Beta-Lactam-Resistant Enterobacterales Isolated from Landfill Leachates

dc.contributor.authorMondragón Quiguanas, Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorVillaquirán Muriel, Miguel Ángel
dc.contributor.authorRivera, Sandra Patricia
dc.contributor.authorRosero García, Doris
dc.contributor.authorAranaga, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorCorrea, Adriana
dc.contributor.authorFalco, Aura
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-03T19:32:48Z
dc.date.available2025-04-03T19:32:48Z
dc.date.issued2022-10
dc.description.abstractAntibiotic resistance is one of the main challenges worldwide due to the high morbidity and mortality caused by infections produced by resistant bacteria. In Colombia, this problem has been studied mainly from the clinical perspective; however, it is scarcely studied in the leachates produced in landfills. The objective of this study was to detect, identify and determine the antibiotic sensitivity profile of Enterobacterales isolated from a leachate treatment plant located in Cali, Colombia. Detection was performed using selective culture media, bacterial identification using Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time-Of-Flight (MALDI-TOF, bioMérieux) and by sequencing the gene coding for the 16S ribosomal RNA subunit when discrepancies were observed between phenotypic characteristics and MALDI-TOF. Antibiotic sensitivity profiling was determined using the automated VITEK®2 system (bioMérieux). Twenty-one isolates were obtained, of which Klebsiella pneumoniae was the most frequent (23.8%), and 34% of the isolates showed decreased sensitivity to beta-lactam antibiotics such as cefoxitin, ampicillin/sulbactam and piperacillin/tazobactam. These findings suggest that leachates from landfills could be a reservoir of pathogenic bacteria carrying antibiotic resistance determinants, so periodic microbiological characterization of these effluents should be performed, promoting the One Health approach.
dc.identifier.citationMondragón-Quiguanas, A., Villaquirán-Muriel, M. Á., Rivera, S. P., Rosero-García, D., Aranaga, C., Correa, A., & Falco, A. (2022). Beta-Lactam-Resistant Enterobacterales Isolated from Landfill Leachates. Pathogens, 11(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11101077
dc.identifier.issn20760817
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.usc.edu.co/handle/20.500.12421/6232
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectlandfill leachates
dc.subjectEnterobacterales
dc.subjectantibiotic
dc.subjectresistance
dc.subjectbeta-lactams
dc.subjectColombia
dc.subjectKlebsiella pneumoniae
dc.titleBeta-Lactam-Resistant Enterobacterales Isolated from Landfill Leachates
dc.typeArticle

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