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Abstract

Background

The emergence of colistin resistance is a One Health antimicrobial resistance challenge worldwide. The close contact between companion animals and humans creates opportunities for transmission and dissemination of colistin-resistant bacteria.

Aim

To detect potential animal reservoirs of colistin-resistant and investigate the possible sharing of these bacteria between dogs, cats and their cohabiting humans in the community in Lisbon, Portugal.

Methods

A prospective longitudinal study was performed from 2018 to 2020. Faecal samples from dogs and cats either healthy or diagnosed with a skin and soft tissue or urinary tract infection, and their cohabiting humans were screened for the presence of colistin-resistant . All isolates were tested by broth microdilution against colistin and 12 other antimicrobials. Colistin-resistant isolates were screened for 30 resistance genes, including plasmid-mediated colistin resistance genes ( to ), and typed by multilocus sequence typing. Genetic relatedness between animal and human isolates was analysed by whole genome sequencing.

Results

Colistin-resistant strains harbouring the gene were recovered from faecal samples of companion animals (8/102; 7.8%) and humans (4/125; 3.2%). No difference between control and infection group was detected. Indistinguishable multidrug-resistant . ST744 strains harbouring the gene were found in humans and their dogs in two households.

Conclusions

The identification of identical . strains containing the plasmid-mediated gene in companion animals and humans in daily close contact is of concern. These results demonstrate the importance of the animal–human unit as possible disseminators of clinically important resistance genes in the community setting.

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mcr-1 colistin resistance gene sharing between Escherichia coli from cohabiting dogs and humans, Lisbon, Portugal, 2018 to 2020
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Juliana+Menezes&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Menezes Juliana</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Joana+Moreira+da+Silva&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Moreira da Silva Joana</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sian-Marie+Frosini&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Frosini Sian-Marie</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Anette+Loeffler&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Loeffler Anette</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Scott+Weese&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Weese Scott</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Vincent+Perreten&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Perreten Vincent</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Stefan+Schwarz&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Schwarz Stefan</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Lu%C3%ADs+Telo+da+Gama&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Telo da Gama Luís</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Andreia+Jesus+Amaral&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Amaral Andreia Jesus</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Constan%C3%A7a+Pomba&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pomba Constança</a></span>. mcr-1 colistin resistance gene sharing between Escherichia coli from cohabiting dogs and humans, Lisbon, Portugal, 2018 to 2020. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2022;27(44):pii=2101144. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.44.2101144" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.44.2101144</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 09 Dec 2021;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 25 Apr 2022 </span> </p>
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