TY - JOUR
T1 - Antimicrobial resistance in food-associated Escherichia coli in Mexico and Latin America
AU - Babines-Orozco, Lorena
AU - Balbuena-Alonso, María Guadalupe
AU - Barrios-Villa, Edwin
AU - Lozano-Zarain, Patricia
AU - Martínez-Laguna, Ygnacio
AU - Rocha-Gracia, Rosa Del Carmen
AU - Cortés-Cortés, Gerardo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The World Health Organization (WHO) considers antimicrobial resistance to be one of the critical global public health priorities to address. Escherichia coli is a commensal bacterium of the gut microbiota in humans and animals; however, some strains cause infections and are resistant to antibiotics. One of the most common ways of acquiring pathogenic E. coli strains is through food. This review analyzes multidrug-resistant E. coli isolated from food, emphasizing Latin America and Mexico, and the mobile genetic elements (MGEs) responsible for spreading antibiotic resistance determinants among bacteria in different environments and hosts. We conducted a systematic search of the literature published from 2015 to 2022 in open access databases and electronic repositories. The prevalence of 11 E. coli pathotypes was described, with diarrheagenic E. coli pathotypes being the most frequently associated with foodborne illness in different Latin American countries, highlighting the presence of different antibiotic resistance genes mostly carried by IncF-type plasmids or class 1 integrons. Although the global incidence of foodborne illness is high, there have been few studies in Mexico and Latin America, which highlights the need to generate updated epidemiological data from the “One Health” approach, which allows monitoring of the multidrug-resistance phenomenon in E. coli from a common perspective in the interaction of human, veterinary, and environmental health.
AB - The World Health Organization (WHO) considers antimicrobial resistance to be one of the critical global public health priorities to address. Escherichia coli is a commensal bacterium of the gut microbiota in humans and animals; however, some strains cause infections and are resistant to antibiotics. One of the most common ways of acquiring pathogenic E. coli strains is through food. This review analyzes multidrug-resistant E. coli isolated from food, emphasizing Latin America and Mexico, and the mobile genetic elements (MGEs) responsible for spreading antibiotic resistance determinants among bacteria in different environments and hosts. We conducted a systematic search of the literature published from 2015 to 2022 in open access databases and electronic repositories. The prevalence of 11 E. coli pathotypes was described, with diarrheagenic E. coli pathotypes being the most frequently associated with foodborne illness in different Latin American countries, highlighting the presence of different antibiotic resistance genes mostly carried by IncF-type plasmids or class 1 integrons. Although the global incidence of foodborne illness is high, there have been few studies in Mexico and Latin America, which highlights the need to generate updated epidemiological data from the “One Health” approach, which allows monitoring of the multidrug-resistance phenomenon in E. coli from a common perspective in the interaction of human, veterinary, and environmental health.
KW - Escherichia coli
KW - Latin America
KW - Mexico
KW - antimicrobial resistance
KW - food
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U2 - 10.12938/bmfh.2023-022
DO - 10.12938/bmfh.2023-022
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 38188662
AN - SCOPUS:85186850576
SN - 2186-6953
VL - 43
SP - 4
EP - 12
JO - Bioscience of Microbiota, Food and Health
JF - Bioscience of Microbiota, Food and Health
IS - 1
ER -