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Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Autochthonous Aquatic Vibrio cholerae in Haiti

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Title
Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Autochthonous Aquatic Vibrio cholerae in Haiti
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Frontiers in Microbiology, October 2016
DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01671
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Sandrine Baron, Jean Lesne, Eric Jouy, Emeline Larvor, Isabelle Kempf, Jacques Boncy, Stanilas Rebaudet, Renaud Piarroux

Abstract

We investigated the antimicrobial susceptibility of 50 environmental isolates of Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139 collected in surface waters in Haiti in July 2012, during an active cholera outbreak. A panel of 16 antibiotics was tested on the isolates using the disk diffusion method and PCR detection of seven resistance-associated genes (strA/B, sul1/2, ermA/B, and mefA). All isolates were susceptible to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, cefotaxime, imipenem, ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, amikacin, and gentamicin. Nearly a quarter (22.0%) of the isolates were susceptible to all 16 antimicrobials tested and only 8.0% of the isolates (n = 4) were multidrug-resistant. The highest proportions of resistant isolates were observed for sulfonamide (70.0%), amoxicillin (12.0%), and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (10.0%). One strain was resistant to erythromycin and one to doxycycline, two antibiotics used to treat cholera in Haiti. Among the 50 isolates, 78% possessed at least two resistance-associated genes, and the genes sul1, ermA, and strB were detected in all four multidrug-resistant isolates. Our results clearly indicate that the autochthonous population of V. cholerae non-O1/non-O139 found in surface waters in Haiti shows antimicrobial patterns different from that of the outbreak strain. The presence in the Haitian aquatic environment of V. cholerae non-O1/non-O139 with reduced susceptibility or resistance to antibiotics used in human medicine may constitute a mild public health threat.

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Unknown 46 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 15%
Researcher 6 13%
Student > Master 5 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 9%
Other 4 9%
Other 7 15%
Unknown 13 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Immunology and Microbiology 7 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 7%
Other 8 17%
Unknown 12 26%
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#18,475,157
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