Different molecular characteristics and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Clostridium difficile in the Asia-Pacific region

Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has been extensively studied in North America and Europe; however, limited data on CDI are available in the Asia-Pacific region. A multicentre retrospective study was conducted in this region. C. difficile isolates were subjected to multilocus sequence typing (ST) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Totally, 394 isolates were collected from Hangzhou, Hong Kong, China; Busan, South Korea; Fukuoka, Japan; Singapore; Perth, Sydney, Australia; New York, the United States. C. difficile isolates included 337 toxin A-positive/B-positive/binary toxin-negative (A+B+CDT-), 48 A-B+CDT-, and nine A+B+CDT+. Distribution of dominant STs varied geographically with ST17 in Fukuoka (18.6%), Busan (56.0%), ST2 in Sydney (20.4%), Perth (25.8%). The antimicrobial resistance patterns were significantly different among the eight sites (χ2 = 325.64, p < 0.001). Five major clonal complexes correlated with unique antimicrobial resistances. Healthcare-associated (HA) CDI was mainly from older patients with more frequent antimicrobial use and higher A-B+ positive rates. Higher resistance to gatifloxacin, tetracycline, and erythromycin were observed in HA-CDI patients (χ2 = 4.76-7.89, p = 0.005-0.029). In conclusion, multiple C. difficile genotypes with varied antimicrobial resistance patterns have been circulating in the Asia-Pacific region. A-B+ isolates from older patients with prior antimicrobial use were correlated with HA-CDI.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

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Emerging microbes & infections - 8(2019), 1 vom: 31., Seite 1553-1562

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Luo, Yun [VerfasserIn]
Cheong, Elaine [VerfasserIn]
Bian, Qiao [VerfasserIn]
Collins, Deirdre A [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Julian [VerfasserIn]
Shin, Jeong Hwan [VerfasserIn]
Yam, Wing Cheong [VerfasserIn]
Takata, Tohru [VerfasserIn]
Song, Xiaojun [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xianjun [VerfasserIn]
Kamboj, Mini [VerfasserIn]
Gottlieb, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Jianmin [VerfasserIn]
Riley, Thomas V [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Yi-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Dazhi [VerfasserIn]

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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antimicrobial resistance
Asia-Pacific region
Clostridium difficile
Erythromycin
F8VB5M810T
Gatifloxacin
Healthcare-associated CDI
Journal Article
L4618BD7KJ
Molecular characteristics
Tetracycline

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Date Completed 15.01.2020

Date Revised 09.12.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/22221751.2019.1682472

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NLM30266744X