2015—2019年北京市食源性致泻大肠埃希氏菌感染病例流行特征分析

目的分析2015—2019年北京市食源性致泻大肠埃希氏菌(diarrheagenic Escherichia coli,DEC)感染病例的流行病学特征和发病规律,为制定相应的防控策略与措施提供科学依据。方法收集2015—2019年北京市36家食源性疾病主动监测医院腹泻病例的粪便或肛拭子标本及其个人信息,采用χ^(2)检验对率或构成比进行比较。结果共收集27619份病例标本,其中有2485份为DEC阳性病例,检出率为9.00%,不同分型中肠产毒性大肠埃希菌检出率最高,为3.10%,其次为肠聚集性大肠埃希菌,检出率为3.02%。不同年龄组DEC检出率差异有统计学意义(χ^(2)=32.923,P<0.001),20~39岁年龄组DEC检出率最高,为9.81%,40~59岁年龄组感染肠产毒性大肠埃希菌高于其他年龄组,0~5岁年龄组肠致病性大肠埃希菌的检出率最高。时间分布上,第三季度为高发期,不同季度间DEC检出率差异有统计学意义(χ^(2)=606.032,P<0.001)。空间分布上,远郊的DEC检出率最高,且城区、近郊和远郊的DEC检出率差异有统计学意义(χ^(2)=28.034,P<0.001),肠产毒性大肠埃希菌的检出主要分布在城区和近郊,肠聚集性大肠埃希菌主要分布在远郊。结论2015—2019年北京市食源性DEC的检出率呈逐年上升趋势,应在夏秋高发季节针对重点人群积极开展防控工作。     

Estimate of Burden and Direct Healthcare Cost of Infectious Waterborne Disease in the United States

Provision of safe drinking water in the United States is a great public health achievement. However, new waterborne disease challenges have emerged (e.g., aging infrastructure, chlorine-tolerant and biofilm-related pathogens, increased recreational water use). Comprehensive estimates of the health burden for all water exposure routes (ingestion, contact, inhalation) and sources (drinking, recreational, environmental) are needed. We estimated total illnesses, emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, deaths, and direct healthcare costs for 17 waterborne infectious diseases. About 7.15 million waterborne illnesses occur annually (95% credible interval [CrI] 3.88 million–12.0 million), results in 601,000 ED visits (95% CrI 364,000–866,000), 118,000 hospitalizations (95% CrI 86,800–150,000), and 6,630 deaths (95% CrI 4,520–8,870) and incurring US $3.33 billion (95% CrI 1.37 billion–8.77 billion) in direct healthcare costs. Otitis externa and norovirus infection were the most common illnesses. Most hospitalizations and deaths were caused by biofilm-associated pathogens (nontuberculous mycobacteria, Pseudomonas, Legionella), costing US $2.39 billion annually.     

Recency-Weighted Statistical Modeling Approach to Attribute Illnesses Caused by 4 Pathogens to Food Sources Using Outbreak Data,United States

Foodborne illness source attribution is foundational to a risk-based food safety system. We describe a method for attributing US foodborne illnesses caused by nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli O157, Listeria monocytogenes, and Campylobacter to 17 food categories using statistical modeling of outbreak data. This method adjusts for epidemiologic factors associated with outbreak size, down-weights older outbreaks, and estimates credibility intervals. On the basis of 952 reported outbreaks and 32,802 illnesses during 1998–2012, we attribute 77% of foodborne Salmonella illnesses to 7 food categories (seeded vegetables, eggs, chicken, other produce, pork, beef, and fruits), 82% of E. coli O157 illnesses to beef and vegetable row crops, 81% of L. monocytogenes illnesses to fruits and dairy, and 74% of Campylobacter illnesses to dairy and chicken. However, because Campylobacter outbreaks probably overrepresent dairy as a source of nonoutbreak campylobacteriosis, we caution against using these Campylobacter attribution estimates without further adjustment.     

Genomic Characterization of hlyF-positive Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli,Italy and the Netherlands, 2000–2019

Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O80:H2 has emerged in Europe as a cause of hemolytic uremic syndrome associated with bacteremia. STEC O80:H2 harbors the mosaic plasmid pR444_A, which combines several virulence genes, including hlyF and antimicrobial resistance genes. pR444_A is found in some extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) strains. We identified and characterized 53 STEC strains with ExPEC-associated virulence genes isolated in Italy and the Netherlands during 2000–2019. The isolates belong to 2 major populations: 1 belongs to sequence type 301 and harbors diverse stx₂ subtypes, the intimin variant eae-ξ, and pO157-like and pR444_A plasmids; 1 consists of strains belonging to various sequence types, some of which lack the pO157 plasmid, the locus of enterocyte effacement, and the antimicrobial resistance–encoding region. Our results showed that STEC strains harboring ExPEC-associated virulence genes can include multiple serotypes and that the pR444_A plasmid can be acquired and mobilized by STEC strains.     

Screening for Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Illinois

Objective: To determine the incidence of infection with Escherichia coli O157:H7 in a tertiary referral center in Chicago, where a similar study had been performed in 1984, to evaluate cases of disease reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) in 1993, and to determine laboratory practices used to detect this infection throughout the state.
Methods: During a 6-month period in 1993, all stool specimens at Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center (RPSLMC) were tested for E. coli O157:H7. Reports of diagnosed E. coli O157:H7 cases investigated by IDPH were also reviewed. A survey of 73 hospitals in the Chicago area was performed to determine routine culturing practices, specifically, the selection of stool specimens for evaluation for this pathogen.
Results: In the RPSLMC survey, two cases were identified among 1985 samples (incidence 0.1%), similar to the 0.08% incidence detected in a similar study conducted at the same institution in 1984. Through passive surveillance, the IDPH received 44 reports of E. coli O157:H7 in 1993. The hospital survey revealed that, in the seven labs testing all stool specimens for E. coli O157:H7, an incidence of 16/8137 specimens (0.2%) was determined.
Conclusions: These data suggest that sporadic E. coli O157:H7 remains uncommon in Illinois and that the incidence may not have changed over a 9-year period. The low yield and substantial cost of culturing all stools suggest that only specimens from patients with bloody diarrhea should be evaluated routinely in areas of low endemicity.     

Effects of low, subinhibitory concentrations of antibiotics on expression of a virulence gene cluster of pathogenic Escherichia coli by using a wild-type gene fusion

S fimbrial adhesins (Sfa) represent virulence factors of E. coli wild-type strains causing urinary tract infections and meningitis of the new born. In order to determine the influence of subinhibitory concentration of antibiotics on the expression of the sfa gene cluster, a wild-type strain carrying the lacZ gene, coding for the enzyme β-galactosidase fused to the sfa determinant was used. The expression of lacZ which was under the control of the sfa wild-type promoters, was now equivalent to the sfa gene expression of wild-type strain 536. With this strain the influence of subinhibitory concentrations of 28 antibiotics on the expression of the sfa determinant was studied. The expression was strongly suppressed by a treatment of the wild-type fusion strain by aztreonam, gentamicin, clindamycin and trimethoprim; the latter had a dramatic effect on sfa expression. It was further shown for clindamycin and trimethoprim that the reduction of sfa gene expression was dependent on the concentration of the antibiotics. In contrast imipinem, amphotericin B and rifampicin weakly stimulated sfa expression. We conclude that gene fusions between virulence-associated loci and indicator genes in wild-type pathogens are useful to study virulence modulation due to subinhibitory concentration of antibiotics on the genetic level.     

合肥地区产超广谱β-内酰胺酶菌株的分布及药敏分析

目的：了解合肥地区产超广谱β-内酰胺酶（ESBL）的肺炎克雷伯菌、大肠埃希菌分布及耐药特点。方法：应用纸片扩散法对合肥地区4家较大的综合性医院从临床标本中分离的254株肺炎克雷伯菌和大肠埃希菌进行ESBL的确诊试验。结果：254株大肠埃希菌和肺炎克雷伯菌共检出69株产ESBL菌株（27.2%）,其中,血液感染ESBL检出率为54.5%（6/11）、烧伤科ESBL的检出率为48.6%(18/37）。亚胺硫霉素对产ESBL的大砀埃希菌和肺炎克雷伯菌的敏感率分别为94.5%和80%。头孢哌酮/舒巴坦、哌拉西林/他唑巴坦和头孢西丁对产ESBLs的大肠埃希菌和产ESBLs的肺炎克雷伯菌的敏感率在40%-70%之间,阿米卡星对产ESBL的大肠埃希菌的敏感率为69.2%。结论：ESBL在血液感染的烧伤科标本中的检出率较高。治疗产ESBL菌株引起的感染可首选亚胺硫霉素,其次,选含酶抑制剂的复方制剂和头霉素类。对产ESBL的大肠埃希菌也可选阿米卡星。     

产超广谱β-内酰胺酶肺炎克雷伯菌和大肠埃希菌引起新生儿严重感染的治疗分析

目的:探讨新生儿病房产超广谱β-内酰胺酶(ESBLs)肺炎克雷伯菌和大肠埃希菌耐药特点,指导临床用药。方法:经痰、血、脑脊液培养确诊为产ESBLs肺炎克雷伯菌及大肠埃希菌引起新生儿感染23例,分析药敏试验结果及治疗情况。结果:产ESBLs菌对亚胺培南普遍敏感,对舒普深耐药率低,肺炎克雷伯菌耐药率为36.36％,大肠埃希菌为25.0％,对头孢他啶、头孢曲松、头孢噻肟及氨曲南耐药率高达75％～100％,且部分体外敏感菌株在体内却表现出临床意义的耐药,对磺胺类、氨基糖甙类、氟喹诺酮类均表现出较高的耐药性。结论:亚胺培南及含β-内酰胺酶抑制剂复合物为新生儿病房产ESBLs菌感染的首选药物。     

五味子和头孢氨苄对大肠埃希氏菌及金黄色葡萄球菌抑制作用的实验研究

目的 :观察五味子和头孢氨苄对大肠埃希氏菌和金黄色葡萄球菌的抑制作用。方法 :试管稀释法。结果 :五味子水煎剂 (1g/ml,pH =2 .8)对二株受试菌的MBC分别是 6 2 .5g/L和 31.2 5g/L ,而五味子水煎剂调pH为 7 0后 ,其MBC均大于 5 0 0g/L。头孢氨苄对大肠埃希氏菌的MIC和MBC分别是 4 88mg/L和 15 6 2 5mg/L ;对金黄色葡萄球菌的MIC和MBC分别是 2 44mg/L和 78 13mg/L。pH为 7 0的五味子联用头孢氨苄对大肠埃希氏菌的MBC分别为大于 2 5 0g/L和 15 6 2 5mg/L ,部分抑菌浓度指数为 1 5。结论 :pH为 2 8的五味子水煎剂有一定抑制致病菌作用 ;pH为 7 0的五味子水煎剂与头孢氨苄联用 ,两药呈现无关作用。     

大肠埃希菌耐药率及耐药趋势的探讨

目的 利用“ＷＨＯＮＥＴ４”软件监测大肠杆菌对几类常用抗生素在１９９５年～１９９８年４年间耐药性的变迁。方法 采用常规鉴定技术鉴定细菌,Ｋ－Ｂ法测定抑菌环直径,利用“ＷＨＯＮＥＴ４”软件对结果进行录入和分析。结果 大肠杆菌对丁胺卡那在１９９６年和１９９８年的耐药率有显著差异（Ｐ〈０．０５）,丁胺卡那其他年份的耐药率及其他六种抗生素各年份间的耐药率无显著性意义（Ｐ〉０．０５）。庆大霉素、先锋Ｖ、头孢