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Review

Epidemiology of Cefotaxime-Hydrolysing β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Children with Diarrhoea Reported Globally between 2012 and 2022

by
Simbarashe Karambwe
,
Afsatou Ndama Traoré
and
Natasha Potgieter
*
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Venda, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Microorganisms 2024, 12(1), 171; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12010171
Submission received: 14 December 2023 / Revised: 12 January 2024 / Accepted: 12 January 2024 / Published: 15 January 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Virulence Factors and Antibiotic Resistance of Enterobacterales 2.0)
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Abstract

The global spread of cefotaxime-hydrolysing β-lactamase (CTX-M)-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) and its associated impact on paediatric diarrhoeal treatment and management has become a public health concern. This review assessed surveillance studies on CTX-M-producing E. coli associated with diarrhoea in children published between 2012 and 2022 globally. A total of thirty-eight studies were included for data analysis, categorised into continental regions, and tabulated. The majority (68%) of studies were conducted in Asian countries while few studies were conducted in Europe (11%) and Africa (18%), respectively. On the African continent, the majority (11%) of studies were conducted in Northern Africa while no studies were reported in East Africa. On the American continent, 3% of the studies were reported from South America. The studies included were classified into diarrheagenic E. coli (74%; 28/38) and faecal carriage (26%; 10/38). Of all the E. coli pathotypes associated with CTX-M production, EPEC was frequently reported. The prevalence of CTX-M-producing E. coli including the CTX-M-15-producing variants ranged between 1% and 94%. About 37% of the studies generalised the report as blaCTX-M-positive E. coli. The use of sequencing in characterising the CTX-M-producing E. coli was reported in only 32% of all the studies. This review provides information on the epidemiology of CTX-M-15-producing E. coli in paediatric diarrhoea and the extent to which surveillance is being performed. This is relevant in informing clinical practice for the management of diarrhoea as well as the design of future surveillance studies.

1. Introduction

The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) ranked diarrhoea as one of the prime causes of death and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for children younger than 5 years. In 2016 alone, close to half a million deaths in children under 5 years were due to diarrhoea [1]. Asia, Africa, and America are among the continents that have reported high rates of deaths of children under two years of life due to diarrhoea [2].
Pathogenic strains of Escherichia coli (E. coli) are one of the causes of diarrhoea in children in developing countries [3]. These E. coli strains with diarrhoea-causing properties are known as diarrheagenic E. coli (DEC). There are six DEC pathotypes namely, enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC), enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC), enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) also known as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) and diffusely adherent E. coli (DAEC) [3,4]. Of the six pathotypes, EAEC, EPEC, and ETEC are the most common causes of diarrhoea episodes in children under five years in developing countries [5]. Diarrheagenic E. coli has also been characterised into phylogroups such as A, B1, B2 and D. Phylogroups A and D are mostly associated with diarrhoea [6,7] and human faecal matter is a possible source of DEC in these two phylogroups [8]. However, the association of DEC and phylogroups varies geographically [8].
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), paediatric diarrheal infection in low-income countries is not only a risk to public health, but it is becoming increasingly untreatable due to emerging antibiotic-resistant patterns against commonly prescribed antibiotics [9]. Antibiotic resistance among diarrheagenic E. coli, which has spread across developing countries, has been associated with the overuse of antibiotics [4]. Travelling has also been implicated as another key driving factor facilitating the global spread of antibiotic resistance [10,11].
Cefotaxime (CTX) is a broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic normally used in treating infections caused by bacteria resistant to first-line antibiotics. Cefotaxime-hydrolysing β-lactamases (CTX-M) which together with some variants of Temoneira (TEM) and sulphydryl variable (SHV) enzymes, are considered the most clinically significant beta-lactamases with extended-spectrum activity (ESBLs) [12,13]. Unlike TEM and SHV genes, which also have variants that exhibit non-ESBL characteristics, all CTX-M types are exclusively ESBL genes [14]. The CTX-M gene variants are not closely related to the most isolated β-lactamases, TEM and SHV genes [13]. Of the ESBLs, the CTX-M variants are leading in terms of spread and their impact is either comparable or even greater to that of Temoneira (TEM) and sulphydryl variable (SHV) ESBLs [15]. There are several CTX-M variants grouped into sub-families, CTX-M group 1, 2, 8,9, 25 and 45 among others [15]. Group 1 CTX-M variants are the most widespread globally compared to other variants and in Africa and Asia, reports indicated that CTX-M group 1 are more common [10,15]. Of the CTX-M Group 1, CTX-M-15 is currently the dominant variant and a cause of concern in clinical practice [16]. The literature suggests that the CTX-M-15 gene variants are widely distributed in countries in Europe, North and South America as well as Asia [17]. It is important to note that the prevalence of CTX-M-producing E. coli varies between regions [10,18]. The prevalence rates of CTX-M-producing E. coli are at least 60% in Asia [10] while a lower rate of 34% has been reported in West Africa [18].
Specific DEC pathotypes such as EPEC, ETEC and EAEC have been implicated among extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) CTX-M (cefotaxime resistant) producers [4,19]. E. coli strains producing ESBLs such as CTX-M are a threat to public health and can exhibit co-resistance to other classes of antibiotics such as aminoglycosides and fluoroquinolones [20,21,22]. Information regarding specific E. coli pathotypes associated with CTX-M genes is scarce [19]. While CTX-M are the predominant ESBL genes encountered, two other genes, namely TEM, and SHV, which encode enzymes that confer beta-lactam resistance are also encountered in the Enterobacteriaceae group such as E. coli [16,18].
Diarrhoea in children under 5 years is implicated among the risk factors for acquiring ESBL-producing E. coli [23]. CTX-M-producing E. coli associated with diarrhoea cases in young children has been mostly reported in Asian countries [10] while antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in other regions such as Africa is slow or rather underreported due to limited resources and infrastructure [18]. Despite studies that investigated CTX-M-producing E. coli in diarrhoea cases in Africa [12,23,24,25,26], there is a dearth of information on beta-lactamase (CTX-M) resistance in E. coli associated with diarrhoea in young children. In addition, detailed genomic studies using sequencing techniques to uncover the epidemiology of high-risk clones such as sequence type 131 (ST131), which are associated with the dissemination of CTX-M genes are limited in Africa [27]. Previous studies that have been conducted in children investigated CTX-M-producing E. coli recovered from urinary infections [28]. This narrative review aimed to give an update on the reported prevalence of CTX-M-producing E. coli recovered from children less than 5 years of age with diarrhoea, especially tracing the epidemiology of the CTX-M-15 gene variant in the literature published between 2012 and 2022. This is relevant in understanding the local and regional epidemiology of CTX-M-producing E. coli, which is essential in guiding interventions and antimicrobial stewardship.

2. Methodology

2.1. Search Strategy and Selection Criteria

A literature search was conducted for studies published between 1 January 2012 and 31 September 2022 using PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar and Science Direct databases. The following keywords were used: “Escherichia coli” OR “E. coli” and “CTX-M beta-lactamase” OR “CTX-M β-lactamase” OR “blaCTX-M” OR “CTX-M” AND “diarrhoea” OR “diarrhea”. The literature search was restricted to the following: last decade 2012–2022, studies on humans, age group 5 years and under and studies published in English language. In addition, supplementary literature search was carried out using the bibliographies of studies relevant to the objective of this study (Figure 1). The studies were thoroughly screened based on the title and the abstracts reporting on CTX-M-producing E. coli (Figure 1). For studies to be included in this review, both phenotypic and genotypic resistance must have been reported.

2.2. Data Categorisation

Data on the author name, publication year, study period, country, continent, identified gap, age group, study design (prospective or retrospective), sample size, study setting (hospital, community), method of detection (1E.coli and 2ESBL genes), causative organism (E. coli or E. coli pathotypes or E. coli phylogroups), the percentage of CTX-M genes reported, other ESBLs genes such as TEM, SHV and OXA among others, and most common ESBLs were extracted and entered into an excel spreadsheet (Supplementary File S1).

2.3. Data Analysis

Python programming language (Version 3.8.8) was used for data analysis. Python Libraries used included Pandas, a package used for storing and manipulating data and data visualisation libraries such as Matplotlib and Seaborn [29]. Analysis was limited to descriptive statistics.

3. Results

3.1. Causative Organism and Study Setting

A total of 38 studies were included in the analysis. The studies were grouped into two, diarrheagenic E. coli (28/38) (Table 1) and faecal carriage (10/38) (Table 2). Generally, E. coli isolates recovered from stool samples were characterised into pathotypes or phylogroups by PCR and/or a combination of PCR and serotyping. ESBL genes were also characterised using PCR and sequencing (Table 1 and Table 2). Of the studies that reported on the specific E. coli pathotypes, the distribution of pathotypes was as follows: EPEC (82%; 23/28), EAEC (53.6%; 15/28), ETEC (35.7%; 10/28), EIEC (21%; 8/28), EHEC (10.7%; 3/28), STEC (10.7%; 3/28) and none of the studies reported on DAEC pathotype (Table 1). Of the 23 studies that reported on EPEC pathotype, 3/23 studies provided details of typical (tEPEC) and atypical EPEC (aEPEC) [24,30,31].
Most studies on faecal carriage (6/10), generalised the causative organism as E. coli while 4/10 studies characterised E. coli based on the four phylogroups A, B1, B2 and D (Table 2). Phylogroups A, B1 and D were the most prominent [7,28,32,33] (Table 2).
Most of the studies were conducted at hospitals (25/38), followed by primary healthcare centres (6/38) and community settings (2/38). Only a few studies have specified the geographical settings as either urban (13%; 5/38 studies) or rural (5%; 2/38 studies) (Table 1 and Table 2).
Table 1. Summary of studies on blaCTX-M-15-producing diarrheagenic E. coli recovered from children with diarrhoea across different continents.
Table 1. Summary of studies on blaCTX-M-15-producing diarrheagenic E. coli recovered from children with diarrhoea across different continents.
Country and ContinentSettingDesignAge
Group		Sample SizeDetection Methods (1E. coli and/or Pathotype, 2ESBL Genes)Causative Organism% blaCTX-M ReportedCTX-M Genes DetectedOther ESBLs Genes DetectedStudy
Period		Reference
Brazil, South AmericaNDCase–control 0–51621PCR, 2PCREPEC, EAEC 15CTX-MTEM [34]
Egypt, North AfricaHospitalProspective0–51131PCR, 2SequencingEAEC4.0CTX-MTEM2016[35]
Egypt, North AfricaHospitalProspective0–53201m-PCR, 1phylogrouping, 2PCREAEC, tEPEC,
aEPEC		37.5CTX-M-15 TEM2018–2019[24]
Burkina Faso, West AfricaHealth centreRetrospective0–5ND1m-PCR, 2m-PCREPEC, EAEC7.1CTX-MOXA2018–2019[23]
Libya, North AfricaHospitalProspective0–52901m-PCR, 2m-PCREAEC, EIEC, EHEC 60CTX-M-15CTX-8, CTX-M92012[36]
England, EuropePrimary healthcareRetrospective0–166601PCR, 1,2SequencingEAEC, ETEC, EPEC, EIEC NDCTX-M-15TEM1, CTXM1, CTX-M14, CTX-M27, SHV122015–2017[37]
India, AsiaHospitalProspective0–51201m-PCR, 2Rt-PCR, 2SequencingEPEC, EAEC, ETEC, EHEC40CTX-MTEM, SHV, OXA, NDM-1, IMP, VIM, ACT, DHA and CMYND[38]
Korea, AsiaHospitalProspective longitudinalChildren and infantsND1m-PCR,
2m-PCR		EPEC, ETEC, EHEC16CTX-M-15CTX-M14, CTX-M27, CTX-M55, CTX-M3, TEM1, PABLs, CMY2, DHA12007–2016[39]
Iran, AsiaHospitalDescriptive cross-sectional study0–53211m-PCR, 1serotyping,
2PCR		EPEC83.3CTX-MTEM2016–2017[40]
Iran, AsiaHospitalProspective0–923401PCR, 2PCRSTEC69CTX-M-9TEM2014[41]
Qatar, AsiaHospitalProspective0–101751PCR, 2PCREPEC, EAEC88.2CTX-M-15CTX-M-32017–2018[42]
Iran, AsiaNDProspective0–1013551PCR, 2PCREPEC10.9CTX-MTEM, SHV, OXAND[20]
China, AsiaHospitalProspective0–56841PCR, 1Serotyping, 2PCR, 2SequencingEPEC, EAEC, ETEC, EIEC, STEC20CTX-M-15NDM1, KPC2, TEM1, CTX-M-55, CTX-M14, CTXM-65, CTX-M-1372015–2016[3]
Iran, AsiaHospitalProspective 0–153951PCR, 1phylogrouping, 2PCRETEC, EPECNDCTX-MTEM2014–2015[43]
India, AsiaPaediatric instituteProspective and retrospective0–109001PCR, 1Serotyping, 2PCRtEPEC, aEPEC11.5CTX-M-15 (NDM-1), (VIM)2012–2013[30]
Indonesia, AsiaHospitalProspective 0–31331PCR, 2PCR,
2Sequencing		EAEC, EPEC84CTX-M-15TEM-1, SHV2012[44]
India, AsiaHospitalCross-sectional study0–51201PCR,2PCRtEPEC, aEPEC, ETEC, EIECNDCTX-MSHV, TEM2015–2016[31]
Pakistan, AsiaNDCross-sectional0–51001PCR, 1Sequencing, 2PCREPEC93CTX-MTEM2016–2017[45]
Japan, AsiaClinicsRetrospective ND1671PCR, 1Phylogrouping, 2PCR, 2SequencingEAEC79CTX-M-15CTX-M14, CTX-M551992–2010[46]
India, AsiaHospitalProspective longitudinal0–1488911m-PCR, 2PCRETEC, EAEC, EPEC30.2CTX-M3TEM, SHV, OXA12012–2019[47]
Iran, AsiaHospitalProspective0–103031m-PCR, 2PCREAEC,
EPEC, ETEC, EIEC, STEC		25CTX-M-15TEM2018[48]
China, AsiaHospitalProspective0–516431PCR, 1Serotyping, 2PCR, 2SequencingEPEC60.3CTX-M-1CTX-M9, TEM, SHV2009[49]
Iran, AsiaHospitalDescriptive cross-sectional study0–815811PCR, 2PCREIEC77.8CTX-M-15CTX-M1, TEM12016–2017[50]
China, AsiaNDProspectiveND9121PCR, 2PCR, 2SequencingETEC, EPEC, EIEC, EAECNDCTX-M-14CTX-M79, CTX-M28, TEM2013–2014[51]
Iran, AsiaHospitalProspective longitudinal 0–103421PCR, 1Serotyping, 2PCREPEC19CTX-M-15TEM, SHV2011–2013[4]
Iraq., AsiaNDProspective 0–26561Serotyping, 2PCREPEC77.3CTX-MTEM, SHV, OXA, AmpC2009[52]
Iran, AsiaReferral centreProspective0–142301PCR, 1Serotyping, 2PCREAEC, EPEC, EIEC, ETEC 94.4CTX-M-15TEM, AmpC2015–2016[53]
Iran, AsiaHospitalProspective0–102511PCR, 1Serotyping, 2PCREPEC70.6CTX-M-15TEM2015–2016[54]
ND = no data; DEC= diarrheagenic E. coli; EPEC = enteropathogenic E. coli; EAEC = enteroaggregative E. coli; PCR = polymerase chain reaction; Rt-PCR = real-time PCR; m-PCR = multiplex PCR; tEPEC = typical; aEPEC = atypical; detection methods; Superscript 1 = method for E. coli detection, Superscript 2 = method for ESBL detection.
Table 2. Summary of studies on faecal carriage of blaCTX-M-15-producing E. coli recovered from children with diarrhoea across different continents.
Table 2. Summary of studies on faecal carriage of blaCTX-M-15-producing E. coli recovered from children with diarrhoea across different continents.
Country and ContinentSettingDesignAge
Group		Sample SizeDetection Methods (1E. coli and/or Pathotype, 2ESBL Genes)Causative Organism% blaCTX-M ReportedCTX-M Genes Detected Other ESBLs Genes DetectedStudy
Period		Reference
South Africa, Sub-Saharan AfricaCommunityProspective longitudinal0–1651Cuture, 2PCR, 2Sequencing*E. coli4.9CTX-M-14TEM-1, CTX-M-9ND[12]
Nigeria, West AfricaHospitalProspective0–52961Culture, 2PCR, 2Sequencing*E. coli73.3CTX-MTEM, SHVND[55]
Libya, North AfricaClinicsProspective longitudinal3–122431Culture, 1Phylogrouping, 2PCR, 2SequencingDEC: phylogroup B1, D, A and B213.4CTX-M-15CTX-M1, CTX-M3, TEM, SHV, OXA2001 and 2007[28]
France, EuropeHospitalProspective0–1611181Culture, 2PCR, 2Sequencing*E. coli4.3CTX-M-15 TEM-24, TEM-19, SHV-52010–2011[56]
Italy, EuropeCommunityProspective0–64821Culture, 1Phylogrouping, 2PCR, 2SequencingDEC: Phylogroup A, B1 and D43CTX-MCTX-M1, CTX-M9, CTX-M8, CTX-M22011[33]
Poland, EuropeHospitalProspective0–5ND1Phylogrouping, 2PCRDEC: Phylogroup A, B1, B2 and D76.6CTX-MTEM, SHV2008–2009[7]
Iran, AsiaHospitalProspective0–802161m-PCR, 1phylogrouping, 2PCR DEC:
phylogroup A, D, B1 and B2		25.9CTX-M-15OXA12013[32]
Iraq, AsiaHospitalProspective cross-sectional0–81161PCR, 2PCRDEC71.4CTX-MTEM-12019[2]
Jordan, AsiaHospitalProspective0–12881Culture and Biochemical test, 2PCR, 2Phylogrouping*E. coli73.2CTX-M-15ND2012[57]
Malaysia, AsiaHospitalProspective0–51101Culture, 2PCR*E. coli9.1CTX-M-15TEM-1, CMY-22009–2010[58]
ND = no data; DEC= diarrheagenic E. coli; PCR = polymerase chain reaction; m-PCR = multiplex PCR; *E. coli = E. coli not categorised as DEC; Superscript 1 = method for E. coli detection, Superscript 2 = method for ESBL detection.

3.2. Distribution of Studies on CTX-M-Producing E. coli by Region

Most of the studies on CTX-M-producing E. coli were conducted in countries in Asia (68%; 26/38) compared to studies found in European countries (11%; 4/38) and in countries on the African continent (18%; 7/38). Only one (3%) study was conducted in countries in South America (Figure 2). On the African continent, 11% (4/38) of the studies were conducted in North Africa, 5% of the studies were conducted in West Africa (2/38) and 3% (1/38) of the studies were conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Asia, eight studies were reported from Iran, four studies were reported in India and three studies were reported in China (Table 1 and Table 2). Overall, faecal carriage studies were mostly reported in Europe and Africa, while most of the studies in Asia were mainly based on diarrheagenic E. coli.

3.3. Age Distribution

Only 36% (14/38) of the studies reported on the 0–5 years age group, 11% (4/38) of the studies assessed children under the age of 3 years; 40% (15/38) of the studies reported on the age groups between 0 and 16 years and 8% (3/38) of the studies investigated a mixed population between birth and 92 years of age. All the studies reporting a wide age range (0–100 years) were conducted in Iran and Western Asia (Table 1 and Table 2).

3.4. Distribution of Studies by E. coli Pathotype

Overall, about 21% (8/38) of studies reported specifically on EPEC. The prevalence of CTX-M producers among the EPEC-positive isolates ranged between 10 and 78%. Only two studies specified the existence of blaCTX-M-15-positive EPEC isolates (Table 3). Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) was investigated in two studies in Asia (Japan) and North Africa (Egypt), respectively. The prevalence of CTX-M producers among the EAEC-positive isolates ranged between 19 and 50%. In both studies, only one CTX-M-15-producing EAEC isolate was observed among all the CTX-M producers [35,46]. On the other hand, STEC was only reported in one study conducted in Asia (Table 1).

3.5. Prevalence of CTX-M and Other ESBLs

In addition to the CTX-M gene variants, TEM was reported in 79% (30/38) of studies followed by SHV, which was reported in 34% (13/38) of the studies. Another ESBL, which was reported in 18% (7/38) of the studies was OXA, while CMY was reported in 8% (3/38) of the studies. Consequently, while 50% (19/38) of the studies reported on the CTX-M-15 variant, 37% (14/38) of the studies generalised the report as CTX-M. The other variants that were reported as part of the investigation included CTX-M-14 (5%; 2/38), CTX-M-9 (2%; 1/38), CTX-M-1 (2%; 1/38) and CTX-M-3 (2%; 1/38) (Table 1 and Table 2). Sequencing of the CTX-M gene was reported in 34% (13/38) of the studies (Table 1 and Table 2).
The prevalence of the CTX-M gene including the CTX-M-15 variant ranged between 1% and 94%, and the mean and standard deviation were 48% and 29%, respectively. The lowest prevalence rate was reported in Europe (1% and 4%). In Asia, the lowest rate (9%) was reported in Malaysia while the highest rate (94%) was reported in Iran. The mean rate of CTX-M-producing E. coli in Asia was 56%. Of the three common countries reporting on CTX-M-producing E. coli in Asia, the highest rate was reported in Iran (94%) followed by China (60%) and India (40%).
In the African continent, the prevalence of CTX-M-producing E. coli ranged between 5% and 73%, the lowest rate was reported in Sub-Saharan Africa (South Africa), while the highest rate was reported in West Africa. Most studies (4/7) in Africa were reported in North African countries, Egypt, and Libya. Only three studies reported CTX-M-15-producing E. coli associated with diarrhoea in children in Africa. It is evident that recent information on CTX-M-15-producing E. coli is scarce in Africa since only one study was conducted within the last 5 years between 2018 and 2019 [25]. Only one study confirmed the production of ESBL in isolates using the double disc synergy test [25] and only one study used sequencing [29]. There is a huge gap regarding standard approaches to surveillance due to resource constraints in Africa. Nevertheless, all three studies reported a low number of (8–15) CTX-M-15-producing E. coli isolates. Commensal isolates have been implicated as CTX-M-15 producers in one study [36] and thus E. coli is a prominent reservoir for ESBL genes.
In Europe, the literature on CTX-M-15-producing E. coli associated with diarrhoea in children is limited. Only two studies included in this review implemented sequencing to detail the epidemiology of CTX-M-15-producing E. coli. The prevalence of CTX-M-producing isolates ranged between 60% and 80%. In the studies included, the most common phylogroups were A, D and B1. The current review observed that CTX-M-producing E. coli was prominent among phylogroups A and D [7,28,32]. In addition, the CTX-M-15 variant was mostly associated with phylogroup D [28,32].

4. Discussion

This review describes the epidemiology of CTX-M-producing E. coli associated with diarrhoea in children based on studies published between 2012 and 2022. The prevalence of CTX-M gene varied between countries across the continents. The CTX-M gene was more common in Asian countries such as China, Iran and India and the highest prevalence (94%) of CTX-M was reported in Iran among MDR E. coli [53].
Most of the studies included in this review were conducted in clinical settings such as hospitals and clinics (Table 1 and Table 2). The impact of E. coli pathotypes such as EPEC and EAEC in causing hospitalisation of children suffering from diarrhoea has been reported [42]. In developing countries, EPEC is the leading cause of infantile diarrhoea [4]. The latter report explains the current observations in this review that EPEC was the most E. coli pathotype investigated for CTX-M resistance genes and to a lesser extent, CTX-M genes were also reported in EAEC and STEC. Thus, the tendency of EPEC and EAEC to carry CTX-M resistance genes is a cause of concern towards the management of diarrhoea in children because CTX-M-producing E. coli has been reported to be associated with increased resistance to first-line antibiotics, quinolone antibiotics as well as beta-lactam antimicrobials with an oxyimino side chain such as cephalosporins (cefotaxime, ceftriaxone and ceftazidime) and the oxyimino-monobactam (aztreonam) [33,59].
Understanding the epidemiology of CTX-M-producing E. coli is important in clinical practice. This review has shown that very few studies are being conducted in Africa on the surveillance of CTX-M-producing E. coli associated with diarrhoea in children. While Africa and Asia are flagged as regions with high morbidity and mortality rates in young children due to diarrhoea, it is important to uncover the epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as ESBL-producing E. coli that are more likely to complicate the treatment and management of diarrhoea in children. More studies on phenotypic resistance are conducted in developing countries whereas molecular surveillance of ESBL-producing E. coli is lacking [24]. The current review established that Sub-Saharan Africa, which is a hot spot of paediatric diarrhoea, is lagging regarding surveillance of CTX-M-producing E. coli unlike in Asia where such studies are being conducted across different regions. The literature suggests that Asian countries where at least 70% of the world population inhabits are epicentres for antimicrobial resistance [60]. A previous review in 2015 also reported that CTX-M-producing E. coli is the dominant multi-drug resistant (MDR) E. coli in Asian countries [10].
The most common CTX-M gene variant reported in North Africa was CTX-M-15 [28], which agrees with the findings of this study, especially in countries such as Egypt and Libya. No studies from East Africa were identified in this review. On the other hand, only one study from Southern Africa was identified. While East Africa and Southern Africa are key regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, which is known to experience the majority of childhood deaths due to diarrhoea [61], the current findings warrant more studies be conducted to understand the epidemiology of CTX-M-producing E. coli in paediatric diarrhoea cases in the region. Given that a previous review on the causes of gastroenteritis among children under 5 years in Sub-Saharan Africa reported that E. coli prevalence was high in the East Africa region [62], yet no study on CTX-M-producing E. coli was identified in this review, it is imperative to understand the antimicrobial resistance profile of such E. coli strains circulating in the East Africa region.
The current review did not find many studies in Europe on CTX-M-15-producing E. coli associated with diarrhoea in children. More studies were expected to be found as suggested by the literature that CTX-M beta-lactamases are more common in Europe [63]. However, the current insights may be explained by the fact that diarrhoeal diseases in children are less common in developed countries such as in Europe. The latter explains the observation in this review that most studies from Europe did not assess diarrheagenic E. coli but focused on the faecal carriage of E. coli instead. On the other hand, the literature highlights that in some countries, faecal specimens are not routinely tested for diarrheagenic E. coli [37]. The current observations that Europe together with America experience low rates of faecal colonisation by ESBL producers while Asia and Africa record high rates corroborates with results in a published review [64].
More often, CTX-M-15 has been associated with the co-production of other ESBLs such as TEM-1 and OXA-1 [64]. The findings in this review agree because TEM was reported more often (30/38) together with CTX-M-15, suggesting that TEM is one of the common ESBLs among faecal isolates. Molecular evidence on the mechanism of antibiotic resistance from a study in South Africa suggested that TEM-1 is the main mechanism of beta-lactamase resistance in diarrheagenic E. coli [12]. On the other side, only 7/38 studies reported on the OXA-1 resistance genes (Table 1 and Table 2). Although OXA-1 genes are expected to be associated with CTX-M-producing E. coli [24], this study suggests that there is limited data available on the faecal carriage of OXA-1 genes.

5. Limitation

The present review focused only on studies that solely examined CTX-M-producing E. coli in paediatric diarrhoea. The inclusion criteria based on the availability of information on both phenotypic and genotypic resistance might have limited the number of studies included in the final analysis. The possible existence of other studies that reported on CTX-M-15 but co-investigated other pathogens together with E. coli is seen as a potential limitation in this study. The intention to describe the epidemiology of CTX-M-producing E. coli in the study period (2012–2022) might have reduced the number of studies. Some studies did not specify the exact variant but generalised the results as CTX-M. Given the continuous emergence of the CTX-M gene variants, efforts to conduct detailed molecular studies to characterise the CTX-M variants would provide information needed in clinical practice. Some of the studies included in this review did not specify the CTX-M-producing DEC strains, however, the report was generalised as DEC. The availability of such information is relevant in clinical practice as well as guiding the design of future studies.

6. Closing Remarks

This review showed that CTX-M-15-producing diarrheagenic E. coli has disseminated globally. However, there is a varying degree in the surveillance of CTX-M-15 in paediatric diarrhoea across continents and countries. The review showed that CTX-M-15-producing E. coli is common in Asian countries as well as in Northern and Western Africa regions. Integrated surveillance approaches are prominent in Asia, while there is a lack of recent studies in Africa, Europe and America. The dearth of detailed molecular studies in Africa, which is a hotspot for diarrhoea in children, warrants future research to help understand the role of CTX-M-15 in paediatric diarrhoea.

Supplementary Materials

The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/microorganisms12010171/s1, File S1: Database of studies on CTX-M-Producing E. coli between 2012 and 2022.

Author Contributions

Conceptualisation and data collection, S.K.; writing—original draft preparation, S.K.; writing—review and editing, S.K., A.N.T. and N.P.; analysis and visualisation, S.K.; supervision A.N.T. and N.P. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

The study was funded by Prof Potgieter research output grant IP10.

Data Availability Statement

The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Acknowledgments

The author would like to acknowledge Mpumelelo Casper Rikhotso and Mpho Magwalivha for their valuable insight and guidance in this manuscript.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1. Flow diagram showing the filtering process followed on selection of studies.
Figure 1. Flow diagram showing the filtering process followed on selection of studies.
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Figure 2. Distribution of studies conducted on CTX-M-producing E. coli in paediatric diarrhoea cases across continents.
Figure 2. Distribution of studies conducted on CTX-M-producing E. coli in paediatric diarrhoea cases across continents.
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Table 3. Summary of studies on CTX-M-producing Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) recovered from paediatric diarrhoea cases.
Table 3. Summary of studies on CTX-M-producing Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) recovered from paediatric diarrhoea cases.
No. of EPEC
Isolates		Prevalence of
CTX-M Producers (%)		Prevalence of
blaCTXM-15		Reference
8713 (15)ND[45]
597 (12)7[30]
5831 (56)ND[49]
19221 (11)ND[20]
2217 (77)ND[52]
1410 (71)ND[40]
428 (19)8[4]
1712 (71)ND[54]
ND = No data on blaCTX-M-15.
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