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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Quinolone resistance in Escherichia coli from Accra, Ghana
BMC Microbiology, Volume 11, Article 44, Year 2011
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Background: Antimicrobial resistance is under-documented and commensal Escherichia coli can be used as indicator organisms to study the resistance in the community. We sought to determine the prevalence of resistance to broad-spectrum antimicrobials with particular focus on the quinolones, which have recently been introduced in parts of Africa, including Ghana. Results: Forty (13.7%) of 293 E. coli isolates evaluated were nalidixic acid-resistant. Thirteen (52%) of 2006 and 2007 isolates and 10 (66.7%) of 2008 isolates were also resistant to ciprofloxacin. All but one of the quinolone-resistant isolates were resistant to three or more other antimicrobial classes. Sequencing the quinolone-resistance determining regions of gyrA and parC, which encode quinolone targets, revealed that 28 quinolone-resistant E. coli harboured a substitution at position 83 of the gyrA gene product and 20 of these isolates had other gyrA and/or parC substitutions. Horizontally-acquired quinolone-resistance genes qnrB1, qnrB2, qnrS1 or qepA were detected in 12 of the isolates. In spite of considerable overall diversity among E. coli from Ghana, as evaluated by multilocus sequence typing, 15 quinolone-resistant E. coli belonged to sequence type complex 10. Five of these isolates carried qnrS1 alleles. Conclusions: Quinolone-resistant E. coli are commonly present in the faecal flora of Accra residents. The isolates have evolved resistance through multiple mechanisms and belong to very few lineages, suggesting clonal expansion. Containment strategies to limit the spread of quinolone-resistant E. coli need to be deployed to conserve quinolone effectiveness and promote alternatives to their use. © 2011 Namboodiri et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Namboodiri, Sreela S.
United States, Haverford
Haverford College
United States, Baltimore
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Opintan, Japheth
Ghana, Accra
University of Ghana
Lijek, Rebeccah S.
United States, Haverford
Haverford College
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Newman, Mercy Jemima
Ghana, Accra
University of Ghana
Okeke, Iruka N.
United States, Haverford
Haverford College
Statistics
Citations: 89
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1471-2180-11-44
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Ghana