The surveillance of colistin resistance and mobilized colistin resistance genes in multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolated in Japan

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BACKGROUND: The plasmid-mediated bacterial colistin-resistant gene, mcr, is of global concern in clinical healthcare. However, there are few reports of surveillance for mcr in Japan. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of colistin resistance by identifying nine mcr genes in extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) isolates in Japan.

METHODS: A total of 273 ESBL and CRE clinical isolates were collected from patients in five tertiary hospitals from August 2016 to March 2017. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of colistin was measured using the microdilution method. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed to detect mcr-1 to mcr-9 genes in all strains. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) analysis was conducted for any mcr-genes identified that had not been previously reported in patients from Japan.

RESULTS: The rate of colistin resistance was 7.7% in all strains, with a higher rate in the CRE strains than in the ESBL-producing strains (20.4% versus 1.1%). The mcr-5 and mcr-9 gene were detected in one ESBL-producing Escherichia coli strain (1/273, 0.37%) and three CRE strains (3/273, 1.1%), respectively. As the ESBL-producing E. coli strain was the first clinical strain with mcr-5 in Japan, WGS analysis was performed for the strain. The sequence type of the mcr-5-positive strain was ST1642 and it carried two distinct plasmids, ESBL gene-carrying pN-ES-6-1, and mcr-5.1-carrying pN-ES-6-2.

CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study showed that the frequency of colistin resistance and mcr-positive strains is not high in Japan. As the MIC for colistin was low in the mcr-5.1 and mcr-9 gene-positive strain, continuous monitoring of mcr genes is necessary.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:59

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International journal of antimicrobial agents - 59(2022), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 106480

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kawamoto, Yasuhide [VerfasserIn]
Kaku, Norihito [VerfasserIn]
Akamatsu, Norihiko [VerfasserIn]
Sakamoto, Kei [VerfasserIn]
Kosai, Kosuke [VerfasserIn]
Morinaga, Yoshitomo [VerfasserIn]
Ohmagari, Norio [VerfasserIn]
Izumikawa, Koichi [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, Yoshihiro [VerfasserIn]
Mikamo, Hiroshige [VerfasserIn]
Kaku, Mitsuo [VerfasserIn]
Oishi, Kazunori [VerfasserIn]
Yanagihara, Katsunori [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Beta-Lactamases
Carbapenems
Colistin
Comparative Study
EC 3.5.2.6
Enterobacteriaceae
Escherichia coli Proteins
Japan
Journal Article
Mcr-5
Mcr-9
Surveillance
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Date Completed 07.03.2022

Date Revised 07.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2021.106480

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NLM333390121