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Antimicrobials and Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Pathogens

A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 10568

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Dr. Svetlana Ermolaeva

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Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology, 123098 Moscow, Russia
Dr. Emiliano J. Quinto

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Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valladolid, Avda Ramon y Cajal 7, 47005 Valladolid, Spain
Interests: food microbiology; food safety; foodborne pathogens; predictive microbiology; antimicrobials; microbial dynamics; microbiota; genomics
Dr. Nikolaos Solomakos

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Laboratory of Hygiene of Foods of Animal Origin, Veterinary Faculty, University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece
Interests: natural antimicrobials; foodborne pathogens; public health; one health; antimicrobial resistance
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Dear Colleagues,

Bacterial foodborne pathogens are responsible for millions of cases of illness and hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. Children younger than 5 years of age are of particular risk for foodborne infections. Wide dissemination of resistant strains together with increased consumer tendency for fresh or minimally processed foods and concern over chemical preservatives make food safety a global challenge for the world. To control the situation, it is necessary to keep monitoring antibiotic-resistant strains among foodborne pathogens, look for new compounds and/or other treatment methods with a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity that prevent food contamination, and find ways of improving the effectiveness of the methods in use.

The aim of the Special issue is to provide an updated view on these subjects. The topics include but are not restricted by dissemination and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance among foodborne pathogens; new antimicrobials or improved versions of known ones applicable for the therapy of foodborne infections, food preservation or elimination of pathogens at food plants; developing technologies used for decontamination of food products and plants including physical methods of treatments, such as non-thermal gas plasma, oxygenation, etc. Various submission types, such as original research papers, short communications, reviews, and case reports, are welcome.

Dr. Svetlana Ermolaeva
Dr. Emiliano J. Quinto
Dr. Nikolaos Solomakos
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Keywords

  • foodborne pathogens
  • resistant strains
  • antimicrobial resistance
  • antimicrobials
  • antibacterial activity
  • food preservation technologies

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Distinction between Antimicrobial Resistance and Putative Virulence Genes Characterization in Plesiomonas shigelloides Isolated from Different Sources
by Samy Selim, Mohammed S. Almuhayawi, Shadi Ahmed Zakai, Ahmed Attia Salama and Mona Warrad
Antibiotics 2022, 11(1), 85; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/antibiotics11010085 - 11 Jan 2022
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Plesiomonas shigelloides are gram-negative, thermotolerant, motile, and pleomorphic microorganisms that are only distantly related to those of the Enterobacteriaceae and Vibrionaceae families. One of the most common sources of P. shigelloides contamination is human stool, but it may also be found in a [...] Read more.
Plesiomonas shigelloides are gram-negative, thermotolerant, motile, and pleomorphic microorganisms that are only distantly related to those of the Enterobacteriaceae and Vibrionaceae families. One of the most common sources of P. shigelloides contamination is human stool, but it may also be found in a wide range of other animals, plants, and aquatic habitats. Antimicrobial resistance in P. shigelloides from seawater and shellfish was investigated, and pathogenicity involved genes were characterized as part of this study. Out of 384 samples of shellfish, 5.7% included P. shigelloides. The presence of P. shigelloides was also discovered in 5% of the seawater sampled. The antimicrobial resistance of 23 P. shigelloides isolates derived from those samples was investigated. All isolates were sensitive to nalidixic acid, carbenicillin, cephalothin, erythromycin, kanamycin, tetracycline, and ciprofloxacin in the study. Several strains isolated from diseased shellfish were tested for virulence in shellfish by intraperitoneal injections. The LD50 values ranged from 12 × 108 to 3 × 1012 cfu/shellfish. When looking for possible virulence factors that may play a significant role in bacterial infection in the current study, we found that all of these genes were present in these strains. These include genes such as elastase, lipase, flagellin, enterotoxin, and DNases. According to these findings, shellfish may serve as a reservoir for multi-resistant P. shigelloides and help spread virulence genes across the environment. Full article
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Evaluation of Antibiotic Resistance of Salmonella Serotypes and Whole-Genome Sequencing of Multiresistant Strains Isolated from Food Products in Russia
by Andrey L. Rakitin, Yulia K. Yushina, Elena V. Zaiko, Dagmara S. Bataeva, Oksana A. Kuznetsova, Anastasia A. Semenova, Svetlana A. Ermolaeva, Aleksey V. Beletskiy, Tat’yana V. Kolganova, Andrey V. Mardanov, Sergei O. Shapovalov and Timofey E. Tkachik
Antibiotics 2022, 11(1), 1; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/antibiotics11010001 - 21 Dec 2021
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Food products may be a source of Salmonella, one of the main causal agents of food poisoning, especially after the emergence of strains resistant to antimicrobial preparations. The present work dealt with investigation of the occurrence of resistance to antimicrobial preparations among [...] Read more.
Food products may be a source of Salmonella, one of the main causal agents of food poisoning, especially after the emergence of strains resistant to antimicrobial preparations. The present work dealt with investigation of the occurrence of resistance to antimicrobial preparations among S. enterica strains isolated from food. The isolates belonged to 11 serovars, among which Infantis (28%), Enteritidis (19%), and Typhimurium (13.4%) predominated. The isolates were most commonly resistant to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (n = 19, 59.38%), cefazolin (n = 15, 46.86%), tetracycline (n = 13, 40.63%), and amikacin (n = 9, 28.13%). Most of the strains (68.75%) exhibited multiple resistance to commonly used antibiotics. High-throughput sequencing was used to analyse three multidrug-resistant strains (resistant to six or more antibiotics). Two of them (SZL 30 and SZL 31) belonged to S. Infantis, while one strain belonged to S. Typhimurium (SZL 38). Analysis of the genomes of the sequenced strains revealed the genes responsible for antibiotic resistance. In the genomes of strains SZL 30 and SZL 31 the genes of antibiotic resistance were shown to be localized mostly in integrons within plasmids, while most of the antibiotic resistance genes of strain SZL 38 were localized in a chromosomal island (17,949 nt). Genomes of the Salmonella strains SZL 30, SZL 31, and SZL 38 were shown to contain full-size pathogenicity islands: SPI-1, SPI-2, SPI-4, SPI-5, SPI-9, SPI-11, SPI-13, SPI-14, and CS54. Moreover, the genome of strain SZL 38 was also found to contain the full-size pathogenicity islands SPI-3, SPI-6, SPI-12, and SPI-16. The emergence of multidrug-resistant strains of various Salmonella serovars indicates that further research on the transmission pathways for these genetic determinants and monitoring of the distribution of these microorganisms are necessary. Full article
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First Experimental Evidence for the Presence of Potentially Virulent Klebsiella oxytoca in 14 Species of Commonly Consumed Aquatic Animals, and Phenotyping and Genotyping of K. oxytoca Isolates
by Ling Ni, Yingwei Xu and Lanming Chen
Antibiotics 2021, 10(10), 1235; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/antibiotics10101235 - 11 Oct 2021
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Klebsiella oxytoca is a recently emerging pathogen that can cause necrotizing enterocolitis, hemorrhagic colitis, sepsis-associated purpura fulminans, and infective endocarditis in humans. The bacterium is ubiquitous in water and soil environments. Nevertheless, current literature on K. oxytoca in aquatic products is rare. In [...] Read more.
Klebsiella oxytoca is a recently emerging pathogen that can cause necrotizing enterocolitis, hemorrhagic colitis, sepsis-associated purpura fulminans, and infective endocarditis in humans. The bacterium is ubiquitous in water and soil environments. Nevertheless, current literature on K. oxytoca in aquatic products is rare. In this study, we surveyed K. oxytoca contamination in 41 species of consumable aquatic animals sold in July, August, and September of 2018 and 2019 in Shanghai, China, 40 of which had no history of carrying this bacterium. K. oxytoca was for the first time isolated from 14 species with high abundance in benthic animals. None of the K. oxytoca isolates (n = 125) harbored toxin genes mviM, tisB, and yqgB. However, a high occurrence of virulence-associated genes was observed, including brkB (73.6%), cdcB (66.4%), pduV (64.8%), and virk (63.2%). Resistance to sulphamethoxazole-trimethoprim (56.0%) was the most predominant among the isolates, followed by chloramphenicol (6.4%), tetracycline (5.6%), and kanamycin (3.2%). Approximately 8.0% of the isolates displayed multidrug resistant phenotypes. Meanwhile, high percentages of the isolates tolerated the heavy metals Cu2+ (84.8%), Pb2+ (80.8%), Cr3+ (66.4%), Zn2+ (66.4%), and Hg2+ (49.6%). Different virulence and resistance profiles were observed among K. oxytoca isolates in 3 types and 14 species of aquatic animals. The ERIC-PCR-based genome fingerprinting of the 125 K. oxytoca isolates revealed 108 ERIC genotypes with 79 singletons, which demonstrated the genetic diversity of the isolates. The results of this study fill gaps for policy and research in the risk assessment of K. oxytoca in consumable aquatic animals. Full article
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Antimicrobial Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes Strains Isolated from Humans, Animals, and Food Products in Russia in 1950–1980, 2000–2005, and 2018–2021
by Pavel A. Andriyanov, Pavel A. Zhurilov, Elena A. Liskova, Tatyana I. Karpova, Elena V. Sokolova, Yulia K. Yushina, Elena V. Zaiko, Dagmara S. Bataeva, Olga L. Voronina, Ekaterina K. Psareva, Igor S. Tartakovsky, Denis V. Kolbasov and Svetlana A. Ermolaeva
Antibiotics 2021, 10(10), 1206; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/antibiotics10101206 - 04 Oct 2021
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Susceptibility of 117 L. monocytogenes strains isolated during three time periods (1950–1980; 2000–2005, and 2018–2021) to 23 antibiotics was tested by the disk diffusion method. All strains were sensitive to aminoglycosides (gentamicin, kanamycin, neomycin, streptomycin), glycopeptides (vancomycin and teicoplanin), clarithromycin, levofloxacin, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, [...] Read more.
Susceptibility of 117 L. monocytogenes strains isolated during three time periods (1950–1980; 2000–2005, and 2018–2021) to 23 antibiotics was tested by the disk diffusion method. All strains were sensitive to aminoglycosides (gentamicin, kanamycin, neomycin, streptomycin), glycopeptides (vancomycin and teicoplanin), clarithromycin, levofloxacin, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. Resistance to clindamycin was observed in 35.5% of strains. Resistance to carbapenems, imipenem and meropenem was found in 4% and 5% of strains, respectively. Resistance to erythromycin, penicillin G, trimethoprim, and ciprofloxacin was found in 4%, 3%, 3%, and 2.5% of strains, respectively. Resistance to tylosin, ampicillin, enrofloxacin, linezolid, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline was found in less than 2%. Three strains with multiple antibiotic resistance and 12 strains with resistance to two antibiotics were revealed. Comparison of strains isolated in different time periods showed that the percentage of resistant strains was the lowest among strains isolated before 1980, and no strains with multiple antibiotic resistance were found among them. Statistical analysis demonstrated that the temporal evolution of resistance in L. monocytogenes has an antibiotic-specific character. While resistance to some antibiotics such as ampicillin and penicillin G has gradually decreased in the population, resistance to other antibiotics acquired by particular strains in recent years has not been accompanied by changes in resistance of other strains. Full article
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