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- Serovar Kentucky is frequently linked to clinical infections in humans and has been found to have multidrug resistance mainly from animal food sources, with limited studies on colistin resistance.
- The study focused on the colistin-resistant Kentucky strain COL-R, isolated from chicken meat, revealing high resistance to several antibiotics and confirming its pathogenic potential as it has features suggestive of being a serious human pathogen.
- Genomic analysis identified multiple antimicrobial resistance genes, including genes responsible for fluoroquinolone resistance, and characterized the strain's phylogenetic relatedness, highlighting its position within a diverse cluster of other S. Kentucky genomes.
Article Abstract
Unlabelled: serovar Kentucky is a frequent cause for clinical infections in human patients. They are isolated and reported with multidrug resistance from the foods of animal origin from various countries. However, studies inferring the colistin resistance are limited. Hence, the current study reports the genetic factors and genomic analysis of the colistin-resistant serovar Kentucky strain COL-R for better understanding of its pathogenic potential and phylogenetic relatedness. The Kentucky strain COL-R was successfully isolated from chicken meat during ongoing surveillance of food of animal origin. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing revealed resistance to cefoxitin, erythromycin, gentamicin, tetracycline, and most disturbingly to ciprofloxacin and colistin (broth microdilution method). Whole-genome sequence of the COL-R strain was subjected to various in silico analysis to identify the virulence factors, antimicrobial resistance genes, pathogenicity islands and sequence type. The . Kentucky COL-R strain belonged to sequence type (ST) 198 with a high probability (0.943) of being a human pathogen. Besides presence of integrated phage in the . Kentucky COL-R genome, 38 genes conferring resistance to various antimicrobials and disinfectants were also identified. Nucleotide Polymorphism analysis indicated triple mutations in A and C genes conferring fluoroquinolone resistance. Phylogenomic analysis with 31 other S. Kentucky genomes revealed discernible clusters with . Kentucky COL-R strain latching onto a cluster of high diversity (geographic location and isolation sources). Taken together, our results document the first occurrence of colistin resistance in a fluoroquinolone resistant . Kentucky COL-R strain isolated from retail chicken and provide crucial information on the genomic features of the strain.
Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13205-023-03559-2.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10133420 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13205-023-03559-2 | DOI Listing |
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