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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2006, p. 1347-1351, Vol. 44, No. 4
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.4.1347-1351.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Origin of Class 1 and 2 Integrons and Gene Cassettes in a Population-Based Sample of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Owen D. Solberg,1 Remi M. Ajiboye,2 and Lee W. Riley3*

Department of Integrative Biology, University of California—Berkeley, Berkeley, California,1 School of Public Health, University of California—Berkeley, Berkeley, California,2 Divisions of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California—Berkley, Berkeley, California3

Received 21 October 2005/ Returned for modification 6 November 2005/ Accepted 4 February 2006

The prevalence of urinary tract infections (UTI) caused by trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX)-resistant Escherichia coli is increasing and varies geographically in the United States. Recent community-based UTI studies have demonstrated geographic clustering of an Escherichia coli clonal group, suggesting occurrence of a community outbreak of UTI. A large proportion of this clonal group (designated CgA) isolated from women in a California college community was found to be resistant to TMP-SMX. We wished to determine if the acquisition of TMP-SMX resistance by CgA occurred before or after the CgA strains were introduced into this community. Between October 1999 and January 2000 and between October 2000 and January 2001, 482 E. coli isolates were consecutively collected from the urine samples of women with UTI at a student health clinic and analyzed for determinants of TMP-SMX resistance. In particular, the distribution of integrons harboring resistance cassettes for TMP-SMX (dfr) was examined. Among 95 TMP-SMX-resistant isolates, 68 and 27 isolates carried class 1 and class 2 integrons, respectively. A class 1 integron was found in 25 (93%) of 27 TMP-SMX-resistant CgA isolates but in only 43 (63%) of 68 TMP-SMX-resistant non-CgA isolates (P < 0.001) and in none of 44 TMP-SMX-susceptible E. coli isolates (P < 0.0001). CgA strains carried only a single arrangement of class 1 gene cassettes (dfrA17-aadA5), while the non-clonal group strains carried nine different cassette arrangements. These results support the idea that CgA strains acquired their resistance at a common site prior to their spread to the college community.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Divisions of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California—Berkeley, 140 Warren Hall, Berkeley CA 94720. Phone: (510) 642-9200. Fax: (510) 642-6350. E-mail: lwriley{at}berkeley.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2006, p. 1347-1351, Vol. 44, No. 4
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.4.1347-1351.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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