In vivo selection of a multidrug-resistant Aeromonas salmonicida during medicinal leech therapy

Ruppe, Etienne; Cherkaoui, Abdessalam; Wagner, Noémie; La Scala, Giorgio; Beaulieu, Jean-Yves; Girard, Myriam; Frey, Joachim; Lazarevic, Vladimir; Schrenzel, Jacques

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2017.10.005

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In vivo selection of a multidrug-resistant Aeromonas salmonicida during medicinal leech therapy

ContributorsRuppe, Etienne; Cherkaoui, Abdessalam; Wagner, Noémie; La Scala, Giorgio

; Beaulieu, Jean-Yves

; Girard, Myriam; Frey, Joachim; Lazarevic, Vladimir

; Schrenzel, Jacques

Published inNew Microbes and New Infections, vol. 21, p. 23-27

Publication date2018

Abstract

We report the selection in a 15-year-old boy of a multidrug-resistant, extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Aeromonas salmonicida after medicinal leech therapy that required an antibiotic prophylaxis based on piperacillin/tazobactam and cotrimoxazole. Whole genome sequencing of the strain indeed revealed 13 antibiotic resistance genes, including the ESBL CTX-M-3 and the unusual β-lactamase SCO-1.

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Aeromonas salmonicida
Medicinal leech therapy
Multidrug resistance
Whole genome sequencing

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RUPPE, Etienne et al. In vivo selection of a multidrug-resistant Aeromonas salmonicida during medicinal leech therapy. In: New Microbes and New Infections, 2018, vol. 21, p. 23–27. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2017.10.005

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PID : unige:100028
DOI : 10.1016/j.nmni.2017.10.005
PMID : 29204282

Journal ISSN2052-2975

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