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Fujii A, Kawada-Matsuo M, Nguyen-Tra Le M, Masuda K, Tadera K, Suzuki Y, Nishihama S, Hisatsune J, Sugawara Y, Kashiyama S, Shiba H, Aikawa T, Ohge H, Sugai M, Komatsuzawa H. Antibiotic susceptibility and genome analysis of Enterococcus species isolated from inpatients in one hospital with no apparent outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in Japan. Microbiol Immunol 2024. [PMID: 38873884 DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.13155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
Abstract
To prevent nosocomial infection, it is important to screen for potential vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) among patients. In this study, we analyzed enterococcal isolates from inpatients in one hospital without any apparent outbreak of VRE. Enterococcal isolates were collected from inpatients at Hiroshima University Hospital from April 1 to June 30, 2021 using selective medium for Enterococci. Multilocus sequence typing, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and whole-genome sequencing were performed. A total of 164 isolates, including Enterococcus faecium (41 isolates), Enterococcus faecalis (80 isolates), Enterococcus raffinosus (11 isolates), Enterococcus casseliflavus (nine isolates), Enterococcus avium (12 isolates), Enterococcus lactis (eight isolates), Enterococcus gallinarum (two isolates), and Enterococcus malodoratus (one isolate), were analyzed. We found one vanA-positive E. faecium, which was already informed when the patient was transferred to the hospital, nine vanC-positive E. casseliflavus, and two vanC-positive E. gallinarum. E. faecium isolates showed resistance to ampicillin (95.1%), imipenem (95.1%), and levofloxacin (87.8%), and E. faecalis isolates showed resistance to minocycline (49.4%). Ampicillin- and levofloxacin-resistant E. faecium had multiple mutations in penicillin-binding protein 5 (PBP5) (39/39 isolates) and ParC/GyrA (21/36 isolates), respectively. E. raffinosus showed resistance to ampicillin (81.8%), imipenem (45.5%), and levofloxacin (45.5%), and E. lactis showed resistance to ampicillin (37.5%) and imipenem (50.0%). The linezolid resistance genes optrA and cfr(B) were found only in one isolate of E. faecalis and E. raffinosus, respectively. This study, showing the status of enterococci infection in hospitalized patients, is one of the important information when considering nosocomial infection control of VRE.
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- Ayumi Fujii
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
- Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
- Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
- Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
- Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Section of Clinical Laboratory, Division of Clinical Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
- Department of Biological Endodontics, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
- Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashi Murayama, Japan
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- Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashi Murayama, Japan
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- Section of Clinical Laboratory, Division of Clinical Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biological Endodontics, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
- Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashi Murayama, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
- Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Sharon BM, Arute AP, Nguyen A, Tiwari S, Reddy Bonthu SS, Hulyalkar NV, Neugent ML, Palacios Araya D, Dillon NA, Zimmern PE, Palmer KL, De Nisco NJ. Genetic and functional enrichments associated with Enterococcus faecalis isolated from the urinary tract. mBio 2023; 14:e0251523. [PMID: 37962362 PMCID: PMC10746210 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02515-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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IMPORTANCE Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a global health issue that imposes a substantial burden on healthcare systems. Women are disproportionately affected by UTI, with >60% of women experiencing at least one UTI in their lifetime. UTIs can recur, particularly in postmenopausal women, leading to diminished quality of life and potentially life-threatening complications. Understanding how pathogens colonize and survive in the urinary tract is necessary to identify new therapeutic targets that are urgently needed due to rising rates of antimicrobial resistance. How Enterococcus faecalis, a bacterium commonly associated with UTI, adapts to the urinary tract remains understudied. Here, we generated a collection of high-quality closed genome assemblies of clinical urinary E. faecalis isolated from the urine of postmenopausal women that we used alongside detailed clinical metadata to perform a robust comparative genomic investigation of genetic factors that may be involved in E. faecalis survival in the urinary tract.
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- Belle M. Sharon
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Loyola-Cruz MÁ, Gonzalez-Avila LU, Martínez-Trejo A, Saldaña-Padilla A, Hernández-Cortez C, Bello-López JM, Castro-Escarpulli G. ESKAPE and Beyond: The Burden of Coinfections in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pathogens 2023; 12:pathogens12050743. [PMID: 37242413 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12050743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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The ESKAPE group constitute a threat to public health, since these microorganisms are associated with severe infections in hospitals and have a direct relationship with high mortality rates. The presence of these bacteria in hospitals had a direct impact on the incidence of healthcare-associated coinfections in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In recent years, these pathogens have shown resistance to multiple antibiotic families. The presence of high-risk clones within this group of bacteria contributes to the spread of resistance mechanisms worldwide. In the pandemic, these pathogens were implicated in coinfections in severely ill COVID-19 patients. The aim of this review is to describe the main microorganisms of the ESKAPE group involved in coinfections in COVID-19 patients, addressing mainly antimicrobial resistance mechanisms, epidemiology, and high-risk clones.
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- Miguel Ángel Loyola-Cruz
- Laboratorio de Investigación Clínica y Ambiental, Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carpio y Plan de Ayala, Col. Casco de Santo Tomás, Ciudad de México 11340, Mexico
- División de Investigación, Hospital Juárez de México, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 5160, Magdalena de las Salinas, Gustavo A. Madero, Ciudad de México 07760, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Investigación Clínica y Ambiental, Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carpio y Plan de Ayala, Col. Casco de Santo Tomás, Ciudad de México 11340, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Investigación Clínica y Ambiental, Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carpio y Plan de Ayala, Col. Casco de Santo Tomás, Ciudad de México 11340, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Investigación Clínica y Ambiental, Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carpio y Plan de Ayala, Col. Casco de Santo Tomás, Ciudad de México 11340, Mexico
- Laboratorio de Bioquímica Microbiana, Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carpio y Plan de Ayala, Col. Casco de Santo Tomás, Mexico City 11340, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Bioquímica Microbiana, Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carpio y Plan de Ayala, Col. Casco de Santo Tomás, Mexico City 11340, Mexico
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- División de Investigación, Hospital Juárez de México, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 5160, Magdalena de las Salinas, Gustavo A. Madero, Ciudad de México 07760, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Investigación Clínica y Ambiental, Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carpio y Plan de Ayala, Col. Casco de Santo Tomás, Ciudad de México 11340, Mexico
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Sharon BM, Arute AP, Nguyen A, Tiwari S, Bonthu SSR, Hulyalkar NV, Neugent ML, Araya DP, Dillon NA, Zimmern PE, Palmer KL, De Nisco NJ. Functional and genetic adaptations contributing to Enterococcus faecalis persistence in the female urinary tract. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.05.18.541374. [PMID: 37293065 PMCID: PMC10245761 DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.18.541374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Enterococcus faecalis is the leading Gram-positive bacterial species implicated in urinary tract infection (UTI). An opportunistic pathogen, E. faecalis is a commensal of the human gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and its presence in the GIT is a predisposing factor for UTI. The mechanisms by which E. faecalis colonizes and survives in the urinary tract (UT) are poorly understood, especially in uncomplicated or recurrent UTI. The UT is distinct from the GIT and is characterized by a sparse nutrient landscape and unique environmental stressors. In this study, we isolated and sequenced a collection of 37 clinical E. faecalis strains from the urine of primarily postmenopausal women. We generated 33 closed genome assemblies and four highly contiguous draft assemblies and conducted a comparative genomics to identify genetic features enriched in urinary E. faecalis with respect to E. faecalis isolated from the human GIT and blood. Phylogenetic analysis revealed high diversity among urinary strains and a closer relatedness between urine and gut isolates than blood isolates. Plasmid replicon (rep) typing further underscored possible UT-GIT interconnection identifying nine shared rep types between urine and gut E. faecalis . Both genotypic and phenotypic analysis of antimicrobial resistance among urinary E. faecalis revealed infrequent resistance to front-line UTI antibiotics nitrofurantoin and fluoroquinolones and no vancomycin resistance. Finally, we identified 19 candidate genes enriched among urinary strains that may play a role in adaptation to the UT. These genes are involved in the core processes of sugar transport, cobalamin import, glucose metabolism, and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. IMPORTANCE Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a global health issue that imposes substantial burden on healthcare systems. Women are disproportionately affected by UTI with >60% of women experiencing at least one UTI in their lifetime. UTIs can recur, particularly in postmenopausal women, leading to diminished quality of life and potentially life-threatening complications. Understanding how pathogens colonize and survive in the urinary tract is necessary to identify new therapeutic targets that are urgently needed due to rising rates of antimicrobial resistance. How Enterococcus faecalis , a bacterium commonly associated with UTI, adapts to the urinary tract remains understudied. Here, we generated a collection of high-quality closed genome assemblies of clinical urinary E. faecalis isolated from the urine of postmenopausal women that we used alongside detailed clinical metadata to perform a robust comparative genomic investigation of genetic factors that may mediate urinary E. faecalis adaptation to the female urinary tract.
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Herrera-Hidalgo L, Fernández-Rubio B, Luque-Márquez R, López-Cortés LE, Gil-Navarro MV, de Alarcón A. Treatment of Enterococcus faecalis Infective Endocarditis: A Continuing Challenge. Antibiotics (Basel) 2023; 12:antibiotics12040704. [PMID: 37107066 PMCID: PMC10135260 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12040704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Today, Enterococcus faecalis is one of the main causes of infective endocarditis in the world, generally affecting an elderly and fragile population, with a high mortality rate. Enterococci are partially resistant to many commonly used antimicrobial agents such as penicillin and ampicillin, as well as high-level resistance to most cephalosporins and sometimes carbapenems, because of low-affinity penicillin-binding proteins, that lead to an unacceptable number of therapeutic failures with monotherapy. For many years, the synergistic combination of penicillins and aminoglycosides has been the cornerstone of treatment, but the emergence of strains with high resistance to aminoglycosides led to the search for new alternatives, like dual beta-lactam therapy. The development of multi-drug resistant strains of Enterococcus faecium is a matter of considerable concern due to its probable spread to E. faecalis and have necessitated the search of new guidelines with the combination of daptomycin, fosfomycin or tigecycline. Some of them have scarce clinical experience and others are still under investigation and will be analyzed in this review. In addition, the need for prolonged treatment (6–8 weeks) to avoid relapses has forced to the consideration of other viable options as outpatient parenteral strategies, long-acting administrations with the new lipoglycopeptides (dalbavancin or oritavancin), and sequential oral treatments, which will also be discussed.
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- Laura Herrera-Hidalgo
- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Farmacia, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, 41013 Seville, Spain
- Unidad Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Microbiología y Parasitología (UCEIMP) Grupo de Resistencias Bacterianas y Antimicrobianos (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Farmacia, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Unidad Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Microbiología y Parasitología (UCEIMP) Grupo de Resistencias Bacterianas y Antimicrobianos (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Unidad Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología, Grupo de Resistencias Bacterianas y Antimicrobianos (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena/SCIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41009 Seville, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Farmacia, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Unidad Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Microbiología y Parasitología (UCEIMP) Grupo de Resistencias Bacterianas y Antimicrobianos (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Seville, Spain
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Li G, Walker MJ, De Oliveira DMP. Vancomycin Resistance in Enterococcus and Staphylococcus aureus. Microorganisms 2022; 11:microorganisms11010024. [PMID: 36677316 PMCID: PMC9866002 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11010024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium and Staphylococcus aureus are both common commensals and major opportunistic human pathogens. In recent decades, these bacteria have acquired broad resistance to several major classes of antibiotics, including commonly employed glycopeptides. Exemplified by resistance to vancomycin, glycopeptide resistance is mediated through intrinsic gene mutations, and/or transferrable van resistance gene cassette-carrying mobile genetic elements. Here, this review will discuss the epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus and S. aureus in healthcare, community, and agricultural settings, explore vancomycin resistance in the context of van and non-van mediated resistance development and provide insights into alternative therapeutic approaches aimed at treating drug-resistant Enterococcus and S. aureus infections.
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Esmaeilishirazifard E, Usher L, Trim C, Denise H, Sangal V, Tyson GH, Barlow A, Redway KF, Taylor JD, Kremyda-Vlachou M, Davies S, Loftus TD, Lock MMG, Wright K, Dalby A, Snyder LAS, Wuster W, Trim S, Moschos SA. Bacterial Adaptation to Venom in Snakes and Arachnida. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0240821. [PMID: 35604233 PMCID: PMC9248900 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02408-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Animal venoms are considered sterile sources of antimicrobial compounds with strong membrane-disrupting activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria. However, venomous bite wound infections are common in developing nations. Investigating the envenomation organ and venom microbiota of five snake and two spider species, we observed venom community structures that depend on the host venomous animal species and evidenced recovery of viable microorganisms from black-necked spitting cobra (Naja nigricollis) and Indian ornamental tarantula (Poecilotheria regalis) venoms. Among the bacterial isolates recovered from N. nigricollis, we identified two venom-resistant, novel sequence types of Enterococcus faecalis whose genomes feature 16 virulence genes, indicating infectious potential, and 45 additional genes, nearly half of which improve bacterial membrane integrity. Our findings challenge the dogma of venom sterility and indicate an increased primary infection risk in the clinical management of venomous animal bite wounds. IMPORTANCE Notwithstanding their 3 to 5% mortality, the 2.7 million envenomation-related injuries occurring annually-predominantly across Africa, Asia, and Latin America-are also major causes of morbidity. Venom toxin-damaged tissue will develop infections in some 75% of envenomation victims, with E. faecalis being a common culprit of disease; however, such infections are generally considered to be independent of envenomation. Here, we provide evidence on venom microbiota across snakes and arachnida and report on the convergent evolution mechanisms that can facilitate adaptation to black-necked cobra venom in two independent E. faecalis strains, easily misidentified by biochemical diagnostics. Therefore, since inoculation with viable and virulence gene-harboring bacteria can occur during envenomation, acute infection risk management following envenomation is warranted, particularly for immunocompromised and malnourished victims in resource-limited settings. These results shed light on how bacteria evolve for survival in one of the most extreme environments on Earth and how venomous bites must be also treated for infections.
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- Elham Esmaeilishirazifard
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
- Westminster Genomic Services, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
- Westminster Genomic Services, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Psychology and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Social Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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- EMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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- Food and Drug Administration, Center for Veterinary Medicine, Office of Research, Laurel, Maryland, USA
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
- Westminster Genomic Services, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
- School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy, and Chemistry, Kingston University, London, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Ecology and Evolution at Bangor, School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom
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- Venomtech, Ltd., Sandwich, Kent, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
- Westminster Genomic Services, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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Enterococcus Virulence and Resistant Traits Associated with Its Permanence in the Hospital Environment. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11070857. [PMID: 35884110 PMCID: PMC9311936 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11070857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Enterococcus are opportunistic pathogens that have been gaining importance in the clinical setting, especially in terms of hospital-acquired infections. This problem has mainly been associated with the fact that these bacteria are able to present intrinsic and extrinsic resistance to different classes of antibiotics, with a great deal of importance being attributed to vancomycin-resistant enterococci. However, other aspects, such as the expression of different virulence factors including biofilm-forming ability, and its capacity of trading genetic information, makes this bacterial genus more capable of surviving harsh environmental conditions. All these characteristics, associated with some reports of decreased susceptibility to some biocides, all described in this literary review, allow enterococci to present a longer survival ability in the hospital environment, consequently giving them more opportunities to disseminate in these settings and be responsible for difficult-to-treat infections.
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Esfahani S, Ahmadrajabi R, Mollaei H, Saffari F. Co-Incidence of Type II Topoisomerase Mutations and Efflux Expression in High Fluoroquinolone Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Isolated from Urinary Tract Infections. Infect Drug Resist 2020; 13:553-559. [PMID: 32110065 PMCID: PMC7035903 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s237299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Introduction Enterococcus faecalis is one of the most common pathogens in urinary tract infections (UTIs). Fluoroquinolones have been frequently used to treat E. faecalis UTIs, and the emergence of fluoroquinolone-resistant E. faecalis strains has recently been reported in several countries. This study aimed to elucidate the mechanisms involved in fluoroquinolone resistance in clinical E. faecalis isolates by analyzing mutations in quinolone- resistance-determining regions (QRDRs) of gyrA and parC and investigating the role of some efflux pumps. Methods In total, 70 clinical E. faecalis isolates collected from UTIs were identified by phenotypic and genotypic methods. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed and multidrug-resistant (including ciprofloxacin resistant) isolates were studied for minimum inhibitory concentrations to ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, and ofloxacin. In the following, mutations in QRDRs of gyrA and parC and expression of EfrA, EfrB, and EmeA efflux pumps were investigated in 20 high-level ciprofloxacin resistant and two ciprofloxacin susceptible isolates. Results High-level resistance to ciprofloxacin was detected in 97.5% of isolates. Sequencing of QRDRs revealed that 65% and 75% of isolates carried mutations in gyrA and parC, respectively. The presence of efflux genes was detected in all studied isolates, but expression of efrA, emeA, and efrB was demonstrated in 50%, 40%, and 30% of resistant isolates, respectively. Neither QRDR mutation nor the expression of efflux genes showed any significant association with MIC. Conclusion Co-incidence of mutation and efflux gene expression in more than half of isolates (13/20) suggests that both mechanisms may play a role in fluoroquinolone resistance. The other unknown mechanisms including different efflux pumps and probably other QRDRs mutations may contribute to fluoroquinolone resistance in E. faecalis.
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- Sarvenaz Esfahani
- Department of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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The genus Enterococcus comprises a ubiquitous group of Gram-positive bacteria that are of great relevance to human health for their role as major causative agents of health care-associated infections. The enterococci are resilient and versatile species able to survive under harsh conditions, making them well adapted to the health care environment. Two species cause the majority of enterococcal infections: Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium Both species demonstrate intrinsic resistance to common antibiotics, such as virtually all cephalosporins, aminoglycosides, clindamycin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Additionally, a remarkably plastic genome allows these two species to readily acquire resistance to further antibiotics, such as high-level aminoglycoside resistance, high-level ampicillin resistance, and vancomycin resistance, either through mutation or by horizontal transfer of genetic elements conferring resistance determinants.
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- Mónica García-Solache
- Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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Kim YB, Seo HJ, Seo KW, Jeon HY, Kim DK, Kim SW, Lim SK, Lee YJ. Characteristics of High-Level Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium from Retail Chicken Meat in Korea. J Food Prot 2018; 81:1357-1363. [PMID: 30015506 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-18-046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Genes encoding ciprofloxacin resistance in enterococci in animals may be transferred to bacteria in the animal gut and to zoonotic bacteria where they could pose a human health hazard. The objective of this study was to characterize antimicrobial resistance in high-level ciprofloxacin-resistant (HLCR) Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolated from retail chicken meat. A total of 345 enterococci (335 E. faecalis and 10 E. faecium) were isolated from 200 chicken meat samples. Of these, 85 E. faecalis isolates and 1 E. faecium isolate were confirmed as HLCR enterococci. All 86 HLCR enterococci displayed gyrA- parC point mutations consisting of S83I-S80I (94.2%, 81 isolates), S83F-S80I (2.3%, 2 isolates), S83Y-S80I (2.3%, 2 isolates), and S83Y-S80F (1.2%, 1 isolate). Sixty-one (72.9%) of the 86 HLCR enterococci showed multidrug resistance to three to six classes of antimicrobial agents. Multilocus sequence typing revealed that E. faecalis had 17 different sequence types (ST) and E. faecium had 1 different ST, with ST256 observed most often (44 isolates, 51.8%). Although these results cannot exclude the possibility that pathotypes of enterococci isolated from chicken might represent transmission to or from humans, the foodborne HLCR E. faecalis indicated that the food chain is a potential route of enterococcal infection in humans.
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- Yeong Bin Kim
- 1 College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea (ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4754-0931 [Y.B.K.]); and
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- 1 College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea (ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4754-0931 [Y.B.K.]); and
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- 1 College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea (ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4754-0931 [Y.B.K.]); and
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- 1 College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea (ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4754-0931 [Y.B.K.]); and
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- 1 College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea (ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4754-0931 [Y.B.K.]); and
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- 1 College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea (ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4754-0931 [Y.B.K.]); and
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- 2 Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Gimcheon 39660, Republic of Korea
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- 1 College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea (ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4754-0931 [Y.B.K.]); and
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Draft Genome Sequence for a Clinical Isolate of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2016; 4:4/3/e00584-16. [PMID: 27340066 PMCID: PMC4919405 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00584-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We report here the draft genome sequence of a multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecalis strain, isolated from a patient at the University of Colorado Hospital. The genome assembly is 3,040,186 bp in length with 37.6% GC content. This isolate encodes eleven resistance genes, including those for glycopeptide, aminoglycoside, macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin, and tetracycline resistance.
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Xie J, Yi S, Zhu J, Li P, Liang B, Li H, Yang X, Wang L, Hao R, Jia L, Wu Z, Qiu S, Song H. Antimicrobial Resistance and Molecular Investigation of H2S-Negative Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Choleraesuis Isolates in China. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0139115. [PMID: 26431037 PMCID: PMC4592067 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Choleraesuis is a highly invasive pathogen of swine that frequently causes serious outbreaks, in particular in Asia, and can also cause severe invasive disease in humans. In this study, 21 S. Choleraesuis isolates, detected from 21 patients with diarrhea in China between 2010 and 2011, were found to include 19 H2S-negative S. Choleraesuis isolates and two H2S-positive isolates. This is the first report of H2S-negative S. Choleraesuis isolated from humans. The majority of H2S-negative isolates exhibited high resistance to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, gentamicin, tetracycline, ticarcillin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, but only six isolates were resistant to norfloxacin. In contrast, all of the isolates were sensitive to cephalosporins. Fifteen isolates were found to be multidrug resistant. In norfloxacin-resistant isolates, we detected mutations in the gyrA and parC genes and identified two new mutations in the parC gene. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multilocus sequence typing (MLST), and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) analysis were employed to investigate the genetic relatedness of H2S-negative and H2S-positive S. Choleraesuis isolates. PFGE revealed two groups, with all 19 H2S-negative S. Choleraesuis isolates belonging to Group I and H2S-positive isolates belonging to Group II. By MLST analysis, the H2S-negative isolates were all found to belong to ST68 and H2S-positive isolates belong to ST145. By CRISPR analysis, no significant differences in CRISPR 1 were detected; however, one H2S-negative isolate was found to contain three new spacers in CRISPR 2. All 19 H2S-negative isolates also possessed a frame-shift mutation at position 760 of phsA gene compared with H2S-positive isolates, which may be responsible for the H2S-negative phenotype. Moreover, the 19 H2S-negative isolates have similar PFGE patterns and same mutation site in the phsA gene, these results indicated that these H2S-negative isolates may have been prevalent in China. These findings suggested that surveillance should be increased of H2S-negative S. Choleraesuis in China.
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- Jing Xie
- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100071, China
- Xiangya Basic Medical College, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, China
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- Clinical Diagnostic Center, 302 Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100071, China
- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong, 030800, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100071, China
- * E-mail: (HS); (SQ)
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- Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100071, China
- * E-mail: (HS); (SQ)
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Pericás JM, Zboromyrska Y, Cervera C, Castañeda X, Almela M, Garcia-de-la-Maria C, Mestres C, Falces C, Quintana E, Ninot S, Llopis J, Marco F, Moreno A, Miró JM. Enterococcal endocarditis revisited. Future Microbiol 2015; 10:1215-40. [PMID: 26118390 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.15.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The Enterococcus species is the third main cause of infective endocarditis (IE) worldwide, and it is gaining relevance, especially among healthcare-associated cases. Patients with enterococcal IE are older and have more comorbidities than other types of IE. Classical treatment options are limited due to the emergence of high-level aminoglycosides resistance (HLAR), vancomycin resistance and multidrug resistance in some cases. Besides, few new antimicrobial alternatives have shown real efficacy, despite some of them being recommended by major guidelines (including linezolid and daptomycin). Ampicillin plus ceftriaxone 2 g iv./12 h is a good option for Enterococcus faecalis IE caused by HLAR strains, but randomized clinical trials are essential to demonstrate its efficacy for non-HLAR EFIE and to compare it with ampicillin plus short-course gentamicin. The main mechanisms of resistance and treatment options are also reviewed for other enterococcal species.
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- J M Pericás
- Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS (Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Pi i Sunyer), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinical Microbiology Service, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS (Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Pi i Sunyer), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS (Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Pi i Sunyer), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinical Microbiology Service, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS (Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Pi i Sunyer), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Surgery Service, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiology Service, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Surgery Service, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Surgery Service, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Statistics, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Ctr. Int. Health Res. (CRESIB), Microbiology Service, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS (Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Pi i Sunyer), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS (Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Pi i Sunyer), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Yamanaka H, Takagi T, Ohsawa M, Yamamoto N, Kubo N, Takemoto T, Sasano S, Masuyama R, Ohsawa K. Identification and characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species frequently isolated from laboratory mice. Exp Anim 2015; 63:297-304. [PMID: 25077759 PMCID: PMC4206733 DOI: 10.1538/expanim.63.297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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To determine the prevalence of drug resistant bacteria colonizing laboratory mice, we isolated and characterized vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species (VRE) from commercially available mice. A total of 24 VRE isolates were obtained from 19 of 21 mouse strains supplied by 4 commercial breeding companies. Of these, 19 isolates of E. gallinarum and 5 isolates of E. casseliflavus possessing the vanC1 and vanC2/3 genes intrinsically, exhibited intermediate resistance to vancomycin respectively. In addition, these isolates also exhibited diverse resistant patterns to erythromycin, tetracycline, and ciprofloxacin, whereas the use of antibiotics had not been undertaken in mouse strains tested in this study. Although 6 virulence-associated genes (ace, asa, cylA, efaA, esp, and gelE) and secretion of gelatinase and hemolysin were not detected in all isolates, 23 of 24 isolates including the isolates of E. casselifalvus secreted ATP into culture supernatants. Since secretion of ATP by bacteria resident in the intestinal tract modulates the local immune responses, the prevalence of ATP-secreting VRE in mice therefore needs to be considered in animal experiments that alter the gut microflora by use of antibiotics.
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- Hitoki Yamanaka
- Division of Comparative Medicine, Center for Frontier Life Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan
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Antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi isolates from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2014; 58:6501-7. [PMID: 25136011 DOI: 10.1128/aac.03608-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We characterized Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Vietnam to investigate their genetic relatedness and antimicrobial resistance. The isolates from Bangladesh and Vietnam were genetically closely related but were distant from those from Indonesia and Taiwan. All but a few isolates from Indonesia and Taiwan were susceptible to all antimicrobials tested. The majority of isolates from Bangladesh and Vietnam were multidrug resistant (MDR) and belonged to the widespread haplotype H58 clone. IncHI1 plasmids were detected in all MDR S. Typhi isolates from Vietnam but in only 15% of MDR isolates from Bangladesh. Resistance genes in the majority of MDR S. Typhi isolates from Bangladesh should reside in the chromosome. Among the isolates from Bangladesh, 82% and 40% were resistant to various concentrations of nalidixic acid and ciprofloxacin, respectively. Several resistance mechanisms, including alterations in gyrase A, the presence of QnrS, and enhanced efflux pumps, were involved in the reduced susceptibility and resistance to fluoroquinolones. Intensive surveillance is necessary to monitor the spread of chromosome-mediated MDR and fluoroquinolone-resistant S. Typhi emerging in Bangladesh.
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Rathnayake IU, Hargreaves M, Huygens F. Antibiotic resistance and virulence traits in clinical and environmental Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolates. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:326-33. [PMID: 22742879 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2012.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2012] [Revised: 05/21/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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This study compared virulence and antibiotic resistance traits in clinical and environmental Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolates. E. faecalis isolates harboured a broader spectrum of virulence determinants compared to E. faecium isolates. The virulence traits Cyl-A, Cyl-B, Cyl-M, gel-E, esp and acm were tested and environmental isolates predominantly harboured gel-E (80% of E. faecalis and 31.9% of E. faecium) whereas esp was more prevalent in clinical isolates (67.8% of E. faecalis and 70.4% of E. faecium). E. faecalis and E. faecium isolated from water had different antibiotic resistance patterns compared to those isolated from clinical samples. Linezolid resistance was not observed in any isolates tested and vancomycin resistance was observed only in clinical isolates. Resistance to other antibiotics (tetracycline, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin and ampicillin) was detected in both clinical and water isolates. Clinical isolates were more resistant to all the antibiotics tested compared to water isolates. Multi-drug resistance was more prevalent in clinical isolates (71.2% of E. faecalis and 70.3% of E. faecium) compared to water isolates (only 5.7% E. faecium). tet L and tet M genes were predominantly identified in tetracycline-resistant isolates. All water and clinical isolates resistant to ciprofloxacin and ampicillin contained mutations in the gyrA, parC and pbp5 genes. A significant correlation was found between the presence of virulence determinants and antibiotic resistance in all the isolates tested in this study (p<0.05). The presence of antibiotic resistant enterococci, together with associated virulence traits, in surface recreational water could be a public health risk.
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- I U Rathnayake
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
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Amino acid substitutions of quinolone resistance determining regions in GyrA and ParC associated with quinolone resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter genomic species 13TU. JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, AND INFECTION = WEI MIAN YU GAN RAN ZA ZHI 2012; 45:108-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2011.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2011] [Revised: 07/01/2011] [Accepted: 07/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Enterococcus: resistencias fenotípicas y genotípicas y epidemiología en España. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2011; 29 Suppl 5:59-65. [DOI: 10.1016/s0213-005x(11)70045-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Mechanisms of and risk factors for fluoroquinolone resistance in clinical Enterococcus faecalis isolates from patients with urinary tract infections. J Clin Microbiol 2011; 49:3912-6. [PMID: 21918020 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.05549-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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We examined Enterococcus faecalis strains clinically isolated from 100 patients with urinary tract infections (UTIs) for their susceptibility to levofloxacin (LVX) by measuring the MIC and investigated amino acid mutations by direct DNA sequencing, which were then correlated with LVX resistance. Next, we studied risk factors for LVX resistance, such as age, gender, and previous fluoroquinolone use, and investigated the statistical correlation of these risk factors with each amino acid mutation and LVX resistance. Of the 100 isolates tested, 14 isolates showed LVX resistance and all of these isolates had amino acid mutations. We demonstrated that 2 out of 4 mutations (Ser83-to-Ile in gyrA and Ser80-to-Ile in parC) had a significant correlation with LVX resistance. There was a significant relationship between isolates with 2 or 3 amino acid mutations and LVX resistance. In addition, we found a significant correlation between the previous use of fluoroquinolones and LVX resistance or the presence of mutations and also demonstrated that previous use of other types of antibiotics was significantly related to the presence of mutations by multivariate analysis. In conclusion, we found significant correlation between amino acid mutations in E. faecalis, LVX resistance, and risk factors such as previous use of fluoroquinolones.
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Fukao M, Tomita H, Yakabe T, Nomura T, Ike Y, Yajima N. Assessment of antibiotic resistance in probiotic strain Lactobacillus brevis KB290. J Food Prot 2009; 72:1923-9. [PMID: 19777895 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-72.9.1923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Our purpose was to investigate the safety of the probiotic strain Lactobacillus brevis KB290. The European Qualified Presumption of Safety (QPS) evaluation approach was applied to the strain. We determined the strain's antibiotic resistance, verified it at the genetic level, and determined whether it could be transferred to intestinal microflora. Of 14 antibiotics tested, 11 showed MICs within the limits of the QPS criteria. However, the L. brevis KB290 MICs of ciprofloxacin (a fluoroquinolone), tetracycline, and vancomycin were two, four, and eight times, respectively, the breakpoint MICs suggested by the European Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition, and the MIC of tetracycline was eight times the breakpoint MIC suggested by the European Scientific Panel on Additives and Products or Substances Used in Animal Feed. Using analysis of gapped-genome sequences, we found no known transferable determinants for tetracycline or vancomycin resistance, and we found no mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining regions of the genes encoding GyrA or ParC for ciprofloxacin resistance associated with insertion sequences, integrons, or transposons. These data were confirmed by using PCR primers specific for the respective genes. We assessed the transferability of the resistance traits in conjugation experiments with enterococci and obtained no transconjugants, strongly suggesting that the resistance traits were not transferable. This study demonstrated that the antibiotic resistance observed in L. brevis KB290 was due not to dedicated mechanisms but to intrinsic resistance. According to the QPS criteria, these results provide safety assurance for the ongoing use of L. brevis KB290 as a probiotic.
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- Masanori Fukao
- Probiotics Research Department, Research Institute, Kagome Company, Limited, 17 Nishitomiyama, Nasushiobara, Tochigi, 329-2762, Japan.
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Antibiotic resistance of enterococci in American bison (Bison bison) from a nature preserve compared to that of Enterococci in pastured cattle. Appl Environ Microbiol 2008; 74:1726-30. [PMID: 18245252 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02164-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Enterococci isolated from a bison population on a native tall-grass prairie preserve in Kansas were characterized and compared to enterococci isolated from pastured cattle. The species diversity was dominated by Enterococcus casseliflavus in bison (62.4%), while Enterococcus hirae was the most common isolate from cattle (39.7%). Enterococcus faecalis was the second most common species isolated from bison (16%). In cattle, E. faecalis and Enterococcus faecium were isolated at lower percentages (3.2% and 1.6%, respectively). No resistance to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, gentamicin, or high levels of vancomycin was detected from either source. Tetracycline and erythromycin resistance phenotypes, encoded by tetO and ermB, respectively, were common in cattle isolates (42.9% and 12.7%, respectively). A significant percentage of bison isolates (8% and 4%, respectively) were also resistant to these two antibiotics. The tetracycline resistance genes from both bison and cattle isolates resided on mobile genetic elements and showed a transfer frequency of 10(-6) per donor, whereas erythromycin resistance was not transferable. Resistance to ciprofloxacin was found to be higher in enterococci from bison (14.4%) than in enterococci isolated from cattle (9.5%). The bison population can serve as a sentinel population for studying the spread and origin of antibiotic resistance.
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Vicca J, Maes D, Stakenborg T, Butaye P, Minion F, Peeters J, de Kruif A, Decostere A, Haesebrouck F. Resistance Mechanism Against Fluoroquinolones inMycoplasma hyopneumoniaeField Isolates. Microb Drug Resist 2007; 13:166-70. [DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2007.716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- J. Vicca
- Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
- Department of Bacteriology, Pathology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- CODA-CERVA, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
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- CODA-CERVA, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ames, Iowa
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- CODA-CERVA, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Bacteriology, Pathology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Bacteriology, Pathology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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Arsène S, Leclercq R. Role of a qnr-like gene in the intrinsic resistance of Enterococcus faecalis to fluoroquinolones. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007; 51:3254-8. [PMID: 17620379 PMCID: PMC2043171 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00274-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Fluoroquinolones are poorly active against enterococci. Recently, plasmid-borne resistance to fluoroquinolones due to the qnr gene was reported in members of the Enterobacteriaceae family. The gene encodes a pentapeptide repeat protein that protects DNA gyrase from inhibition by fluoroquinolones. We have identified in the genome of Enterococcus faecalis V583 a qnr-like gene, named E. faecalis qnr (qnr(E. faecalis)), encoding a putative pentapeptide repeat protein that shares 25% identity with Qnr. To assess its potential role in the intrinsic resistance of E. faecalis to fluoroquinolones, qnr(E. faecalis) was inactivated in E. faecalis JH2-2 by insertion of the thermosensitive vector pG1KT. This strain was then complemented with qnr(E. faecalis) cloned in the multicopy plasmid pORI23. The effects of its overexpression were also studied. Inactivation of the qnr(E. faecalis) gene resulted in twofold decreases in the MICs of ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin. When the gene was complemented or overexpressed, MICs of fluoroquinolones increased four- to nine-fold, leading to MICs of ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin equal to 32 mug/ml and 8 mug/ml, respectively. The E. faecalis Qnr (Qnr(E. faecalis)) protein was produced and purified. Qnr(E. faecalis) protein protected Escherichia coli DNA gyrase from inhibition by ofloxacin. The qnr(E. faecalis) gene was then introduced into E. coli DH10B, Staphylococcus aureus RN4220, and Lactococcus lactis IL-1419 to study its heterologous expression. MICs of the various fluoroquinolones tested increased 4- to 16-fold, showing that Qnr(E. faecalis) conferred resistance to fluoroquinolones in various bacterial backgrounds. Overexpression of qnr(E. faecalis) in enterococci or mobilization of the gene to other bacterial species may be anticipated as a possible new mechanism for fluoroquinolone resistance.
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- Stéphanie Arsène
- CHU de Caen, Service de Microbiologie, avenue Côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen cedex, France
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Escudero JA, San Millan A, Catalan A, de la Campa AG, Rivero E, Lopez G, Dominguez L, Moreno MA, Gonzalez-Zorn B. First characterization of fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus suis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006; 51:777-82. [PMID: 17116660 PMCID: PMC1797769 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00972-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have identified and sequenced the genes encoding the quinolone-resistance determining region (QRDR) of ParC and GyrA in fluoroquinolone-susceptible and -resistant Streptococcus suis clinical isolates. Resistance is the consequence of single point mutations in the QRDRs of ParC and GyrA and is not due to clonal spread of resistant strains or horizontal gene transfer with other bacteria.
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- Jose Antonio Escudero
- Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Oyamada Y, Ito H, Inoue M, Yamagishi JI. Topoisomerase mutations and efflux are associated with fluoroquinolone resistance in Enterococcus faecalis. J Med Microbiol 2006; 55:1395-1401. [PMID: 17005789 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46636-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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To understand better the mechanisms of fluoroquinolone resistance in Enterococcus faecalis, fluoroquinolone-resistant mutants isolated from Ent. faecalis ATCC 29212 by stepwise selection with sparfloxacin (SPX) and norfloxacin (NOR) were analysed. The results showed the following. (i) In general, fluoroquinolone-resistance mechanisms in Ent. faecalis are similar to those in other Gram-positive bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae, namely, mutants with amino acid changes in both GyrA and ParC exhibited high fluoroquinolone resistance, and single GyrA mutants and a single ParC mutant were more resistant to SPX and NOR, respectively, than the parent strain, indicating that the primary targets of SPX and NOR in Ent. faecalis are DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV, respectively. (ii) Alterations in GyrB (ΔKGA, residues 395–397) and ParE (Glu-459 to Lys) were associated with fluoroquinolone resistance in some mutants. Moreover, the facts that the NOR MIC, but not the SPX MIC, decreased in the presence of multidrug efflux pump inhibitors, that NOR accumulation decreased in the cells, and that the EmeA mRNA expression level did not change, strongly suggested that a NorA-like efflux pump, rather than EmeA, was involved in resistance to NOR.
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- Yoshihiro Oyamada
- Pharmacology Research Laboratories, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd, Enoki 33-94, Osaka 564-0053, Japan
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- Pharmacology Research Laboratories, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd, Enoki 33-94, Osaka 564-0053, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kitasato University, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 228-8555, Japan
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- Technology Research and Development Center, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd, Ebie 1-5-51, Fukushima-ku, Osaka 553-0001, Japan
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Leavis HL, Willems RJL, Top J, Bonten MJM. High-level ciprofloxacin resistance from point mutations in gyrA and parC confined to global hospital-adapted clonal lineage CC17 of Enterococcus faecium. J Clin Microbiol 2006; 44:1059-64. [PMID: 16517894 PMCID: PMC1393140 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.44.3.1059-1064.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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To substantiate a common genetic background of ciprofloxacin-resistant Enterococcus faecium, 32 ciprofloxacin-resistant (Cip(r)) and 31 ciprofloxacin-susceptible (Cip(s)) isolates from outbreaks, clinical infections, surveillances, and animals from 10 different countries were genotyped by multilocus sequence typing. Additionally, susceptibilities to ampicillin and vancomycin and the presence of esp were determined and the quinolone resistance-determining regions of parC, gyrA, parB, and gyrE were sequenced. High-level Cip(r) (MIC > or = 64 microg/ml) due to point mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining region was unique to a distinct hospital-adapted genetic complex in E. faecium, previously designated CC17. Low-level Cip(r) (MIC = 4 microg/ml) in non-CC17 strains is not attributable to point mutations in any subunit of the topoisomerase genes, and the mechanism of resistance remains unclear. Acquisition of mutations in parC and gyrA, leading to high-level Cip(r), is, in addition to ampicillin resistance and the presence of a putative pathogenicity island, another cumulative step in hospital adaptation of CC17.
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- Helen L Leavis
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, Eijkman-Winkler Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Rm G04.614, 3584CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Oyamada Y, Ito H, Fujimoto K, Asada R, Niga T, Okamoto R, Inoue M, Yamagishi JI. Combination of known and unknown mechanisms confers high-level resistance to fluoroquinolones in Enterococcus faecium. J Med Microbiol 2006; 55:729-736. [PMID: 16687591 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46303-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In order to elucidate the mechanisms of fluoroquinolone resistance in Enterococcus faecium, spontaneous mutants isolated from Ent. faecium ATCC 19434 by stepwise selection with sparfloxacin (SPX) or norfloxacin (NOR) and 13 clinical isolates of Ent. faecium were characterized by analysing quinolone-resistance-determining regions (QRDRs) of the gyrA, gyrB, parC and parE genes and examining changes in MICs of SPX and NOR in the presence of efflux pump inhibitors. The SPX-selected first-step mutant had a point mutation only in gyrA, and the mutants QR7-18 and QR7-39, and clinical isolates that had point mutations in parC, showed NOR resistance. These results indicate that the primary targets of SPX and NOR are DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV, respectively, and therefore that the primary target of fluoroquinolones in Ent. faecium differs depending on the structure of the compound used. The characterization of the spontaneous mutants and the clinical isolates demonstrates that in addition to the previously reported alterations in GyrA and ParC, an alteration in GyrB, a NorA-like pump, an unknown efflux pump, which excretes both SPX and NOR from bacterial cells, and probably other unknown mechanism(s) all contribute to fluoroquinolone resistance in Ent. faecium.
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- Yoshihiro Oyamada
- Pharmacology and Microbiology Research Laboratories, Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, Enoki 33-94, Suita, Osaka 564-0053, Japan
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- Pharmacology and Microbiology Research Laboratories, Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, Enoki 33-94, Suita, Osaka 564-0053, Japan
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- Pharmacology and Microbiology Research Laboratories, Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, Enoki 33-94, Suita, Osaka 564-0053, Japan
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- Pharmacology and Microbiology Research Laboratories, Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, Enoki 33-94, Suita, Osaka 564-0053, Japan
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- Pharmacology and Microbiology Research Laboratories, Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, Enoki 33-94, Suita, Osaka 564-0053, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine and Environmental Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine and Environmental Infectious Disease, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Pharmacology and Microbiology Research Laboratories, Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, Enoki 33-94, Suita, Osaka 564-0053, Japan
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Chang CC, Lin YH, Chang CF, Yeh KS, Chiu CH, Chu C, Chien MS, Hsu YM, Tsai LS, Chiou CS. Epidemiologic relationship between fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Choleraesuis strains isolated from humans and pigs in Taiwan (1997 to 2002). J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:2798-804. [PMID: 15956400 PMCID: PMC1151913 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.43.6.2798-2804.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The emergence of ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis in recent years has become an important public health issue in Taiwan. The resistant strains that cause human infections are considered to be from pigs. In this study, we characterized 157 swine and 42 human Salmonella serovar Choleraesuis isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and drug susceptibility testing to investigate the epidemiologic relationship among the isolates. By PFGE analyses, two major clusters (clusters GA and GB) were identified. Isolates in cluster GA were of both human and swine origins, while those in cluster GB were from pigs only. Among the various genotypes identified, genotype gt-1a was the most prevalent, which was found in 71% (30 of 42) and 48% (76 of 157) of human and swine isolates, respectively. The susceptibility tests for the 106 gt-1a isolates identified 44 susceptibility profiles and showed that 73% of human isolates and 34% of swine isolates were resistant to three fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin, and norfloxacin). Our findings indicate that a clonal group of Salmonella serovar Choleraesuis may have been circulating in human and swine populations in Taiwan for years and that the fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella serovar Choleraesuis strains most likely evolved from a gt-1a clone that emerged in 2000 and that then caused widespread infections in humans and pigs. Nevertheless, it is still debatable whether those Salmonella infections in humans are caused by isolates derived from pigs, on the basis of the higher fluoroquinolone and other antimicrobial resistance percentages in human isolates than in pig isolates.
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- Chao-Chin Chang
- Graduate Instituteof Veterinary Public Health, National Chung Hsing university, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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Kim MJ, Hirono I, Aoki T. Detection of quinolone-resistance genes in Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida strains by targeting-induced local lesions in genomes. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2005; 28:463-71. [PMID: 16159364 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2005.00652.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Quinolone-resistant strains of the fish-pathogenic bacterium, Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida are distributed widely in cultured yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata (Temminck & Schlegel), in Japan. The quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) was amplified with degenerate primers, followed by cassette ligation-mediated PCR. Open reading frames encoding proteins of 875 and 755 amino acid residues were detected in the gyrA and parC genes, respectively. Resistant strains of P. damselae subsp. piscicida carried a point mutation only in the gyrA QRDR leading to a Ser-to-Ile substitution at residue position 83. No amino acid alterations were discovered in the ParC sequence. A mutation in the gyrA gene was also detected in nalidixic acid-resistant mutants of strain SP96002 obtained from agar medium containing increased levels of quinolone. These results suggest that GyrA, as in other Gram-negative bacteria, is a target of quinolone in P. damselae subsp. piscicida. Furthermore, we attempted to detect a point mutation using targeting-induced local lesions in genomes (TILLING), which is a general strategy used for the detection of a variety of induced point mutations and naturally occurring polymorphisms. We developed a new detection method for the rapid and large-scale identification of quinolone-resistant strains of P. damselae subsp. piscicida using TILLING.
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- M-J Kim
- Laboratory of Genome Science, Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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Korzheva N, Davies TA, Goldschmidt R. Novel Ser79Leu and Ser81Ile substitutions in the quinolone resistance-determining regions of ParC topoisomerase IV and GyrA DNA gyrase subunits from recent fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005; 49:2479-86. [PMID: 15917550 PMCID: PMC1140505 DOI: 10.1128/aac.49.6.2479-2486.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae to fluoroquinolones is caused predominantly by amino acid substitutions at positions Ser79 of ParC and Ser81 of GyrA to either Phe or Tyr encoded in the quinolone resistance-determining regions of the parC topoisomerase IV and gyrA DNA gyrase genes. Analysis of highly resistant clinical isolates identified novel second-step substitutions, Ser79Leu (ParC) and Ser81Ile (GyrA). To determine contributions of these new mutations to fluoroquinolone resistance either alone or in combination with other Ser79/81 alleles, the substitutions Ser79Leu/Phe/Tyr in ParC and Ser81Ile/Phe/Tyr in GyrA were introduced into the R6 background, resulting in 15 isogenic strains. Their level of fluoroquinolone resistance was determined by susceptibility testing for ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, gatifloxacin, gemifloxacin, garenoxacin, and norfloxacin. Leu79 and Ile81 alone as well as 79/81Phe/Tyr substitutions did not contribute significantly to resistance, with fluoroquinolone MICs increasing two- to fourfold compared to wild type for all agents tested. Fluoroquinolone MICs for double transformants ParC Ser79Phe/Tyr/Leu-GyrA Ser81Phe/Tyr were uniformly increased by 8- to 64-fold regardless of pairs of amino acid substitutions. However, combinations including Ile81 conferred two- to fourfold-higher levels of resistance than did combinations including any other Ser81 GyrA substitution, thus demonstrating the differential effects of diverse amino acid substitutions at particular hotspots on fluoroquinolone MICs.
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- Nataliya Korzheva
- Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C., 1000 Route 202, Raritan, NJ 08869-0602, USA
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Woodford N. Biological counterstrike: antibiotic resistance mechanisms of Gram-positive cocci. Clin Microbiol Infect 2005; 11 Suppl 3:2-21. [PMID: 15811020 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01140.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The development of antibiotic resistance by bacteria is an evolutionary inevitability, a convincing demonstration of their ability to adapt to adverse environmental conditions. Since the emergence of penicillinase-producing Staphylococcus aureus in the 1940s, staphylococci, enterococci and streptococci have proved themselves adept at developing or acquiring mechanisms that confer resistance to all clinically available antibacterial classes. The increasing problems of methicillin-resistant S. aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci (MRSA and MRCoNS), glycopeptide-resistant enterococci and penicillin-resistant pneumococci in the 1980s, and recognition of glycopeptide-intermediate S. aureus in the 1990s and, most recently, of fully vancomycin-resistant isolates of S. aureus have emphasised our need for new anti-Gram-positive agents. Antibiotic resistance is one of the major public health concerns for the beginning of the 21st century. The pharmaceutical industry has responded with the development of oxazolidinones, lipopeptides, injectable streptogramins, ketolides, glycylcyclines, second-generation glycopeptides and novel fluoroquinolones. However, clinical use of these novel agents will cause new selective pressures and will continue to drive the development of resistance. This review describes the various antibiotic resistance mechanisms identified in isolates of staphylococci, enterococci and streptococci, including mechanisms of resistance to recently introduced anti-Gram-positive agents.
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- N Woodford
- Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring and Reference Laboratory, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London NW9 5HT, UK.
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Grohs P, Houssaye S, Aubert A, Gutmann L, Varon E. In vitro activities of garenoxacin (BMS-284756) against Streptococcus pneumoniae, viridans group streptococci, and Enterococcus faecalis compared to those of six other quinolones. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004; 47:3542-7. [PMID: 14576115 PMCID: PMC253772 DOI: 10.1128/aac.47.11.3542-3547.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The activity of garenoxacin, a new quinolone, was determined in comparison with other quinolones against different strains of S. pneumoniae, viridans group streptococci (VGS), and Enterococcus faecalis. Strains were quinolone-susceptible clinical isolates and quinolone-resistant strains with defined mechanisms of resistance obtained from either clinical isolates or derivatives of S. pneumoniae R6. Clinical quinolone-susceptible strains of S. pneumoniae, VGS and E. faecalis showed garenoxacin MICs within a range of 0.03 microg/ml to 0.25 micro g/ml. Garenoxacin MICs increased two- to eightfold when one mutation was present in the ParC quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR), fourfold when one mutation was present in the GyrA QRDR (S. pneumoniae), 8- to 64-fold when two or three mutations were associated in ParC and GyrA QRDR, and 2,048-fold when two mutations were present in both the GyrA and ParC QRDRs (Streptococcus pneumoniae). Increased active efflux had a moderate effect on garenoxacin MICs for S. pneumoniae and VGS. Against S. pneumoniae, garenoxacin behaved like moxifloxacin and sparfloxacin, being more affected by a single gyrA mutation than by a single parC mutation. Although garenoxacin was generally two- to fourfold more active than moxifloxacin against the different wild-type or mutant strains of S. pneumoniae, VGS, and E. faecalis, it was two- to fourfold less active than gemifloxacin. At four times the respective MIC for each strain, the bactericidal effect of garenoxacin, observed at 6 h for S. pneumoniae and at 24 h for S. oralis and E. faecalis, was not influenced by the presence of mutation either in the ParC or in both the ParC and GyrA QRDRs.
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- Patrick Grohs
- Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, 75908 Paris Cedex 15, France
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Petersen A, Jensen LB. Analysis of gyrA and parC mutations in enterococci from environmental samples with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2004; 231:73-6. [PMID: 14769469 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1097(03)00929-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2003] [Revised: 12/05/2003] [Accepted: 12/05/2003] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The quinolone resistance determining regions of gyrA and parC in four species of enterococci from environmental samples with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin were sequenced. The nucleotide sequence variations of parC could be related to the different enterococcal species. Mutations in Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium related to reduced susceptibility were identical to mutations detected in E. faecalis and E. faecium of clinical origin. A minimal inhibitory concentration of 8 microg ml(-1) to ciprofloxacin was not associated with any mutations in the gyrA and parC gene of Enterococcus casseliflavus and Enterococcus gallinarum. These two species may be intrinsically less susceptible to ciprofloxacin.
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- Andreas Petersen
- The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Stigbøjlen 4, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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Klare I, Konstabel C, Badstübner D, Werner G, Witte W. Occurrence and spread of antibiotic resistances in Enterococcus faecium. Int J Food Microbiol 2003; 88:269-90. [PMID: 14597000 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1605(03)00190-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Enterococci are the second to third most important bacterial genus in hospital infections. Especially Enterococcus (E.) faecium possesses a broad spectrum of natural and acquired antibiotic resistances which are presented in detail in this paper. From medical point of view, the transferable resistances to glycopeptides (e.g., vancomycin, VAN, or teicoplanin, TPL) and streptogramins (e.g., quinupristin/dalfopristin, Q/D) in enterococci are of special interest. The VanA type of enterococcal glycopeptide resistance is the most important one (VAN-r, TPL-r); its main reservoir is E. faecium. Glycopeptide-resistant E. faecium (GREF) can be found in hospitals and outside of them, namely in European commercial animal husbandry in which the glycopeptide avoparcin (AVO) was used as growth promoter in the past. There are identical types of the vanA gene clusters in enterococci from different ecological origins (faecal samples of animals, animal feed, patients in hospitals, persons in the community, waste water samples). Obviously, across the food chain (by GREF-contaminated meat products), these multiple-resistant bacteria or their vanA gene clusters can reach humans. In hospital infections, widespread epidemic-virulent E. faecium isolates of the same clone with or without glycopeptide resistance can occur; these strains often harbour different plasmids and the esp gene. This indicates that hospital-adapted epidemic-virulent E. faecium strains have picked up the vanA gene cluster after they were already widely spread. The streptogramin virginiamycin was also used as feed additive in commercial animal husbandry in Europe for more than 20 years, and it created reservoirs for streptogramin-resistant E. faecium (SREF). In 1998/1999, SREF could be isolated in Germany from waste water of sewage treatment plants, from faecal samples and meat products of animals that were fed virginiamycin (cross resistance to Q/D), from stools of humans in the community, and from clinical samples. These isolations of SREF occurred in a time before the streptogramin combination Q/D was introduced for therapeutic purposes in German hospitals in May 2000, while other streptogramins were not used in German clinics. This seems to indicate that the origin of these SREF or their streptogramin resistance gene(s) originated from other sources outside the hospitals, probably from commercial animal husbandry. In order to prevent the dissemination of multiple antibiotic-resistant enterococci or their transferable resistance genes, a prudent use of antibiotics is necessary in human and veterinary medicine, and in animal husbandry.
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- Ingo Klare
- Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Burgstrasse 37, D-38855 Wernigerode, Germany.
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Soussy CJ. État actuel de la sensibilité de Streptococcus pneumoniae aux fluoroquinolones en France et dans le monde. Med Mal Infect 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0399-077x(02)00017-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Onodera Y, Okuda J, Tanaka M, Sato K. Inhibitory activities of quinolones against DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV of Enterococcus faecalis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002; 46:1800-4. [PMID: 12019093 PMCID: PMC127212 DOI: 10.1128/aac.46.6.1800-1804.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have cloned the DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV genes of Enterococcus faecalis to examine the actions of quinolones against E. faecalis genetically and enzymatically. We first generated levofloxacin-resistant mutants of E. faecalis by stepwise selection with increasing drug concentrations and analyzed the quinolone resistance-determining regions of gyrA and parC from the resistant mutants. Isogenic mutants with low-level resistance contained a mutation in gyrA, whereas those with higher levels of resistance had mutations in both gyrA and parC. These results suggested that gyrA is the primary target for levofloxacin in E. faecalis. We then purified the recombinant DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV enzymes of E. faecalis and measured the in vitro inhibitory activities of quinolones against these enzymes. The 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC(50)s) of levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, sparfloxacin, tosufloxacin, and gatifloxacin for DNA gyrase were found to be higher than those for topoisomerase IV. In conflict with the genetic data, these results indicated that topoisomerase IV would be the primary target for quinolones in E. faecalis. Among the quinolones tested, the IC(50) of sitafloxacin (DU-6859a), which shows the greatest potency against enterococci, for DNA gyrase was almost equal to that for topoisomerase IV; its IC(50)s were the lowest among those of all the quinolones tested. These results indicated that other factors can modulate the effect of target affinity to determine the bacterial killing pathway, but the highest inhibitory actions against both enzymes correlated with good antienterococcal activities.
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- Yoshikuni Onodera
- New Product Research Laboratories I, Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
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Coyle EA, Kaatz GW, Rybak MJ. Activities of newer fluoroquinolones against ciprofloxacin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2001; 45:1654-9. [PMID: 11353608 PMCID: PMC90528 DOI: 10.1128/aac.45.6.1654-1659.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The incidence of ciprofloxacin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae is low but steadily increasing, which raises concerns regarding the clinical impact of potential cross-resistance with newer fluoroquinolones. To investigate this problem, we utilized an in vitro pharmacodynamic model and compared the activities of gatifloxacin, grepafloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, and trovafloxacin to that of ciprofloxacin against two laboratory-derived, ciprofloxacin-resistant derivatives of S. pneumoniae (strains R919 and R921). Ciprofloxacin resistance in these strains involved the activity of a multidrug efflux pump and possibly, for R919, a mutation resulting in an amino acid substitution in GyrA. Gatifloxacin, grepafloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, and trovafloxacin achieved 99.9% killing of both R919 and R921 in < or =28 h. With respect to levofloxacin, significant regrowth of both mutants was observed at 48 h (P < 0.05). For gatifloxacin, grepafloxacin, moxifloxacin, and trovafloxacin, regrowth was minimal at 48 h, with each maintaining 99.9% killing against both mutants. No killing of either R919 or R921 was observed with exposure to ciprofloxacin. During model experiments, resistance to gatifloxacin, grepafloxacin, moxifloxacin, and trovafloxacin did not develop but the MICs of ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin increased 1 to 2 dilutions for both R919 and R921. Although specific area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 24 h (AUC(0--24))/MIC and maximum concentration of drug in serum (C(max))/MIC ratios have not been defined for the fluoroquinolones with respect to gram-positive organisms, our study revealed that significant regrowth and/or resistance was associated with AUC(0-24)/MIC ratios of < or =31.7 and C(max)/MIC ratios of < or =3.1. It is evident that the newer fluoroquinolones tested possess improved activity against S. pneumoniae, including strains for which ciprofloxacin MICs were elevated.
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- E A Coyle
- The Anti-Infective Research Laboratory and Department of Pharmacy Services, Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Gold HS. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci: mechanisms and clinical observations. Clin Infect Dis 2001; 33:210-9. [PMID: 11418881 DOI: 10.1086/321815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2000] [Revised: 12/18/2000] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Enterococci are not generally regarded as highly virulent bacterial pathogens. However, resistance to many antimicrobial drugs complicates treatment of enterococcal infections. Acquired resistance to high concentrations of glycopeptide antibiotics, specifically vancomycin, has exacerbated this problem. This article seeks to concisely review the mechanisms of that resistance and its effects on clinical management of enterococcal infections, as well as clinical microbiology and infection control.
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- H S Gold
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Boos M, Mayer S, Fischer A, Köhrer K, Scheuring S, Heisig P, Verhoef J, Fluit AC, Schmitz FJ. In vitro development of resistance to six quinolones in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2001; 45:938-42. [PMID: 11181385 PMCID: PMC90398 DOI: 10.1128/aac.45.3.938-942.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Staphylococcus aureus isolates were exposed to subinhibitory MICs of ciprofloxacin, sparfloxacin, gatifloxacin, moxifloxacin, clinafloxacin, and gemifloxacin during a 10-day period. Subculturing led to resistance development, regardless of the initial potencies of the quinolones. None of the quinolones was associated with a significantly slower rate of resistance development.
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- M Boos
- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Virology, Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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The treatment of severe enterococcal infections based on the currently available antibacterial agents is difficult. The help of the microbiology laboratory for determining MICs, MBCs, and most effective synergistic combinations is crucial. There is a need for good prospective multicenter clinical trials to improve the prognosis of such infections by defining therapeutic strategies better. Such a requirement is highly suitable for the treatment of infections caused by enterococci exhibiting acquired resistance mechanisms to the available agents. The current clinical development of new compounds looks promising in these persistently life-threatening infections mostly occurring in deficient hosts.
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- A Lefort
- Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France
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Wilson DL, Abner SR, Newman TC, Mansfield LS, Linz JE. Identification of ciprofloxacin-resistant Campylobacter jejuni by use of a fluorogenic PCR assay. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:3971-8. [PMID: 11060054 PMCID: PMC87527 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.11.3971-3978.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Fluoroquinolones are one class of antimicrobial agents commonly used to treat severe Campylobacter jejuni infection. C. jejuni strains resistant to high levels of the fluoroquinolone ciprofloxacin (MIC >/=16 microg/ml) have been predominantly characterized with a C-->T transition in codon 86 of gyrA. The gyrA gene encodes one subunit of DNA gyrase, which is a primary target for fluoroquinolone antibiotics. This study establishes a rapid PCR-based TaqMan method for identifying ciprofloxacin-resistant C. jejuni strains that carry the C-->T transition in codon 86 of gyrA. The assay uses real-time detection, eliminating the need for gel electrophoresis. Optimization of the assay parameters using purified Campylobacter DNA resulted in the ability to detect femtogram levels of DNA. The method should be useful for monitoring the development of ciprofloxacin resistance in C. jejuni. Compiled nucleotide sequence data on the quinolone resistance-determining region of gyrA in Campylobacter indicate that sequence comparison of this region is a useful method for tentative identification of Campylobacter isolates at the species level.
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- D L Wilson
- National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Fluoroquinolone resistance is mediated by target changes (DNA gyrase and/or topoisomerase IV) and/or decreased intracellular accumulation. The genes (gyrA/gyrB/parC/parE) and proteins of DNA topoisomerase IV show great similarity, both at the nucleotide and amino acid sequence level to those of DNA gyrase. It has been shown that there are hotspots, called the quinolone resistance determining region (QRDR), for mutations within gyrA and parC. Based on the Escherichia coli co-ordinates, the hotspots most favoured for giving rise to decreased susceptibility and/or full resistance to quinolones are at serine 83 and aspartate 87 of gyrA, and at serine 79 and aspartate 83 for parC. Few mutations in gyrB or parE/grlB of any bacteria have been described. Efflux of fluoroquinolones is the major cause of decreased accumulation of these agents; for Staphylococcus aureus, the efflux pump involved in norfloxacin resistance is NorA, and for Streptococcus pneumoniae, PmrA. By analysis of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) data derived in the presence and absence of the efflux inhibitor reserpine, it has been shown that up to 50% of ciprofloxacin-resistant clinical isolates of S. pneumoniae may possess enhanced efflux. This suggests that efflux may be an important mechanism of clinical resistance in this species. In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, several efflux operons have been demonstrated genetically and biochemically. These operons are encoded by mex (Multiple EffluX) genes: mexAmexB-oprM, mexCD-OprJ system and mexEF-oprN system. The E. coli efflux pump is the acrAB-tolC system. Both the mar operon and the sox operon can give rise to multiple antibiotic resistance. It has been shown that mutations giving rise to increased expression of the transcriptional activators marA and soxS affect the expression of a variety of different genes, including ompF and acrAB. The net result is that expression of OmpF is reduced and much less drug is able to enter the cell; expression of acrAB is increased, enhancing efflux from the cell.
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- L J Piddock
- Division of Immunity and Infection, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, England.
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Brisse S, Fluit AC, Wagner U, Heisig P, Milatovic D, Verhoef J, Scheuring S, Köhrer K, Schmitz FJ. Association of alterations in ParC and GyrA proteins with resistance of clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium to nine different fluoroquinolones. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999; 43:2513-6. [PMID: 10508034 PMCID: PMC89510 DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.10.2513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/1999] [Accepted: 07/27/1999] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The parC and gyrA genes of 73 ciprofloxacin-resistant and 6 ciprofloxacin-susceptible Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates were partly sequenced. Alterations in ParC and GyrA, possibly in combination with other resistance mechanisms, severely restricted the in vitro activities of the nine quinolones tested. For all isolates, clinafloxacin and sitafloxacin showed the best activities.
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- S Brisse
- Eijkman-Winkler Institute, Utrecht University, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Alonso A, Campanario E, Martínez JL. Emergence of multidrug-resistant mutants is increased under antibiotic selective pressure in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1999; 145 ( Pt 10):2857-62. [PMID: 10537207 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-10-2857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most important opportunistic pathogens involved in nosocomial infections, cystic fibrosis patients included. Hospital isolates frequently present multidrug-resistance (MDR) phenotypes as the consequence of constant antibiotic selective pressure. The kinetics of emergence of P. aeruginosa MDR mutants under antibiotic selective pressure indicated that long-term incubation in the presence of the bacteriostatic antibiotic tetracycline increases the mutation rate per cell per day of P. aeruginosa PAO1 by several orders of magnitude. The tetracycline-resistant mutants obtained were stable, showed decreased susceptibility to antibiotics belonging to different structural families, and contained an outer-membrane protein not present in the wild-type P. aeruginosa strain PAO1. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that incubation in the presence of tetracycline favours the emergence of MDR mutants in P. aeruginosa. The results are relevant for understanding the rapid emergence of antibiotic-resistant mutants among bacterial populations during infections. Their relationship to other models of increased mutagenesis under stress is discussed with respect to the adaptive mutation phenomenon.
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- A Alonso
- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC), Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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el Amin NA, Jalal S, Wretlind B. Alterations in GyrA and ParC associated with fluoroquinolone resistance in Enterococcus faecium. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999; 43:947-9. [PMID: 10103206 PMCID: PMC89232 DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.4.947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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High-level quinolone resistance in Enterococcus faecium was associated with mutations in both gyrA and parC genes in 10 of 11 resistant strains. On low-level resistant strain without such mutations may instead possess an efflux mechanism or alterations in the other subunits of the gyrase or topoisomerase IV genes. These findings are similar to those for other gram-positive bacteria, such as Enterococcus faecalis.
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- N A el Amin
- Department of Immunology, Microbiology, Pathology, and Infectious Diseases, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden
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Varon E, Janoir C, Kitzis MD, Gutmann L. ParC and GyrA may be interchangeable initial targets of some fluoroquinolones in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999; 43:302-6. [PMID: 9925523 PMCID: PMC89068 DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.2.302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To evaluate the role of known topoisomerase IV and gyrase mutations in the fluoroquinolone (FQ) resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae, we transformed susceptible strain R6 with PCR-generated fragments encompassing the quinolone resistance-determining regions (QRDRs) of parC or gyrA from different recently characterized FQ-resistant mutants. Considering the MICs of FQs and the GyrA and/or ParC mutations of the individual transformants, we found three levels of resistance. The first level was obtained when a single target, ParC or GyrA, depending on the FQ, was modified. An additional mutation(s) in a second target, GyrA or ParC, led to the second level. The highest increases in resistance levels were seen for Bay y3118 and moxifloxacin with the transformant harboring a double mutation in both ParC and GyrA. When a single modified target was considered, only the ParC mutation(s) led to an increase in the MICs of pefloxacin and trovafloxacin. In contrast, the GyrA or ParC mutation(s) could lead to increases in the MICs of ciprofloxacin, sparfloxacin, grepafloxacin, Bay y3118, and moxifloxacin. These results suggest that the preferential target of trovafloxacin and pefloxacin is ParC, whereas either ParC or GyrA may both be initial targets for the remaining FQs tested. The contribution of the ParC and GyrA mutations to efflux-mediated FQ resistance was also examined. Active efflux was responsible for two- to fourfold increases in the MICs of ciprofloxacin for the transformants, regardless of the initial FQ resistance levels of the recipients.
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- E Varon
- L.R.M.A., Université Paris VI, France
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Mechanisms of bacterial resistance to fluoroquinolones fall into two principal categories, alterations in drug target enzymes and alterations that limit permeation of drug to the target, both resulting from chromosomal mutations. No specific resistance mechanisms of quinolone degradation or modification have been found. The target enzymes, DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV are most commonly altered in domains near the enzyme active sites and in some cases reduced drug binding affinity has been demonstrated. Drug permeation is altered by mutations that increase expression of endogenous multidrug efflux pumps, alter outer membrane diffusion channels, or both. Recently a new plasmid-mediated resistance of an as yet undefined mechanism was found in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Copyright 1999 Harcourt Publishers Ltd.
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- David C. Hooper
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Li Z, Deguchi T, Yasuda M, Kawamura T, Kanematsu E, Nishino Y, Ishihara S, Kawada Y. Alteration in the GyrA subunit of DNA gyrase and the ParC subunit of DNA topoisomerase IV in quinolone-resistant clinical isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1998; 42:3293-5. [PMID: 9835531 PMCID: PMC106039 DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.12.3293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We examined 22 clinical isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis to analyze the association of alterations in GyrA and ParC with fluoroquinolone resistance. The simultaneous presence of GyrA and ParC alterations was associated with a high level of fluoroquinolone resistance in the clinical isolates of S. epidermidis.
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- Z Li
- Department of Urology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
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