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ArticleEnvironmental microbiology2019

Gene pool transmission of multidrug resistance among Campylobacter from livestock, sewage and human disease.

Evangelos Mourkas, Diego Florez-Cuadrado, Ben Pascoe, Jessica K Calland, Sion C Bayliss, Leonardos Mageiros, Guillaume Méric, Matthew D Hitchings, Alberto Quesada, Concepción Porrero and 4 more

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Article in Environmental microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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63citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
10.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Evangelos MourkasThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, BA27AY, Bath, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7411-4743
Diego Florez-CuadradoVISAVET Health Surveillance Centre, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Ben PascoeThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, BA27AY, Bath, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6376-5121
Jessica K CallandThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, BA27AY, Bath, UK.
Sion C BaylissThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, BA27AY, Bath, UK.
Leonardos MageirosThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, BA27AY, Bath, UK.
Guillaume MéricThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, BA27AY, Bath, UK.
Matthew D HitchingsSwansea University Medical School, Swansea, Swansea, UK.
Alberto QuesadaDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
Concepción PorreroVISAVET Health Surveillance Centre, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
María Ugarte-RuizVISAVET Health Surveillance Centre, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
José Gutiérrez-FernándezDepartment of Microbiology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
Lucas DomínguezVISAVET Health Surveillance Centre, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Samuel K SheppardThe Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, BA27AY, Bath, UK.
University of Bath · GBUniversidad Complutense de Madrid · ESBaker Heart and Diabetes Institute · AUSwansea University · GBUniversidad de Extremadura · ESUniversidad de Granada · ESUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/I02464X/1Food Standards Agency FS246004Medical Research Council MR/L015080/1Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness BES-2013-065003Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 088786/C/09/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of antimicrobials in human and veterinary medicine has coincided with a rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the food-borne pathogens Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. Faecal contamination from the main reservoir hosts (livestock, especially poultry) is the principal route of human infection but little is known about the spread of AMR among source and sink populations. In particular, questions remain about how Campylobacter resistomes interact between species and hosts, and the potential role of sewage as a conduit for the spread of AMR. Here, we investigate the genomic variation associated with AMR in 168 C. jejuni and 92 C. coli strains isolated from humans, livestock and urban effluents in Spain. AMR was tested in vitro and isolate genomes were sequenced and screened for putative AMR genes and alleles. Genes associated with resistance to multiple drug classes were observed in both species and were commonly present in multidrug-resistant genomic islands (GIs), often located on plasmids or mobile elements. In many cases, these loci had alleles that were shared among C. jejuni and C. coli consistent with horizontal transfer. Our results suggest that specific antibiotic resistance genes have spread among Campylobacter isolated from humans, animals and the environment.

Indexed as

Gene PoolGene Transfer, HorizontalAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCampylobacter coliCampylobacter InfectionsCampylobacter jejuniDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialHumansLivestockMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPoultrySewageSpainAnti-Bacterial AgentsSewage

Identifiers

PMID31385413
PMCPMC6916351
OpenAlexW2965222909

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