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole resistances were commonly associated with integron, and all of integron-positive isolates were multiple resistant to more than 3 agents. Resistance to as many as 10 antimicrobial agents were observed in integron-positive strains. Several cassette arrays of class 1 integrons identified in this study were not previously reported in Aeromonas strains. This study demonstrates the wide distribution of class 1 integron in Aeromonas spp. isolated from foodborne outbreak-suspect samples and environmental sources in Taiwan.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Biochemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yu-Chang
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Daniel Yang-Chih
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Jan-Yi
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shang-Shyng
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D032023:Integrons / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology