Genomic serotyping, clinical manifestations, and antimicrobial resistance of non-typhoidal Salmonella gastroenteritis in hospitalized children in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Thuy Duong, Vu, Chung The, Hao, Do Hoang Nhu, Tran, Thanh Tuyen, Ha, Campbell, James I, Van Minh, Pham, Le Phuc, Hoang, Thi Hong Chau, Tran, Minh Ngoc, Nguyen, Lan Vi, Lu, Mather, Alison E and Baker, Stephen (2020) Genomic serotyping, clinical manifestations, and antimicrobial resistance of non-typhoidal Salmonella gastroenteritis in hospitalized children in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 58 (12). ISSN 0095-1137

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Abstract

Nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) are among the most common etiological agents of diarrheal diseases worldwide and have become the most commonly detected bacterial pathogen in children hospitalized with diarrhea in Vietnam. Aiming to better understand the epidemiology, serovar distribution, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and clinical manifestation of NTS gastroenteritis in Vietnam, we conducted a clinical genomics investigation of NTS isolated from diarrheal children admitted to one of three tertiary hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City. Between May 2014 and April 2016, 3,166 children hospitalized with dysentery were recruited into the study; 478 (∼15%) children were found to be infected with NTS by stool culture. Molecular serotyping of the 450 generated genomes identified a diverse collection of serogroups (B, C1, C2 to C3, D1, E1, G, I, K, N, O, and Q); however, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium was the most predominant serovar, accounting for 41.8% (188/450) of NTS isolates. We observed a high prevalence of AMR to first-line treatments recommended by WHO, and more than half (53.8%; 242/450) of NTS isolates were multidrug resistant (MDR; resistant to ≥3 antimicrobial classes). AMR gene detection positively correlated with phenotypic AMR testing, and resistance to empirical antimicrobials was associated with a significantly longer hospitalization (0.91 days; P = 0.04). Our work shows that genome sequencing is a powerful epidemiological tool to characterize the serovar diversity and AMR profiles in NTS. We propose a revaluation of empirical antimicrobials for dysenteric diarrhea and endorse the use of whole-genome sequencing for sustained surveillance of NTS internationally.

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Additional Information: Copyright © 2020 Thuy Duong et al.
Uncontrolled Keywords: antimicrobial resistance,genomic serotyping,multidrug resistance,nontyphoidal salmonella,pediatric diarrhea,salmonella serovars,microbiology (medical),sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2726
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
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Date Deposited: 14 Oct 2020 23:59
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2022 07:16
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/77248
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01465-20

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