6 results on '"Steve S Dritz"'
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2. Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Prevalence of Serogroups of
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Sarah E, Remfry, Raghavendra G, Amachawadi, Xiaorong, Shi, Jianfa, Bai, Jason C, Woodworth, Mike D, Tokach, Steve S, Dritz, Robert D, Goodband, Joel M, DeRouchey, and Tiruvoor G, Nagaraja
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Feces ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli ,Genes, Bacterial ,Sus scrofa ,Animals ,Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Serogroup ,Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction ,United States ,Shiga Toxin - Abstract
Shiga toxin-producing
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- 2020
3. Effects of Tylosin Administration Routes on the Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance Among Fecal Enterococci of Finishing Swine
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Steve S Dritz, R. D. Goodband, Michael D. Apley, Joel M DeRouchey, K. Capps, Michael D. Tokach, Kessinee Chitakasempornkul, Fangzhou Wu, Harvey Morgan Scott, Tiruvoor G. Nagaraja, Raghavendra G. Amachawadi, Jason C Woodworth, Sarah E. Remfry, and Nora M. Bello
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Male ,medicine.drug_class ,Swine ,Antibiotics ,Erythromycin ,Weaning ,Tylosin ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Microbiology ,Drug Administration Schedule ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Feces ,Antibiotic resistance ,Animal science ,Gut bacteria ,Drug Resistance, Bacterial ,Medicine ,Animals ,Swine Diseases ,business.industry ,Body Weight ,Liter ,Animal Feed ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Diet ,chemistry ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Female ,Intramuscular injection ,business ,Enterococcus ,Food Science ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Antibiotics can be administered orally or parenterally in swine production, which may influence antimicrobial resistance (AMR) development in gut bacteria. A total of 40 barrows and 40 gilts were used to determine the effects of tylosin administration route on growth performance and fecal enterococcal AMR. The antibiotic treatments followed Food and Drug Administration label directions and were as follows: (1) no antibiotic (CON), (2) 110 mg tylosin per kg feed for 21 d (IN-FEED), (3) 8.82 mg tylosin per kg body weight through intramuscular injection twice daily for the first 3 d of each week for 3 weeks (IM), and (4) 66 mg tylosin per liter of drinking water (IN-WATER). Antibiotics were administered during d 0 to 21 and all pigs were then fed the CON diet from d 21 to 35. Fecal samples were collected on d 0, 21, and 35. Antimicrobial susceptibility was determined by microbroth dilution method. No evidence of route × sex interaction (p > 0.55) was observed for growth performance. From d 0 to 21, pigs receiving CON and IN-FEED had greater (p
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- 2019
4. Effects of In-Feed Copper, Chlortetracycline, and Tylosin on the Prevalence of Transferable Copper Resistance Gene,tcrB, Among Fecal Enterococci of Weaned Piglets
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Helen M. Scott, Javier Vinasco, Tokach, Tiruvoor G. Nagaraja, Raghavendra G. Amachawadi, J. L. Nelssen, and Steve S Dritz
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DNA, Bacterial ,Chlortetracycline ,Swine ,medicine.drug_class ,Enterococcus faecium ,Antibiotics ,Microbial Sensitivity Tests ,Weaning ,Drug resistance ,Tylosin ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Microbiology ,Antiporters ,Macrolide Antibiotics ,Feces ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Antibiotic resistance ,Bacterial Proteins ,Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial ,medicine ,Animals ,Longitudinal Studies ,biology ,biology.organism_classification ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Multiple drug resistance ,Logistic Models ,chemistry ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Copper ,Plasmids ,Food Science ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Heavy metals, such as copper, are increasingly supplemented in swine diets as an alternative to antibiotics to promote growth. Enterococci, a common gut commensal, acquire plasmid-borne, transferable copper resistance (tcrB) gene-mediated resistance to copper. The plasmid also carried resistance genes to tetracyclines and macrolides. The potential genetic link between copper and antibiotic resistance suggests that copper supplementation may exert a selection pressure for antimicrobial resistance. Therefore, a longitudinal study was conducted to investigate the effects of in-feed copper, chlortetracycline, and tylosin alone or in combination on the selection and co-selection of antimicrobial-resistant enterococci. The study included 240 weaned piglets assigned randomly to 6 dietary treatment groups: control, copper, chlortetracycline, tylosin, copper and chlortetracycline, and copper and tylosin. Feces were collected before (day 0), during (days 7, 14, 21), and after (days 28 and 35) initiating treatment, and enterococcal isolates were obtained from each fecal sample and tested for genotypic and phenotypic resistance to copper and antibiotics. A total of 2592 enterococcal isolates were tested for tcrB by polymerase chain reaction. The overall prevalence of tcrB-positive enterococci was 14.3% (372/2592). Among the tcrB-positive isolates, 331 were Enterococcus faecium and 41 were E. faecalis. All tcrB-positive isolates contained both erm(B) and tet(M) genes. The median minimum inhibitory concentration of copper for tcrB-negative and tcrB-positive enterococci was 6 and 18 mM, respectively. The majority of isolates (95/100) were resistant to multiple antibiotics. In conclusion, supplementing copper or antibiotics alone did not increase copper-resistant enterococci; however, supplementing antibiotics with copper increased the prevalence of the tcrB gene among fecal enterococci of piglets.
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- 2015
5. Nasal Carriage of mecA-Positive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Pigs Exhibits Dose–Response to Zinc Supplementation
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Javier Vinasco, Michael D. Tokach, Tiruvoor G. Nagaraja, Steve S Dritz, Jim L. Nelssen, Harvey Morgan Scott, Robert D. Goodband, Raghavendra G. Amachawadi, and S. Nitikanchana
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ,Staphylococcus aureus ,Penicillin binding proteins ,Swine ,Population ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Zinc ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Microbiology ,law.invention ,Bacterial Proteins ,law ,medicine ,Animals ,Penicillin-Binding Proteins ,education ,Polymerase chain reaction ,Swine Diseases ,education.field_of_study ,Inoculation ,Age Factors ,Antibiotic Prophylaxis ,Kansas ,Staphylococcal Infections ,biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ,Enteritis ,Zinc Sulfate ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Nasal Mucosa ,chemistry ,Nasal Swab ,Dietary Supplements ,Methicillin Resistance ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Zinc Oxide ,Food Science - Abstract
Zinc (Zn) is often supplemented at elevated concentrations in swine diets, particularly in piglets, to prevent enteric infections and promote growth. Previous studies from Denmark have suggested a genetic linkage and a phenotypic association between Zn resistance, encoded by czrC, and methicillin-resistance conferred by mecA in Staphylococcus aureus. Such an association has not been reported in the U.S. swine population. We conducted an analysis of the effects of Zn, supplemented as zinc oxide (ZnO), on the nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in nursery (n=40) and finisher pigs (n=40) enrolled in a nutritional study. Nasal swabs, collected from nursery and finisher pigs, were inoculated onto MRSA CHROMagar and presumptive MRSA colonies were tested for the presence of mecA and czrC genes by polymerase chain reaction. Zinc susceptibility was determined by the agar dilution method. The prevalence of mecA-positive MRSA was 10% (4/40) and 20% (8/40) among nursery and finisher pigs, respectively. Of the 12 mecA-positive S. aureus isolates, 7 had the czrC gene (58.3%) compared to none among the 68 mecA-negative isolates. The presence of both mecA (p=0.002) and czrC (p=0.006) genes were positively associated with higher levels of Zn supplementation. The median minimum inhibitory concentrations of Zn for czrC-positive and czrC-negative isolates were 12 and 2 mM, respectively (p0.0001). The link between czrC and mecA genes suggests the importance of elevated Zn supplementation in the co-selection and propagation of methicillin resistance among S. aureus in pigs.
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- 2015
6. Occurrence of tcrB, a transferable copper resistance gene, in fecal enterococci of swine
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Megan E. Jacob, Tiruvoor G. Nagaraja, Nick W. Shelton, Raghavendra G. Amachawadi, Jim L. Nelssen, Ludek Zurek, Xiaorong Shi, Sanjeev Narayanan, Steve S Dritz, and Michael D. Tokach
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DNA, Bacterial ,medicine.drug_class ,Swine ,Antibiotics ,Enterococcus faecium ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Erythromycin ,Microbial Sensitivity Tests ,Biology ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Microbiology ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Enterococcus faecalis ,Macrolide Antibiotics ,Feces ,Bacterial Proteins ,medicine ,Animals ,Selection, Genetic ,Drug Resistance, Microbial ,biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition ,biology.organism_classification ,Copper ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Diet ,Multiple drug resistance ,chemistry ,Vancomycin ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Enterococcus ,Food Science ,medicine.drug - Abstract
High concentration of copper, fed as copper sulfate, is often used to increase growth rates in swine. Bacteria exposed to copper may acquire resistance, and in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis, a plasmid-borne transferable copper resistance (tcrB) gene that confers copper resistance has been reported. Our objectives were to determine the occurrence of tcrB in fecal enterococci from weaned piglets fed diets with a normal supplemental level (16.5 ppm) or an elevated supplemental level (125 ppm) of copper and to determine the association of tcrB with copper, erythromycin, and vancomycin resistance. A total of 323 enterococcal isolates were examined and 15 (4.6%) isolates (14 E. faecium and 1 E. faecalis) were positive for tcrB. Fifteen tcrB-positive and 15 randomly chosen tcrB-negative isolates from piglets fed the normal supplemental level of copper were tested for erm(B), tet(M), vanA, and vanB genes and susceptibilities to copper, erythromycin, tetracyclines, and vancomycin. All tcrB-positive and -negative isolates contained erm(B) and tet(M), but not vanA and vanB. The mean minimum inhibitory concentration of copper for tcrB-positive (21.1 mM) was higher (p0.001) compared with tcrB-negative isolates (6.1 mM). All isolates were resistant to erythromycin and tetracyclines and susceptible to vancomycin. The transferability of the tcrB gene from tcrB-positive strains to tcrB-negative strains was demonstrated by conjugation. The potential link between tcrB and antibiotic resistance genes and the propensity of enterococci to transfer tcrB to other strains raises the possibility that copper supplementation may exert selection pressure for antibiotic-resistant enterococci. This study is the first report on the occurrence of the tcrB gene in enterococci isolated from swine in the United States.
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