Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem non-susceptible Acinetobacter nosocomialis in a medical center in Taiwan

The mechanism by which carbapenem non-susceptible Acinetobacter nosocomialis (CNSAN) is disseminated is rarely described in the literature. In this study, we delineated the molecular epidemiology of CNSAN isolated from patients in a medical center in Taiwan. Fifty-four non-duplicate bloodstream isolates of CNSAN were collected at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital between 2001 and 2007. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was performed to determine their clonal relationship. Carbapenem-resistance genes and associated genetic structures were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) mapping. Southern hybridization was performed to determine the plasmid location of carbapenem-resistance genes. Transmissibility of these genes to Acinetobacterbaumannii was demonstrated by conjugation tests. The overall carbapenem non-susceptibility rate among A. nosocomialis isolates during the study period was 21.6% (54/250). PFGE revealed three major pulsotypes: H (n=23), I (n=10), and K (n=8). The most common carbapenem-resistance gene was blaOXA-58 (43/54, 79.6%), containing an upstream insertion sequence IS1006 and a truncated ISAba3 (IS1006-ΔISAba3-like-blaOXA-58). All isolates belonging to the pulsotypes H, I, and K carried plasmid located IS1006-ΔISAba3-like-blaOXA-58. A common plasmid carrying ISAba1-blaOXA-82 was found in six isolates, which belonged to five pulsotypes. A type 1 integron that carried blaIMP-1 was detected in different plasmids of seven isolates, which belonged to five pulsotypes. Plasmids carrying these carbapenem-resistant determinants were transmissible from A. nosocomialis to A. baumannii via conjugation. In this medical center, CNSAN mainly emerged through clonal dissemination; propagation of plasmids and integrons carrying carbapenem-resistant determinants played a minor role. This study showed that plasmids carrying carbapenem-resistant determinants are transmissible from A. nosocomialis to A. baumannii..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Infection, genetics and evolution - 31(2015), Seite 305-311

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Ya-Sung [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Yi-Tzu [Sonstige Person]
Wang, Yung-Chih [Sonstige Person]
Chiu, Chun-Hsiang [Sonstige Person]
Kuo, Shu-Chen [Sonstige Person]
Sun, Jun-Ren [Sonstige Person]
Yin, Ti [Sonstige Person]
Chen, Te-Li [Sonstige Person]
Lin, Jung-Chung [Sonstige Person]
Fung, Chang-Phone [Sonstige Person]
Chang, Feng-Yee [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Acinetobacter - classification
Acinetobacter - drug effects
Acinetobacter - genetics
Acinetobacter - isolation & purification
Acinetobacter Infections - epidemiology
Acinetobacter Infections - microbiology
Carbapenems - pharmacology

doi:

10.1016/j.meegid.2015.02.017

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OLC1961333473