Studies from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital Describe New Findings in Escherichia coli [Prevalence and Molecular Epidemiology of Extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase (Esbl)-producing Escherichia Coli From Multiple Sectors of Poultry …]: Gram-Negative Bacteria – Escherichia coli

South Korea Daily Report

2021 OCT 19 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at South Korea Daily Report -- New research on Gram-Negative Bacteria - Escherichia coli is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Goyang, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “The aim of this study was to investigate the molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-EC) from poultry, the poultry farm environment, and workers in Korea. A total of 1376 non-duplicate samples were collected from 21 poultry farms, 20 retail stores, 6 slaughterhouses, and 111 workers in a nationwide study in Korea from January 2019 to August 2019.”

Financial support for this research came from Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, “The overall positive rate of ESBL-EC was 6.8%, with variable positive rates according to sources (0.9% of worker, 5.2% of poultry, 10.0% of chicken meat, and 14.3% of environment). Common ESBL types were CTX-M-55 and CTX-M-14 in a total of 93 ESBL-EC isolates. Whole genome sequencing revealed that 84 ESBL-EC isolates had an outstanding accumulation of numerous antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes associated with resistance to various classes of antimicrobials for human use and well-known antimicrobial gene (ARG)-carrying plasmids. Core gene multi locus sequence typing, using 2390 core genes, indicated no dominant clone or common type in each province.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The isolation rates of ESBL-EC were not negligible in the poultry industry-related samples, sharing common ESBL types of human ESBL-EC isolates in Korea.”

For more information on this research see: Prevalence and Molecular Epidemiology of Extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase (Esbl)-producing Escherichia Coli From Multiple Sectors of Poultry Industry In Korea. Antibiotics, 2021;10(9). Antibiotics can be contacted at: Mdpi, St Alban-Anlage 66, Ch-4052 Basel, Switzerland.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Young Ah Kim, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, Goyang 10444, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Hyunsoo Kim, Young Hee Seo, Hyukmin Lee and Kyungwon Lee.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10091050. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.