This study examined the prevalence and antibiotic resistance pattern of blaCTX-M extended-spectrum β-lactamase positive Salmonella species isolated from a hospital in Weifang. Salmonella strains were isolated from hospitalized patients from January 2018 to April 2023. Whole-genome sequencing was performed by Illumina platform. CTX-M-producing Salmonella were identified by Comprehensive Antibiotic Research Database (CARD). Strain susceptibility to six antimicrobial agents was assessed by BD Phoenix™ M50 System. MLST analysis confirmed sequence types and additionally, serotypes were determined by SeqSero2. Genetic environments of blaCTX-M genes were analyzed by Isfinder and BLASTn. Single nucleotide polymorphisms were used to construct a phylogenetic tree to analyze homology. A total of 34 CTX-M-producing Salmonella were detected. The most prevalent serotype was Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica 1,4,[5],12:i:- (14/34, 41.18%), belonging to ST34, followed by Salmonella Enteritidis (10/34, 29.41%), belonging to ST11. The highest resistance rate was detected to ampicillin (97.06%), followed by ceftriaxone (94.12%) and ceftazidime (58.83%). In CTX-M-producing Salmonella five types of blaCTX-M genes were identified, the most prevalent was blaCTX-M-55 (47.06%, 16/34), followed by blaCTX-M-14, blaCTX-M-65, blaCTX-M-125, and blaCTX-M-27 at 26.47% (9/34), 11.77% (4/34), 8.82% (3/34), and 5.88% (2/34), respectively. Apart from blaCTX-M, 40 antibiotic resistance genes were also detected, conveying resistance to multiple drugs and the most frequent genes were namely, mcr-1.1, aph(6)-Id, aph(3″)-Ib, oqxAB, qnrB6, qnrS1. According to genetic environment analysis, the insertion sequence ISEcp1 was prevalent upstream of the blaCTX-M gene. Our study demonstrates that multiple resistance genes are carried by clinical isolates of Salmonella spp. however, the dominant ESBL genotype is CTX-M-55, that is associated with ISEcp1.
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