Carbapenem resistance among Gram-negative isolates collected from patients in ICU and non-ICU hospital wards in Hong Kong : SMART 2017-2020

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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to estimate carbapenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacterales isolated from infected patients in intensive care unit (ICU) and non-ICU hospital wards in Hong Kong.

METHODS: Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ICU, n = 35; non-ICU, n = 264) and Enterobacterales (ICU, n = 129; non-ICU, n = 1390) were collected in four Hong Kong hospitals in 2017-2020. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute broth microdilution minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were interpreted according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute 2021 M100 breakpoints. β-lactamase genes were identified in imipenem-, imipenem/relebactam-, and ceftolozane/tazobactam-nonsusceptible isolates.

RESULTS: Ceftolozane/tazobactam demonstrated potent in vitro activity against both P. aeruginosa (ICU, 88.6%; non-ICU, 98.5%) and Enterobacterales (96.1%; 97.1%). Percent susceptible values for P. aeruginosa isolates from ICU and non-ICU patients, respectively, were as follows: meropenem (ICU, 74.3%; non-ICU, 84.1%) and imipenem (68.6%; 73.1%). Only 1 of 77 isolates tested for β-lactamase genes carried a carbapenemase (VIM-2). Percent susceptible values for Enterobacterales isolates from ICU and non-ICU patients were as follows: meropenem (100%; 99.4%), ertapenem (100%; 98.0%), and imipenem (88.4%; 88.6%). A total of 62 Enterobacterales isolates were tested for β-lactamase genes. Only three isolates carried a carbapenemase gene; two (both Escherichia coli) were metallo-β-lactamase-positive (both NDM-5), and one (Klebsiella pneumoniae) was OXA-48-like-positive.

CONCLUSIONS: Carbapenem-nonsusceptible isolates of P. aeruginosa were common (>15% of isolates). P. aeruginosa percent susceptible values for ceftolozane/tazobactam (97.3% susceptible overall) were ≥14% higher than those for carbapenems in both ICU and non-ICU isolates. Carbapenemases were rare among both P. aeruginosa (one isolate) and Enterobacterales (three isolates). Most Enterobacterales isolates tested from ICU and non-ICU patients in Hong Kong hospitals in 2017-2020 were susceptible to meropenem and ertapenem (≥98%); imipenem was less active (89% susceptible).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Journal of global antimicrobial resistance - 33(2023) vom: 15. Juni, Seite 260-266

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Karlowsky, James A [VerfasserIn]
Lob, Sibylle H [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Tsz K [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Wei-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Woo, Patrick C Y [VerfasserIn]
Seto, Wing Hong [VerfasserIn]
Ip, Margaret [VerfasserIn]
Leung, Stanley W M [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Queenie W-L [VerfasserIn]
Chau, Rene W Y [VerfasserIn]
DeRyke, C Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Young, Katherine [VerfasserIn]
Motyl, Mary R [VerfasserIn]
Sahm, Daniel F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

37A4IES95Q
71OTZ9ZE0A
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Beta-Lactamases
Carbapenem resistance
Carbapenems
Ceftolozane
Ceftolozane, tazobactam drug combination
EC 3.5.2.6
Ertapenem
FV9J3JU8B1
G32F6EID2H
Gram-negative bacilli
Hong Kong
ICU
Imipenem
Journal Article
Meropenem
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SE10G96M8W
SMART
Surveillance
Tazobactam

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Date Completed 20.06.2023

Date Revised 20.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jgar.2023.04.004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355906198