Prevalence and transmission of extensively drug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Kentucky ST198 based on whole-genome sequence in an intensive laying hen farm in Jiangsu, China
Prevalence and transmission of extensively drug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Kentucky ST198 based on whole-genome sequence in an intensive laying hen farm in Jiangsu, China
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DOI:
10.1016/j.psj.2024.103608
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发表时间:
2024-03-29
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4.4
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Pan,Zhiming
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作者:
Liu,Bowen;Meng,Chuang;Pan,Zhiming
Salmonella, which is widely distributed in nature, is an important zoonotic pathogen affecting humans, livestock, and other animals.Salmonellainfection not only hinders the development of livestock and poultry-related industries but also poses a great threat to human health. In this study, we collected 1,537 samples including weak chicks, dead embryos, fecal samples and environmental samples from 2020 to 2023 (for a period of 1 to 2 months per year) to keep a long-term monitor the prevalence ofSalmonellain an intensive laying hen farm, 105Salmonellastrains were isolated with an isolation rate of 6.83% (105/1,537). It revealed a significant decrease in prevalence rates ofSalmonellaover time (P< 0.001). Before 2020, the predominant serotype wasS. Enteritidis.S. Kentucky was first detected in November 2020 and its proportion was gradually found to exceed that ofS. Enteritidis since then.S. Kentucky isolates were distributed in various links of the four regions in the poultry farm. A total of 55S.Kentucky strains, were assigned to ST198 based on whole genome sequencing. Among them, 54 strains were resistant to 12 to 16 antibiotics, indicating that they were extensively drug-resistant (XDR). Seventeen antimicrobial resistance genes were detected in 55S.Kentucky isolates. For most of these isolates, antibiotic resistance phenotypes were concordant with their genotypes. AllS.Kentucky strains isolated from this farm in 2020 to 2023 showed a high similarity based on their core-genome SNP-based phylogeny. The traceability analysis revealed thatS. Kentucky was introduced to the farm through newly purchased flocks. The long-term existence of XDRS. Kentucky ST198 poses a substantial risk because of the multiage management and circulation of workers in this poultry farm. Thus, this study is the first to report extensively drug-resistantS. Kentucky ST198 detected in this intensive poultry farm in China.