Clonal Spread of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli O128:H45 Strain in the Neonate Unit

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2016;69(2):127-30. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2015.092. Epub 2015 Jul 10.

Abstract

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) has the potential to cause nosocomial infantile diarrhea in a hospital setting. We detected 12 ETEC serotype O128:H45 isolates from diarrheal neonates in our neonatal unit from July through October 2012. These infants developed hospital-acquired and epidemiologically related diarrhea. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis and multilocus sequence typing of these 12 isolates suggested that a specific clone of ETEC serotype O128:H45-CS21-ST2332 caused nosocomial diarrhea among neonates. Of concern, this ETEC clone strain was resistant to multiple drugs, particularly third-generation cephalosporins.

MeSH terms

  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology*
  • Diarrhea / microbiology
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli / classification
  • Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Newborn, Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Male
  • Molecular Typing
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Serogroup*