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Selvakumar V, Kannan K, Panneerselvam A, Suresh M, Nooruddin T, Pal K, Elkodous MA, Nada HG, El-Bastawisy HS, Tolba MM, Noureldeen A, Darwish H, Fayad E, Khairy WA, Nasser HA, El-Sayyad GS. Molecular identification of extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs)-producing strains in clinical specimens from Tiruchirappalli, India. APPLIED NANOSCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-021-01886-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Xu T, Wang J, Ying J, Zhu T, Liu Y, Xu L, Li P, Li P, Ying J, Li K, Yi H, Lu J, Hu Y, Zhou T, Bao Q. Characterisation of a class 1 integron associated with the formation of quadruple blaGES-5 cassettes from an IncP-1β group plasmid in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2018; 52:485-491. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2018.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Revised: 07/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/07/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Sequence types 235, 111, and 132 predominate among multidrug-resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates in Croatia. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2014; 58:6277-83. [PMID: 25070098 DOI: 10.1128/aac.03116-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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A population analysis of 103 multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from Croatian hospitals was performed. Twelve sequence types (STs) were identified, with a predominance of international clones ST235 (serotype O11 [41%]), ST111 (serotype O12 [15%]), and ST132 (serotype O6 [11%]). Overexpression of the natural AmpC cephalosporinase was common (42%), but only a few ST235 or ST111 isolates produced VIM-1 or VIM-2 metallo-β-lactamases or PER-1 or GES-7 extended-spectrum β-lactamases.
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Kolbusz MA, Slotboom DJ, Lolkema JS. Genomic distribution of the small multidrug resistance protein EmrE over 29Escherichia colistrains reveals two forms of the protein. FEBS J 2012; 280:244-55. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.12065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2012] [Revised: 11/08/2012] [Accepted: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Magdalena A. Kolbusz
- Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute; University of Groningen; The Netherlands
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- Membrane Enzymology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute; University of Groningen; The Netherlands
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- Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute; University of Groningen; The Netherlands
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Diversity of clavulanic acid-inhibited extended-spectrum β-lactamases in Aeromonas spp. from the Seine River, Paris, France. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2010; 55:1256-61. [PMID: 21149627 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00921-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Environmental Aeromonas sp. isolates resistant to ceftazidime were recovered during an environmental survey performed with water samples from the Seine River, in Paris, France, in November 2009. Selected isolates were identified by sequencing of the 16S rRNA and rpoB genes. PCR and cloning experiments were used to identify broad-spectrum-β-lactamase-encoding genes and their genetic context. Clavulanic acid-inhibited extended-spectrum-β-lactamase (ESBL) genes were identified in 71% of the Aeromonas sp. isolates. A variety of ESBL genes were detected, including bla(VEB-1a), bla(SHV-12), bla(PER-1), bla(PER-6), bla(TLA-2), and bla(GES-7), suggesting an aquatic reservoir of those ESBL genes. Moreover, the repeated elements and different insertion sequences were identified in association with the bla(PER-6) and the bla(VEB-1a) genes, respectively, indicating a wide diversity of mobilization events, making Aeromonas spp. a vehicle for ESBL dissemination.
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Bay DC, Turner RJ. Diversity and evolution of the small multidrug resistance protein family. BMC Evol Biol 2009; 9:140. [PMID: 19549332 PMCID: PMC2716321 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2008] [Accepted: 06/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Members of the small multidrug resistance (SMR) protein family are integral membrane proteins characterized by four alpha-helical transmembrane strands that confer resistance to a broad range of antiseptics and lipophilic quaternary ammonium compounds (QAC) in bacteria. Due to their short length and broad substrate profile, SMR proteins are suggested to be the progenitors for larger alpha-helical transporters such as the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) and drug/metabolite transporter (DMT) superfamily. To explore their evolutionary association with larger multidrug transporters, an extensive bioinformatics analysis of SMR sequences (> 300 Bacteria taxa) was performed to expand upon previous evolutionary studies of the SMR protein family and its origins. RESULTS A thorough annotation of unidentified/putative SMR sequences was performed placing sequences into each of the three SMR protein subclass designations, namely small multidrug proteins (SMP), suppressor of groEL mutations (SUG), and paired small multidrug resistance (PSMR) using protein alignments and phylogenetic analysis. Examination of SMR subclass distribution within Bacteria and Archaea taxa identified specific Bacterial classes that uniquely encode for particular SMR subclass members. The extent of selective pressure acting upon each SMR subclass was determined by calculating the rate of synonymous to non-synonymous nucleotide substitutions using Syn-SCAN analysis. SUG and SMP subclasses are maintained under moderate selection pressure in comparison to integron and plasmid encoded SMR homologues. Conversely, PSMR sequences are maintained under lower levels of selection pressure, where one of the two PSMR pairs diverges in sequence more rapidly than the other. SMR genomic loci surveys identified potential SMR efflux substrates based on its gene association to putative operons that encode for genes regulating amino acid biogenesis and QAC-like metabolites. SMR subclass protein transmembrane domain alignments to Bacterial/Archaeal transporters (BAT), DMT, and MFS sequences supports SMR participation in multidrug transport evolution by identifying common TM domains. CONCLUSION Based on this study, PSMR sequences originated recently within both SUG and SMP clades through gene duplication events and it appears that SMR members may be evolving towards specific metabolite transport.
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- Denice C Bay
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada.
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Bay DC, Rommens KL, Turner RJ. Small multidrug resistance proteins: A multidrug transporter family that continues to grow. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2008; 1778:1814-38. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2007] [Revised: 08/07/2007] [Accepted: 08/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Labuschagne CDJ, Weldhagen GF, Ehlers MM, Dove MG. Emergence of class 1 integron-associated GES-5 and GES-5-like extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in South Africa. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2008; 31:527-30. [PMID: 18436436 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2007] [Revised: 01/07/2008] [Accepted: 01/08/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Several different Guiana extended-spectrum (GES) enzymes have been described occurring in Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa worldwide. Polymerase chain reaction and gene sequencing analysis confirmed bla(GES) genes identified in three P. aeruginosa clinical isolates from South Africa as bla(GES-5) and bla(GES-5)-like, respectively. Compared with GES-1, the GES-5-like protein exhibited an A21E amino acid change, a novel mutation not previously described in this family. Integron structures identified upstream from the bla(GES-5) and bla(GES-5)-like genes were found to be identical to bla(GES-2)-carrying integrons described previously from the same geographical region. These findings confirm the establishment and persistence of integron-associated GES-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) in the South African nosocomial environment. This study describes the first isolation of class 1 integron-associated bla(GES-5) and the emergence of a novel GES-5-like ESBL in South Africa.
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Carbapenems, such as imipenem and meropenem, are most often used to treat infections caused by enterobacteria that produce extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, and the emergence of enzymes capable of inactivating carbapenems would therefore limit the options for treatment. Carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae is rare, but class A beta-lactamases with activity against the carbapenems are becoming more prevalent within this bacterial family. The class A carbapenemases can phylogenetically be segregated into six different groups of which four groups are formed by members of the GES, KPC, SME, IMI/NMC-A enzymes, while SHV-38 and SFC-1 each separately constitute a group. The genes encoding the class A carbapenemases are either plasmid-borne or located on the chromosome of the host. The bla(GES) genes reside as gene cassettes on mainly class I integrons, whereas the bla(KPC) genes and a single bla(IMI-2) gene are flanked by transposable elements on plasmids. Class A carbapenemases hydrolyse penicillins, classical cephalosporins, monobactam, and imipenem and meropenem, and the enzymes are divided into four phenotypically different groups, namely group 2br, 2be, 2e and 2f, according to the Bush-Jacoby-Medeiros classification system. Class A carbapenemases are inhibited by clavulanate and tazobactam like other class A beta-lactamases.
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- Jan Walther-Rasmussen
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, 9301, Rigshospitalet, National University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Zienkiewicz M, Kern-Zdanowicz I, Gołebiewski M, Zyliñska J, Mieczkowski P, Gniadkowski M, Bardowski J, Cegłowski P. Mosaic structure of p1658/97, a 125-kilobase plasmid harboring an active amplicon with the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase gene blaSHV-5. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007; 51:1164-71. [PMID: 17220406 PMCID: PMC1855452 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00772-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli isolates recovered from patients during a clonal outbreak in a Warsaw, Poland, hospital in 1997 produced different levels of an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) of the SHV type. The beta-lactamase hyperproduction correlated with the multiplication of ESBL gene copies within a plasmid. Here, we present the complete nucleotide sequence of plasmid p1658/97 carried by the isolates recovered during the outbreak. The plasmid is 125,491 bp and shows a mosaic structure in which all modules constituting the plasmid core are homologous to those found in plasmids F and R100 and are separated by segments of homology to other known regions (plasmid R64, Providencia rettgeri genomic island R391, Vibrio cholerae STX transposon, Klebsiella pneumoniae or E. coli chromosomes). Plasmid p1658/97 bears two replication systems, IncFII and IncFIB; we demonstrated that both are active in E. coli. The presence of an active partition system (sopABC locus) and two postsegregational killing systems (pemIK and hok/sok) indicates that the plasmid should be stably maintained in E. coli populations. The conjugative transfer is ensured by the operons of the tra and trb genes. We also demonstrate that the plasmidic segment undergoing amplification contains the blaSHV-5 gene and is homologous to a 7.9-kb fragment of the K. pneumoniae chromosome. The amplicon displays the structure of a composite transposon of type I.
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- M Zienkiewicz
- Department of Microbial Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, and Biophysics of Polish Academy Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
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Schneider I, Queenan AM, Bauernfeind A. Novel carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase OXA-62 from Pandoraea pnomenusa. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006; 50:1330-5. [PMID: 16569848 PMCID: PMC1426949 DOI: 10.1128/aac.50.4.1330-1335.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pandoraea spp. are gram-negative, glucose nonfermenting rods detectable in blood cultures and sputa of cystic fibrosis patients. They are resistant to various antibiotic groups, with imipenem being the only active beta-lactam. We isolated an imipenem-resistant (MIC, 64 microg/ml) Pandoraea pnomenusa strain from a cystic fibrosis patient. Cloning and sequencing identified two beta-lactamases of Bush group 2d, namely, the known OXA-33, located on an integron, and the novel carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase OXA-62. OXA-62 is only distantly related to other oxacillinases (OXA-50 being closest with 43% amino acid identity). It hydrolyzes penicillins, oxacillin, imipenem, and meropenem but not expanded-spectrum cephalosporins. The blaOXA-62 gene is chromosome located. No transposable elements were found in its genetic neighborhood. With OXA-62-specific primers, blaOXA-62 could be identified in all P. pnomenusa strains and appears to be species specific. This additional mechanism of carbapenem resistance further complicates the treatment of infections caused by P. pnomenusa.
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- Ines Schneider
- MICOER Institute, Hesseloherstrasse 4, 80802 Munich, Germany
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Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) are a rapidly evolving group of beta-lactamases which share the ability to hydrolyze third-generation cephalosporins and aztreonam yet are inhibited by clavulanic acid. Typically, they derive from genes for TEM-1, TEM-2, or SHV-1 by mutations that alter the amino acid configuration around the active site of these beta-lactamases. This extends the spectrum of beta-lactam antibiotics susceptible to hydrolysis by these enzymes. An increasing number of ESBLs not of TEM or SHV lineage have recently been described. The presence of ESBLs carries tremendous clinical significance. The ESBLs are frequently plasmid encoded. Plasmids responsible for ESBL production frequently carry genes encoding resistance to other drug classes (for example, aminoglycosides). Therefore, antibiotic options in the treatment of ESBL-producing organisms are extremely limited. Carbapenems are the treatment of choice for serious infections due to ESBL-producing organisms, yet carbapenem-resistant isolates have recently been reported. ESBL-producing organisms may appear susceptible to some extended-spectrum cephalosporins. However, treatment with such antibiotics has been associated with high failure rates. There is substantial debate as to the optimal method to prevent this occurrence. It has been proposed that cephalosporin breakpoints for the Enterobacteriaceae should be altered so that the need for ESBL detection would be obviated. At present, however, organizations such as the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (formerly the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards) provide guidelines for the detection of ESBLs in klebsiellae and Escherichia coli. In common to all ESBL detection methods is the general principle that the activity of extended-spectrum cephalosporins against ESBL-producing organisms will be enhanced by the presence of clavulanic acid. ESBLs represent an impressive example of the ability of gram-negative bacteria to develop new antibiotic resistance mechanisms in the face of the introduction of new antimicrobial agents.
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- David L Paterson
- Infectious Disease Division, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Miriagou V, Carattoli A, Tzelepi E, Villa L, Tzouvelekis LS. IS26-associated In4-type integrons forming multiresistance loci in enterobacterial plasmids. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005; 49:3541-3. [PMID: 16048979 PMCID: PMC1196216 DOI: 10.1128/aac.49.8.3541-3543.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Three distinct multiresistant loci from enterobacterial plasmids each comprised an integron and an IS26-associated sequence. Sequence comparison suggested a common ancestral structure that derived from an IS26 insertion into the 5' conserved segment of an In4-type integron and evolved through acquisition of gene cassettes and IS26-mediated recruitment of additional resistance genes of diverse origin.
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- Vivi Miriagou
- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Vas. Sofias 127, Athens 11521, Greece.
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Ruiz J, Bertran S, Sauca G, Julià A, Vila X, Gómez E, Jiménez de Anta MT, Vila J. Isolation of an amikacin-resistant Escherichia coli strain after tobramycin treatment of previous recurrent episodes of respiratory tract infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Clin Microbiol Infect 2005; 11:71-3. [PMID: 15649309 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.01039.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Amikacin-resistant Escherichia coli strains are isolated rarely from clinical samples. In the present study, investigation of an amikacin-resistant clinical isolate of E. coli demonstrated the presence of two class 1 integrons carrying the aacA4 gene plus the aacA7 gene, and the dfrA17 gene plus the aadA5 gene, respectively. Resistance to amikacin in this E. coli isolate was related to the presence of both aacA4 and aacA7.
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- J Ruiz
- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Clínic, Villarroel, Barcelona, Spain
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Toleman MA, Biedenbach D, Bennett DMC, Jones RN, Walsh TR. Italian metallo-beta-lactamases: a national problem? Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme. J Antimicrob Chemother 2004; 55:61-70. [PMID: 15574470 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES As part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme, 383 non-replicative randomly collected Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates were collected during 1999-2002. These strains originated from three geographically distinct hospitals within Italy: Genoa (Northern Italy); Rome and Catania (Sicily), and were further studied to identify the prevalence of metallo-beta-lactamase (MbetaL) alleles across Italy and to determine their genetic details. METHODS Multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains were identified by MIC analysis followed by genotyping and PCR-based strategies. RESULTS Initial MIC analysis identified 31 MDR isolates that displayed an Etest MbetaL-positive phenotype. Of these, 25 produced either the MbetaL VIM-1 or IMP-13 as detected by PCR and sequencing. VIM-1-producing isolates were found at all sites, whereas IMP-13-producing isolates were only found in Rome. MbetaL-producing isolates were found at all Italian SENTRY sites and together amounted to 6.5% of all P. aeruginosa isolates. Genetic analysis indicated that many strains contained multiple integrons and identified two novel MbetaL integrons, one from the site in Genoa and one from Sicily. Integrons identical in structure and sequence to In70, the first identified and characterized bla(VIM)-containing integron from Verona, were found in isolates with distinct ribotypes at the Roman and Sicilian sites indicating that this integron has recently disseminated across Italy. All 25 MbetaL-producing isolates were genetically linked in that all isolates contained Tn5051 sequences and all harboured the insertion sequence IsPa7 which may be involved in the mobilization of these resistance alleles. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, these results indicate that Italy has a nationwide problem of MDR P. aeruginosa produced by mobile MbetaL genes.
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- Mark A Toleman
- Department of Pathology & Microbiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; The JONES Group/JMI Laboratories, North Liberty, IA, USA.
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Galani I, Souli M, Chryssouli Z, Katsala D, Giamarellou H. First identification of an Escherichia coli clinical isolate producing both metallo-beta-lactamase VIM-2 and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase IBC-1. Clin Microbiol Infect 2004; 10:757-60. [PMID: 15301681 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00913.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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An Escherichia coli strain with decreased susceptibility to carbapenems was isolated from a hospitalised patient in Athens, Greece. The strain was resistant to all beta-lactams, including aztreonam, whereas the MIC of imipenem and meropenem was 0.5 mg/L. A positive EDTA-disk synergy test suggested the production of a metallo-beta-lactamase. PCR experiments revealed the presence of the bla(VIM-2), bla(IBC-1), and bla(TEM-1) genes. Resistance to beta-lactams was not transferable by conjugation. This is the first report of a clinical isolate of E. coli producing VIM-2, and the first report of the coexistence of bla(VIM-2) and bla(IBC-1) in a single clinical isolate.
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- I Galani
- 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Molecular Biology Section, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Miriagou V, Tzouvelekis LS, Villa L, Lebessi E, Vatopoulos AC, Carattoli A, Tzelepi E. CMY-13, a novel inducible cephalosporinase encoded by an Escherichia coli plasmid. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004; 48:3172-4. [PMID: 15273143 PMCID: PMC478546 DOI: 10.1128/aac.48.8.3172-3174.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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An IncN plasmid (p541) from Escherichia coli carried a Citrobacter freundii-derived sequence of 4,252 bp which included an ampC-ampR region and was bound by two directly repeated IS26 elements. ampC encoded a novel cephalosporinase (CMY-13) with activity similar to that of CMY-2. AmpR was likely functional as indicated in induction experiments.
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- V Miriagou
- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece.
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Wachino JI, Doi Y, Yamane K, Shibata N, Yagi T, Kubota T, Arakawa Y. Molecular characterization of a cephamycin-hydrolyzing and inhibitor-resistant class A beta-lactamase, GES-4, possessing a single G170S substitution in the omega-loop. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004; 48:2905-10. [PMID: 15273099 PMCID: PMC478515 DOI: 10.1128/aac.48.8.2905-2910.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The nosocomial spread of six genetically related Klebsiella pneumoniae strains producing GES-type beta-lactamases was found in a neonatal intensive care unit, and we previously reported that one of the six strains, strain KG525, produced a new beta-lactamase, GES-3. In the present study, the molecular mechanism of cephamycin resistance observed in strain KG502, one of the six strains described above, was investigated. This strain was found to produce a variant of GES-3, namely, GES-4, which was responsible for resistance to both cephamycins (cefoxitin MIC, >128 microg/ml) and beta-lactamase inhibitors (50% inhibitory concentration of clavulanic acid, 15.2 +/- 1.7 microM). The GES-4 enzyme had a single G170S substitution in the Omega-loop region compared with the GES-3 sequence. This single amino acid substitution was closely involved with the augmented hydrolysis of cephamycins and carbapenems and the decreased affinities of beta-lactamase inhibitors to GES-4. A cloning experiment and sequencing analysis revealed that strain KG502 possesses duplicate bla(GES-4) genes mediated by two distinct class 1 integrons with similar gene cassette configurations. Moreover, the genetic environments of the bla(GES-4) genes found in strain KG502 were almost identical to that of bla(GES-3) in strain KG525. From these findings, these two phenotypically different strains were suggested to belong to a clonal lineage. The bla(GES-4) gene found in strain KG502 might well emerge from a point mutation in the bla(GES-3) gene harbored by its ancestor strains, such as strain KG525, under heavy antibiotic stress in order to acquire extended properties of resistance to cephamycins and carbapenems.
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- Jun-ichi Wachino
- Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi-Murayama, Tokyo, Japan
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Wachino JI, Doi Y, Yamane K, Shibata N, Yagi T, Kubota T, Ito H, Arakawa Y. Nosocomial spread of ceftazidime-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains producing a novel class a beta-lactamase, GES-3, in a neonatal intensive care unit in Japan. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004; 48:1960-7. [PMID: 15155185 PMCID: PMC415581 DOI: 10.1128/aac.48.6.1960-1967.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Klebsiella pneumoniae strain KG525, which showed high-level resistance to broad-spectrum cephalosporins, was isolated from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a Japanese hospital in March 2002. The ceftazidime resistance of strain KG525 was transferable to Escherichia coli CSH-2 by conjugation. Cloning and sequence analysis revealed that production of a novel extended-spectrum class A beta-lactamase (pI 7.0), designated GES-3, which had two amino acid substitutions of M62T and E104K on the basis of the sequence of GES-1, was responsible for resistance in strain KG525 and its transconjugant. The bla(GES-3) gene was located as the first gene cassette in a class 1 integron that also contained an aacA1-orfG fused gene cassette and one unique cassette that has not been described in other class 1 integrons and ended with a truncated 3' conserved segment by insertion of IS26. Another five ceftazidime-resistant K. pneumoniae strains, strains KG914, KG1116, KG545, KG502, and KG827, which were isolated from different neonates during a 1-year period in the same NICU where strain KG525 had been isolated, were also positive for GES-type beta-lactamase genes by PCR. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-PCR analyses displayed genetic relatedness among the six K. pneumoniae strains. Southern hybridization analysis with a GES-type beta-lactamase gene-specific probe showed that the locations of bla(GES) were multiple and diverse among the six strains. These findings suggest that within the NICU setting genetically related K. pneumoniae strains carrying the bla(GES) gene were ambushed with genetic rearrangements that caused the multiplication and translocation of the bla(GES) gene.
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- Jun-ichi Wachino
- Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan.
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