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Horizontal antimicrobial resistance transfer drives epidemics of multiple Shigella species

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  • Kate S. Baker

    (University of Liverpool
    Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)

  • Timothy J. Dallman

    (Gastrointestinal Bacterial Reference Unit, National Infection Service, Public Health England)

  • Nigel Field

    (Institute for Global Health, UCL)

  • Tristan Childs

    (Public Health England)

  • Holly Mitchell

    (Institute for Global Health, UCL)

  • Martin Day

    (Gastrointestinal Bacterial Reference Unit, National Infection Service, Public Health England)

  • François-Xavier Weill

    (Unité des Bactéries Pathogènes Entériques)

  • Sophie Lefèvre

    (Unité des Bactéries Pathogènes Entériques)

  • Mathieu Tourdjman

    (the French Public Health Agency)

  • Gwenda Hughes

    (Public Health England)

  • Claire Jenkins

    (Gastrointestinal Bacterial Reference Unit, National Infection Service, Public Health England)

  • Nicholas Thomson

    (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

Abstract

Horizontal gene transfer has played a role in developing the global public health crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). However, the dynamics of AMR transfer through bacterial populations and its direct impact on human disease is poorly elucidated. Here, we study parallel epidemic emergences of multiple Shigella species, a priority AMR organism, in men who have sex with men to gain insight into AMR emergence and spread. Using genomic epidemiology, we show that repeated horizontal transfer of a single AMR plasmid among Shigella enhanced existing and facilitated new epidemics. These epidemic patterns contrasted with slighter, slower increases in disease caused by organisms with vertically inherited (chromosomally encoded) AMR. This demonstrates that horizontal transfer of AMR directly affects epidemiological outcomes of globally important AMR pathogens and highlights the need for integration of genomic analyses into all areas of AMR research, surveillance and management.

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  • Kate S. Baker & Timothy J. Dallman & Nigel Field & Tristan Childs & Holly Mitchell & Martin Day & François-Xavier Weill & Sophie Lefèvre & Mathieu Tourdjman & Gwenda Hughes & Claire Jenkins & Nicholas, 2018. "Horizontal antimicrobial resistance transfer drives epidemics of multiple Shigella species," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-03949-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03949-8
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