Affiliation:
1. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Centrum for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Abstract
Abstract
Objectives
Plasmid-mediated colistin resistance can be transferred from animals to humans. We investigated the prevalence of carriage of mcr-mediated colistin-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae (ColR-E/K) in veterinary healthcare workers and in the general population in the Netherlands.
Methods
Two cross-sectional population studies were performed: one among veterinary healthcare workers and one in the general population. Participants sent in a faecal sample and filled in a questionnaire. Samples were analysed using selective enrichment and culture. Mobile colistin resistance genes (mcr) were detected by PCR and ColR-E/K were sequenced using Illumina and Nanopore technologies.
Results
The prevalence of mcr-mediated ColR-E/K was 0.2% (1/482, 95% CI 0.04%–1.17%) among veterinary personnel and 0.8% (5/660, 95% CI 0.3%–1.8%) in the population sample. mcr-1 was found in E. coli from four persons, mcr-8 in K. pneumoniae from one person and another person carried both mcr-1 and mcr-8 in a K. pneumoniae isolate. mcr-1 was found on different plasmid types (IncX4, IncI1 and IncI2), while mcr-8 was found on IncF plasmids only.
Conclusions
mcr-mediated ColR-E/K resistance was uncommon in both populations. Professional contact with animals does not increase the chance of carriage of these bacteria in the Netherlands at present. mcr-8 was found for the first time in the Netherlands. Surveillance of colistin resistance and its underlying mechanisms in humans, livestock and food is important in order to identify emerging trends in time.
Funder
Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
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