title: Complete sequence and molecular epidemiology of IncK epidemic plasmid encoding blaCTX-M-14.
abstract: Antimicrobial drug resistance is a global challenge for the 21st century with the emergence of resistant bacterial strains worldwide. Transferable resistance to β-lactam antimicrobial drugs, mediated by production of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs), is of particular concern. In 2004, an ESBL-carrying IncK plasmid (pCT) was isolated from cattle in the United Kingdom. The sequence was a 93,629-bp plasmid encoding a single antimicrobial drug resistance gene, blaCTX-M-14. From this information, PCRs identifying novel features of pCT were designed and applied to isolates from several countries, showing that the plasmid has disseminated worldwide in bacteria from humans and animals. Complete DNA sequences can be used as a platform to develop rapid epidemiologic tools to identify and trace the spread of plasmids in clinically relevant pathogens, thus facilitating a better understanding of their distribution and ability to transfer between bacteria of humans and animals.
authors.affiliation: The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cottell
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Webber
authors.forename: Nick G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Coldham
authors.forename: Dafydd L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Anna M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cerdeño-Tárraga
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: Nicholas R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Woodward
authors.forename: Laura J V
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Piddock
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D023061:Gene Order; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C456080:beta-lactamase CTX-M-14; D001618:beta-Lactamases