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Weill FX, Demartin M, Tandé D, Espié E, Rakotoarivony I, Grimont PAD. SHV-12-like extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing strains of Salmonella enterica serotypes Babelsberg and Enteritidis isolated in France among infants adopted from Mali. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:2432-7. [PMID: 15184415 PMCID: PMC427894 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.42.6.2432-2437.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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From December 2002 to June 2003, 14 cultures of Salmonella enterica serotype Babelsberg and 6 cultures of serotype Enteritidis, isolated in France from internationally adopted children, were identified at the French National Reference Center for Salmonella. All serotype Babelsberg isolates were related, as determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and all serotype Enteritidis strains displayed the same phage type. All serotype Enteritidis and seven serotype Babelsberg isolates produced an SHV-12-like extended-spectrum beta-lactamase as determined by sequencing of PCR products and by isoelectrofocusing. Some serotype Enteritidis isolates exhibited additional antimicrobial resistance (aminoglycosides, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, sulfonamides, and trimethoprim). Our investigation indicated that these Salmonella isolates were certainly acquired in the same orphanage in Bamako, Mali, before the children were adopted by French families. An inappropriate use of ceftriaxone was probably the cause of the emergence of such strains. There is an urgent need to determine the origin of the contamination and to introduce adequate antibiotic protocols into this orphanage to prevent further transmission and dissemination. Screening for infections and follow-up, adapted to the origin of the internationally adopted children, should be recommended.
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- François-Xavier Weill
- Centre National de Référence des Salmonella, Unité de Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France.
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Yan JJ, Wu JJ, Tsai SH, Chuang CL. Comparison of the double-disk, combined disk, and Etest methods for detecting metallo-beta-lactamases in gram-negative bacilli. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2004; 49:5-11. [PMID: 15135493 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2003] [Accepted: 01/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Three phenotypic methods for detecting metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs) in gram-negative bacilli were tested on 60 MBL producers and 155 MBL nonproducers. The 2-mercaptopropionic acid double-disk potentiation method using ceftazidime and cefepime with and without clavulanate was found to be most sensitive (100%). The combined disk method depends on comparing the zones given by disks containing a beta-lactam with and without ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. Various drug combinations were tested, and the best results were obtained with imipenem for Pseudomonas species and Acinetobacter baumannii, ceftazidime-clavulanate for Klebsiella pneumoniae, and cefepime-clavulanate for Enterobacter cloacae and Citrobacter freundii. The overall sensitivity of the combined disk method was 86.7%. The Etest (AB BIODISK, Solna, Sweden) method using imipenem- ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid strips detected imipenem-resistant MBL-producing isolates only, resulting in a sensitivity of 36.7%. Our data suggest that the double-disk and combined disk tests are acceptable methods for MBL detection in both imipenem-resistant and imipenem-susceptible isolates.
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- Jing-Jou Yan
- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Xiong Z, Zhu D, Wang F, Zhang Y, Okamoto R, Inoue M. A Klebsiella pneumoniae producing three kinds of class A beta-lactamases encoded by one single plasmid isolated from a patient in Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2004; 23:262-7. [PMID: 15164967 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2003.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2003] [Accepted: 07/29/2003] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A Klebsiella pneumoniae strain was isolated from a sputum specimen of a patient in the intensive care unit in 1999 in Shanghai Huashan Hospital, China. The isolate was confirmed as an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing strain by double-disk synergy test. The results of susceptibility test showed that it was resistant to most beta-lactams (including third generation cephalosporins) and non-beta-lactam antimicrobial agents. Transconjugants were obtained at a frequency of 10(-4). A plasmid of about 60 kb was obtained from the transconjugant by plasmid extraction. Three major nitrocefin-hydrolysing bands with pIs of 5.4, 8.2 and 8.4, were shown in extracts of the transconjugant. Partial gene amplification products of bla(TEM), bla(SHV), and CTX-M-1 group gene were obtained from the isolate as well as its transconjugant. The entire bla(TEM), bla(SHV), and bla(CTX-M) in the transconjugant were amplified by PCR and the PCR products were cloned into a pHSG398 vector. Afterwards, the susceptibility of transformants and activities of beta-lactamases of transformants on antibiotics were tested. The PCR products were directly sequenced, analysed and identified as TEM-1, SHV-12, and CTX-M-3 genes. These results confirm that this strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae produces SHV-12, CTX-M-3 ESBLs and TEM-1 beta-lactamase, encoded by one single plasmid, which is responsible for the resistance of this strain to most beta-lactams.
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- Zizhong Xiong
- Institute of Antibiotics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 12 Wulumuqi Zhong Road, Shanghai 200040, China.
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Neonakis IK, Scoulica EV, Dimitriou SK, Gikas AI, Tselentis YJ. Molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases produced by clinical isolates in a university hospital in Greece: detection of SHV-5 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and prevalence of SHV-12. Microb Drug Resist 2004; 9:161-5. [PMID: 12820801 DOI: 10.1089/107662903765826750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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To assess the nature and diversity of various types of SHV and TEM derivatives in our hospital a survey was conducted. Sixty-seven extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL)-producing nosocomial pathogens, isolated over a 12-month period, were analyzed by means of PCR and direct sequencing. SHV-5 was the predominant ESBL found in our region (38 strains). Other less frequent variants included SHV-2 and SHV-12 with two and three isolates, respectively. For the first time, an outbreak of 11 Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing SHV-5 was encountered. All blaTEM-positive strains carried the non-ESBL TEM-1. The incidence of non-SHV non-TEM ESBLs was remarkably high as almost one out of three isolates harbored such an ESBL. The epidemiological and clinical impact of these findings must be carefully investigated and interpreted.
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- Ioannis K Neonakis
- Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses and Geographical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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Wu TL, Chia JH, Su LH, Kuo AJ, Chu C, Chiu CH. Dissemination of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in pediatric intensive care units. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 41:4836-8. [PMID: 14532236 PMCID: PMC254364 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.41.10.4836-4838.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [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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To study the growing trend of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), 88 nonrepetitive ESBL-producing isolates were prospectively collected and analyzed by molecular methods during a 16-month period. The emergence and dissemination of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in PICUs are the consequence of the clonal dissemination of a few epidemic strains along with the horizontal transmission of resistance gene-carrying plasmids among bacterial organisms.
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- Tsu-Lan Wu
- Department of Clinical Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Lee SH, Jeong SH, Park YM. Characterization of blaCMY-10 a novel, plasmid-encoded AmpC-type beta-lactamase gene in a clinical isolate of Enterobacter aerogenes. J Appl Microbiol 2003; 95:744-52. [PMID: 12969288 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.02040.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS We report the description of a novel plasmid-encoded AmpC beta-lactamase gene (blaCMY-10) from Enterobacter aerogenes K9911729 that was isolated from a patient suffering from pneumonia in South Korea. METHODS AND RESULTS Using antibiotic susceptibility testing, plasmid analysis, transconjugation and Southern blot analysis, the cefoxitin resistance phenotype reflects the presence of a large plasmid [pYMG-1 (130 kb)] in Ent. aerogenes K9911729. One beta-lactamase with the pI of 8.0 from transconjugant of Ent. aerogenes K9911729 was identified by isoelectric focusing on a gel. A 1475 bp DNA fragment containing the blaCMY-10 gene, identified on pYMG-1 of Ent. aerogenes K9911729, was sequenced and an open reading frame coding for 382 amino acid, CMY-10, was found. The 37 class C beta-lactamases were subclassified into 1a to 1j and CMY-10 into 1a by phylogenetic analysis. A sequence identical to the common regions in In6, In7 and a novel integron from pSAL-1 was found upstream from blaCMY-10 gene at nucleotide 1-71. CONCLUSIONS These results clearly show that blaCMY-10 gene belongs to the group of ampC-related bla genes. Homology analysis among AmpC enzymes or ampC genes implied that integration of the chromosomal ampC gene into a large resident plasmid, followed by transconjugation, was involved in the evolution of blaCMY-10 gene. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The first identification of the blaCMY-10 gene is of concern as chromosomal beta-lactamases may cause serious therapeutic problems if their genes are translocated onto plasmids.
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- S H Lee
- Department of Biological Science, Myongji University, San 38-2 Namdong, Yongin, Kyunggido, South Korea.
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Stürenburg E, Mack D. Extended-spectrum β-lactamases: implications for the clinical microbiology laboratory, therapy, and infection control. J Infect 2003; 47:273-95. [PMID: 14556752 DOI: 10.1016/s0163-4453(03)00096-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing gram-negative bacilli are a growing concern in human medicine today. When producing these enzymes, organisms (mostly K. pneumoniae and E. coli) become highly efficient at inactivating the newer third-generation cephaloporins (such as cefotaxime, ceftazidime, and ceftriaxone). In addition, ESBL-producing bacteria are frequently resistant to many classes of non-beta-lactam antibiotics, resulting in difficult-to-treat infections. This review gives an introduction into the topic and is focused on various aspects of ESBLs; it covers the current epidemiology, the problems of ESBL detection and the clinical relevance of infections caused by ESBL-producing organisms. Therapeutic options and potential strategies for dealing with this growing problem are also discussed in this article.
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- Enno Stürenburg
- Institut für Infektionsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Morris D, O'Hare C, Glennon M, Maher M, Corbett-Feeney G, Cormican M. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Ireland, including a novel enzyme, TEM-102. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2003; 47:2572-8. [PMID: 12878521 PMCID: PMC166109 DOI: 10.1128/aac.47.8.2572-2578.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Organisms producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) have been reported in many countries, but there is no information on the prevalence of ESBL-producing members of the family Enterobacteriaceae in Ireland. A total of 925 isolates of ampicillin-resistant members of the Enterobacteriaceae were received from six hospitals in Ireland over a 3-year period from September 1996 to September 1999. Isolates were screened for ESBL production by the double-disk diffusion (DDD) method. DDD-positive isolates that were (i) confirmed as ESBL producers by National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) confirmatory testing and (ii) susceptible to cefoxitin by disk diffusion were considered ESBL producers. By these criteria, 27 (3%) of the ampicillin-resistant members of the Enterobacteriaceae studied were categorized as ESBL producers. Molecular typing suggested that some intra- and interhospital spread of ESBL-producing isolates had occurred. DNA sequencing of amplified bla(TEM) and bla(SHV) genes resulted in the detection of a novel bla(TEM) ESBL gene, bla(TEM-102) in two isolates (Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae) received from the same hospital but isolated from different patients. The study suggests dissemination of ESBL-producing bacteria within the health care system in Ireland and emphasizes the need for measures to control such spread.
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- Dearbháile Morris
- Department of Bacteriology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
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Jacoby GA, Vacheva-Dobrevsky R. Epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Sofia, Bulgaria. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2003; 22:385-8. [PMID: 12783281 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-0937-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- G A Jacoby
- Infectious Disease Department, Lahey Clinic, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, USA.
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The TEM family of beta-lactamases has evolved to confer resistance to most of the beta-lactam antibiotics, but not to cefepime. To determine whether the TEM beta-lactamases have the potential to evolve cefepime resistance, we evolved the ancestral TEM allele, TEM-1, in vitro and selected for cefepime resistance. After four rounds of mutagenesis and selection for increased cefepime resistance each of eight independent populations reached a level equivalent to clinical resistance. All eight evolved alleles increased the level of cefepime resistance by a factor of at least 32, and the best allele improved by a factor of 512. Sequencing showed that alleles contained from two to six amino acid substitutions, many of which were shared among alleles, and that the best allele contained only three substitutions.
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- Miriam Barlow
- Biology Department, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627-0211, USA
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Yan JJ, Ko WC, Chiu CH, Tsai SH, Wu HM, Wu JJ. Emergence of ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella isolates and rapid spread of plasmid-encoded CMY-2-like cephalosporinase, Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis 2003; 9:323-8. [PMID: 12643826 PMCID: PMC2958529 DOI: 10.3201/eid0903.010410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Of 384 Salmonella isolates collected from 1997 to 2000 in a university hospital in Taiwan, six ceftriaxone-resistant isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium were found in two patients in 2000. The resistance determinants were on conjugative plasmids that encoded a CMY-2-like cephalosporinase. During the study period, the proportion of CMY-2-like enzyme producers among Escherichia coli increased rapidly from 0.2% in early 1999 to >4.0% in late 2000. Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates producing a CMY-2-like beta-lactamase did not emerge until 2000. The presence of bla(CMY)-containing plasmids with an identical restriction pattern from Salmonella, E. coli, and K. pneumoniae isolates was found, which suggests interspecies spread and horizontal transfer of the resistance determinant. Various nosocomial and community-acquired infections were associated with the CMY-2-like enzyme producers. Our study suggests that the spread of plasmid-mediated CMY-2-like beta-lactamases is an emerging threat to hospitalized patients and the public in Taiwan.
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- National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Lin MF, Huang ML, Lai SH. Risk factors in the acquisition of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase Klebsiella pneumoniae: a case-control study in a district teaching hospital in Taiwan. J Hosp Infect 2003; 53:39-45. [PMID: 12495684 DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A case-control study was performed to find the risk factors in the acquisition of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) Klebsiella pneumoniae. From 1 May 2001 to 30 September 2001, 422 isolates ofK. pneumoniae identified by the microbiological laboratory in Hsin-Chu hospital were collected, 59 of which were ESBL-producing strains. The prevalence rate was 14% (59/422). There were 43 case patients (ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae) and 86 controls (non-ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae). Tracheostomy, insertion of a Foley catheter, endotracheal tube, nasogastric tube and central venous catheter were found to be risk factors in the acquisition of K. pneumoniae with ESBLs by univariate analysis. Tracheostomy (odds ratio, 5.13; 95% CI, 1.24-21.1;P =0.023) and ceftazidime use (odds ratio, 13.40; 95% CI, 1.21-148.85; P=0.035) remained as risk factors by multivariate analysis with logistic regression. Other anti-pseudomonal agents should be used as empirical therapy to treat possible Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in order to reduce ceftazidime use and thereby decrease the prevalence of ESBL producing strains of Enterobacteriaceae.
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- M-F Lin
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Hsin-Chu Hospital, Department of Health, Taiwan, ROC.
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Cao V, Lambert T, Nhu DQ, Loan HK, Hoang NK, Arlet G, Courvalin P. Distribution of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae in Vietnam. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002; 46:3739-43. [PMID: 12435670 PMCID: PMC132739 DOI: 10.1128/aac.46.12.3739-3743.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Among 730 Escherichia coli, 438 Klebsiella pneumoniae, and 141 Proteus mirabilis isolates obtained between September 2000 and September 2001 in seven hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 26.6% were resistant to ceftazidime, 30% were resistant to cefotaxime, 31.5% were resistant to ceftriaxone, 15.9% were resistant to cefoperazone, and 6% were resistant to cefepime. Resistance to imipenem was found in 5.6% of the isolates. In 55 strains producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (32 E. coli isolates, 13 K. pneumoniae isolates, and 10 P. mirabilis isolates), structural genes for VEB-1 (25.5%), CTX-M (25.5%), SHV (38.1%), and TEM (76.3%) enzymes were detected alone or in combination. Sequencing of the PCR products obtained from the K. pneumoniae isolates revealed the presence of bla(VEB-1), bla(CTX-M-14), bla(CTX-M-17), bla(SHV-2), and bla(TEM-1). Molecular typing of the strains with a similar resistance phenotype to broad-spectrum cephalosporins indicated polyclonal spread. ISEcp1 was presumably responsible for dissemination of the bla(CTX-M-like) gene.
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- Van Cao
- Unité des Agents Antibactériens, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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Yan JJ, Ko WC, Jung YC, Chuang CL, Wu JJ. Emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates producing inducible DHA-1 beta-lactamase in a university hospital in Taiwan. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:3121-6. [PMID: 12202541 PMCID: PMC130748 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.40.9.3121-3126.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ten nonrepetitive clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae exhibiting an unusual inducible beta-lactam resistance phenotype were identified between January 1999 and September 2001 in a university hospital in Taiwan. In the presence of 2 micro g of clavulanic acid, the isolates showed a one to four twofold concentration increase in the MICs of ceftazidime, cefotaxime, and aztreonam but remained susceptible to cefepime (MICs, </=0.5 micro g/ml) and imipenem (MICs, </=0.5 micro g/ml). PCR, sequence analysis, and isoelectric focusing revealed production by these isolates of TEM-1, SHV-11, and DHA-1, a plasmid-encoded inducible AmpC beta-lactamase originally found in a Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis strain. Transfer of the resistance by conjugation experiments was not successful, but Southern hybridization showed that bla(DHA-1) was located on 70-kb plasmids, suggesting that the bla(DHA-1)-containing plasmids in the K. pneumoniae isolates were non-self-transmissible. Five isolates were recovered from patients in two surgery wards and two intensive care units. Acquisition of the DHA-1 producers could be traced back to previous hospitalizations 1 to 5 months earlier for the other five patients. Six and seven patterns among the isolates were demonstrated by plasmid analysis and ribotyping, respectively, indicating that the spread of the DHA-1 producers was due to both horizontal transfer of bla(DHA-1) and dissemination of endemic clones.
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- Jing-Jou Yan
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University. Department of Pathology, Sinlau Christian Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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Doi Y, Shibata N, Shibayama K, Kamachi K, Kurokawa H, Yokoyama K, Yagi T, Arakawa Y. Characterization of a novel plasmid-mediated cephalosporinase (CMY-9) and its genetic environment in an Escherichia coli clinical isolate. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002; 46:2427-34. [PMID: 12121914 PMCID: PMC127380 DOI: 10.1128/aac.46.8.2427-2434.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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An Escherichia coli strain, HKYM68, which showed resistance to broad-spectrum cephalosporins was isolated from a sputum specimen in Japan. The high-level resistance of the strain to ceftazidime, cefpirome, and moxalactam was carried by a self-transferable plasmid. The beta-lactamase gene responsible for the resistance was cloned and sequenced. The deduced amino acid sequence of this gene product, CMY-9, had a single amino acid substitution (E85D), the residue reported to be part of the recognition site for the R1 side chain of beta-lactams, compared with the amino acid sequence of CMY-8 and also had 78% identity with the amino acid sequence of CepH, a chromosomal cephalosporinase of Aeromonas hydrophila. A sul1-type class 1 integron containing an aacA1-orfG gene cassette was identified upstream of bla(CMY-9) and ended with a truncated 3' conserved segment. The following 2.1 kb was almost identical to the common region of integrons In6 and In7 and the integron of pSAL-1, except that orf513 encoding a putative transposase was identified instead of orf341 due to addition of a single nucleotide. bla(CMY-9) was closely located downstream of the end of the common region. These observations are indicative of the exogenous derivation of bla(CMY-9) from some environmental microorganisms such as aeromonads.
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- Yohei Doi
- Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gauken, Musashi-murayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan.
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Raskine L, Borrel I, Barnaud G, Boyer S, Hanau-Berçot B, Gravisse J, Labia R, Arlet G, Sanson-Le-Pors MJ. Novel plasmid-encoded class C beta-lactamase (MOX-2) in Klebsiella pneumoniae from Greece. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002; 46:2262-5. [PMID: 12069985 PMCID: PMC127302 DOI: 10.1128/aac.46.7.2262-2265.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Klebsiella pneumoniae KOL, a clinical strain resistant to various beta-lactams, was isolated from the stools of a patient from Greece. This strain harbored a new pI 9.1 plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase with unusually high levels of hydrolytic activity for cefoxitin and cefotetan that we named MOX-2. Sequencing of bla(MOX-2) revealed 93.2, 92.9, 92.7, and 73.1% identities with the deduced amino acid sequences of CMY-8, MOX-1, CMY-1, and the AmpC beta-lactamase of Aeromonas sobria, respectively.
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- Laurent Raskine
- Service de Bacteriologie-Virologie, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France.
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Historically, it was thought that ampC genes encoding class C beta-lactamases were located solely on the chromosome but, within the last 12 years, an increasing number of ampC genes have been found on plasmids. These have mostly been acquired by ampC-deficient pathogenic bacteria, which consequently are supplied with new and additional resistance phenotypes. This review discusses the phylogenetic origin of the plasmid-encoded AmpC beta-lactamases, their occurrence, and mode of spread, as well as their hydrolytic properties.
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- Jan Walther-Rasmussen
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, National University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Yu WL, Winokur PL, Von Stein DL, Pfaller MA, Wang JH, Jones RN. First description of Klebsiella pneumoniae harboring CTX-M beta-lactamases (CTX-M-14 and CTX-M-3) in Taiwan. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002; 46:1098-100. [PMID: 11897596 PMCID: PMC127095 DOI: 10.1128/aac.46.4.1098-1100.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Taiwan medical centers (50 strains; 1998 to 2000) with a CTX-M resistance phenotype (ceftazidime susceptible and ceftriaxone or cefotaxime nonsusceptible) were selected for initial isoelectric focusing analysis. beta-Lactamases with pIs of 7.9 (n = 22) and 8.4 (n = 28) in addition to 5.4 and/or 7.6 were detected. DNA gene sequencing identified the beta-lactamases with pIs of 7.9 and 8.4 as CTX-M-14 and CTX-M-3, respectively. Molecular typing suggested inter- and intrahospital clonal dissemination of these Taiwanese CTX-M-producing Klebsiella strains.
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- Wen Liang Yu
- University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA.
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Chanawong A, M'Zali FH, Heritage J, Xiong JH, Hawkey PM. Three cefotaximases, CTX-M-9, CTX-M-13, and CTX-M-14, among Enterobacteriaceae in the People's Republic of China. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002; 46:630-7. [PMID: 11850241 PMCID: PMC127467 DOI: 10.1128/aac.46.3.630-637.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Of 15 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing isolates of the family Enterobacteriaceae collected from the First Municipal People's Hospital of Guangzhou, in the southern part of the People's Republic of China, 9 were found to produce CTX-M ESBLs, 3 produced SHV-12, and 3 produced both CTX-M and SHV-12. Eleven isolates produced either TEM-1B or SHV-11, in addition to an ESBL. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the 12 isolates carrying bla(CTX-M) genes revealed that they harbored three different bla(CTX-M) genes, bla(CTX-M-9) (5 isolates), bla(CTX-M-13) (1 isolate), and bla(CTX-M-14) (6 isolates). These genes have 98% nucleotide homology with bla(Toho-2). The bla(CTX-M) genes were carried on plasmids that ranged in size from 35 to 150 kb. Plasmid fingerprints and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed the dissemination of the bla(CTX-M) genes through transfer of different antibiotic resistance plasmids to different bacteria, suggesting that these resistance determinants are highly mobile. Insertion sequence ISEcp1, found on the upstream region of these genes, may be involved in the translocation of the bla(CTX-M) genes. This is the first report of the occurrence of SHV-12 and CTX-M ESBLs in China. The presence of strains with these ESBLs shows both the evolution of bla(CTX-M) genes and their dissemination among at least three species of the family Enterobacteriaceae, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Enterobacter cloacae, isolated within a single hospital. The predominance of CTX-M type enzymes seen in this area of China appears to be similar to that seen in South America but is different from those seen in Europe and North America, suggesting different evolutionary routes and selective pressures. A more comprehensive survey of the ESBL types from China is urgently needed.
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Barlow M, Hall BG. Predicting evolutionary potential: in vitro evolution accurately reproduces natural evolution of the tem beta-lactamase. Genetics 2002; 160:823-32. [PMID: 11901104 PMCID: PMC1462021 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/160.3.823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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To evaluate the validity of our in vitro evolution method as a model for natural evolutionary processes, the TEM-1 beta-lactamase gene was evolved in vitro and was selected for increased resistance to cefotaxime, cefuroxime, ceftazadime, and aztreonam, i.e., the "extended-spectrum" phenotype. The amino acid substitutions recovered in 10 independent in vitro evolvants were compared with the amino acid substitutions in the naturally occurring extended-spectrum TEM alleles. Of the nine substitutions that have arisen multiple times in naturally occurring extended-spectrum TEM alleles, seven were recovered multiple times in vitro. We take this result as evidence that our in vitro evolution technique accurately mimics natural evolution and can therefore be used to predict the results of natural evolutionary processes. Additionally, our results predict that a phenotype not yet observed among TEM beta-lactamases in nature-resistance to cefepime-is likely to arise in nature.
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- Miriam Barlow
- Biology Department, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627-0211, USA
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Howard C, van Daal A, Kelly G, Schooneveldt J, Nimmo G, Giffard PM. Identification and minisequencing-based discrimination of SHV beta-lactamases in nosocomial infection-associated Klebsiella pneumoniae in Brisbane, Australia. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002; 46:659-64. [PMID: 11850245 PMCID: PMC127473 DOI: 10.1128/aac.46.3.659-664.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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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Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) are active against oxyimino cephalosporins and monobactams. Twenty-one Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates obtained between 1991 and 1995 at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, Australia, were subject to amplification and sequencing of the SHV beta-lactamase-encoding genes. Thirteen strains were phenotypically ESBL positive. Of these, six strains carried the blaSHV-2a gene and seven strains carried the blaSHV-12 gene. Eight strains were phenotypically ESBL negative. Of these, seven strains carried the non-ESBL blaSHV-11 gene and one strain carried the non-ESBL blaSHV-1 gene. There was complete correspondence between the ESBL phenotype and the presence or absence of an ESBL-encoding gene(s). In addition, it was determined that of the 13 ESBL-positive strains, at least 4 carried copies of a non-ESBL-encoding gene in addition to the blaSHV-2a or blaSHV12 gene. A minisequencing-based assay was developed to discriminate the different SHV classes. This technique, termed "first-nucleotide change," involves the identification of the base added to a primer in a single-nucleotide extension reaction. The assay targeted polymorphisms at the first bases of codons 238 and 240 and reliably discriminated ESBL-positive strains from ESBL-negative strains and also distinguished strains carrying blaSHV-2a from strains carrying blaSHV-12. In addition, this method was used to demonstrate an association between the relative copy numbers of blaSHV genes in individual strains and the levels of antibiotic resistance.
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- Christopher Howard
- Cooperative Research Centre for Diagnostics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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While some trends in antimicrobial resistance rates are universal, others appear to be unique for specific regions. In Taiwan, the strikingly high prevalence of resistance to macrolides and streptogramin in clinical isolates of gram-positive bacteria correlates with the widespread use of these agents in the medical and farming communities, respectively. The relatively low rate of enterococci that are resistant to glycopeptide does not parallel the high use of glycopeptides and extended-spectrum beta-lactams in hospitals. The evolving problem of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates is substantial, and some unique enzymes have been found. Recently, some gram-negative bacteria (e.g., Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii) that are resistant to all available antimicrobial agents including carbapenems have emerged.
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- Po-Ren Hsueh
- National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Jesús Oteo
- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital de Móstoles, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain.
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- Alain Philippon
- Service de Bactériologie, Université Paris V-Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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Hsueh PR, Wu JJ, Teng LJ, Chen YC, Yang PC, Ho SW, Luh KT. Primary liver abscess caused by one clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae with two colonial morphotypes and resistotypes. Emerg Infect Dis 2002; 8:100-2. [PMID: 11749761 PMCID: PMC2730282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023] Open
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Two diabetic patients with primary liver abscess, who initially responded unsatisfactorily to intravenous ceftriaxone or cefoxitin treatment and had abscess drainage, were found to be infected with a single clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae with two different colonial morphotypes and resistotypes. Primary liver abscess caused by second-generation cephalosporin-resistant K. pneumoniae strains may be an emerging problem in Taiwan.
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- Po-Ren Hsueh
- National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Cheng-Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yan JJ, Ko WC, Tsai SH, Wu HM, Wu JJ. Outbreak of infection with multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying bla(IMP-8) in a university medical center in Taiwan. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:4433-9. [PMID: 11724857 PMCID: PMC88561 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.39.12.4433-4439.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Klebsiella pneumoniae strains with the transferable carbapenem-hydrolyzing metallo-beta-lactamases, which include IMP- and VIM-type enzymes, remain extremely rare. To investigate whether IMP- or VIM-producing K. pneumoniae isolates had spread at a university medical center in Taiwan, a total of 3,458 clinical isolates of K. pneumoniae consecutively collected in 1999 and 2000 were tested by the agar diffusion method, colony hybridization, PCR, and nucleotide sequencing. A total of 40 isolates (1.2%), or 17 nonrepetitive isolates, from 16 patients were found to carry bla(IMP-8), a metallo-beta-lactamase gene recently identified from a K. pneumoniae strain in Taiwan. Carriage of bla(VIM) or other bla(IMP) genes was detected in none of the remaining isolates. Of the 17 nonrepetitive bla(IMP-8)-positive isolates, 15 isolates (88.2%) appeared susceptible to imipenem (MICs, <or=4 microg/ml) and meropenem (MICs, <or=1 microg/ml), indicating the difficulty in detecting bla(IMP-8) in K. pneumoniae by routine susceptibility tests; 14 isolates (82.4%) produced SHV-12 as well; and 14 isolates (82.4%) were also resistant to fluoroquinolones. The organisms caused wound infections in eight patients and bloodstream infections in three patients. They were not directly associated with the death of nine patients. Before the recovery of the bla(IMP-8)-positive isolates, all 16 patients had undergone various surgical procedures, and 15 patients had been admitted to the surgical intensive care unit, suggesting a nosocomial outbreak. Two major patterns were observed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for 14 of the 17 nonrepetitive isolates, indicating that the clonal spread was mainly responsible for the outbreak.
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- J J Yan
- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
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Gniadkowski M. Evolution and epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) and ESBL-producing microorganisms. Clin Microbiol Infect 2001; 7:597-608. [PMID: 11737084 DOI: 10.1046/j.1198-743x.2001.00330.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The rapid and irrepressible increase in antimicrobial resistance of pathogenic bacteria that has been observed over the last two decades is widely accepted to be one of the major problems of human medicine today. Several aspects of this situation are especially worrying. There are resistance mechanisms that eliminate the use of last-choice antibiotics in the treatment of various kinds of infection. Many resistance mechanisms that emerge and spread in bacterial populations are those of wide activity spectra, which compromise all or a majority of drugs belonging to a given therapeutic group. Some mechanisms of great clinical importance require specific detection procedures, as they may not confer clear resistance in vitro on the basis of the interpretive criteria used in standard susceptibility testing. Finally, multiple mechanisms affecting the same and/or different groups of antimicrobials coexist and are even co-selected in more and more strains of pathogenic bacteria. The variety of beta-lactamases with wide spectra of substrate specificity illustrates very well all the phenomena mentioned above. Being able to hydrolyze the majority of beta-lactams that are currently in use, together they constitute the most important resistance mechanism of Gram-negative rods. Three major groups of these enzymes are usually distinguished, class C cephalosporinases (AmpC), extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) and different types of beta-lactamases with carbapenemase activity, of which the so-called class B metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs) are of the greatest concern. This review is focused on various aspects of the evolution and epidemiology of ESBLs; it does not cover the problems of ESBL detection and clinical relevance of infections caused by ESBL-producing organisms.
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- M Gniadkowski
- Sera & Vaccines Central Research Laboratory, ul. Chelmska 30/34, 00-725 Warsaw, Poland.
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Bradford PA. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in the 21st century: characterization, epidemiology, and detection of this important resistance threat. Clin Microbiol Rev 2001; 14:933-51, table of contents. [PMID: 11585791 PMCID: PMC89009 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.14.4.933-951.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1627] [Impact Index Per Article: 67.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Beta-lactamases continue to be the leading cause of resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics among gram-negative bacteria. In recent years there has been an increased incidence and prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs), enzymes that hydrolyze and cause resistance to oxyimino-cephalosporins and aztreonam. The majority of ESBLs are derived from the widespread broad-spectrum beta-lactamases TEM-1 and SHV-1. There are also new families of ESBLs, including the CTX-M and OXA-type enzymes as well as novel, unrelated beta-lactamases. Several different methods for the detection of ESBLs in clinical isolates have been suggested. While each of the tests has merit, none of the tests is able to detect all of the ESBLs encountered. ESBLs have become widespread throughout the world and are now found in a significant percentage of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in certain countries. They have also been found in other Enterobacteriaceae strains and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Strains expressing these beta-lactamases will present a host of therapeutic challenges as we head into the 21st century.
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- P A Bradford
- Wyeth-Ayerst Research, Pearl River, New York 10965, USA.
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Yan JJ, Ko WC, Wu JJ. Identification of a plasmid encoding SHV-12, TEM-1, and a variant of IMP-2 metallo-beta-lactamase, IMP-8, from a clinical isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2001; 45:2368-71. [PMID: 11451699 PMCID: PMC90656 DOI: 10.1128/aac.45.8.2368-2371.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A multidrug-resistant plasmid encoding TEM-1, SHV-12, and a variant of IMP-2 metallo-beta-lactamase, designated IMP-8, was identified from a clinical isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae. There are four nucleotide differences between bla(IMP-2) and bla(IMP-8), resulting in two amino acid differences. bla(IMP-8) was also found to be carried by an integron-borne gene cassette similar to the bla(IMP-2) cassette.
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- J J Yan
- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
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Yan JJ, Hsueh PR, Ko WC, Luh KT, Tsai SH, Wu HM, Wu JJ. Metallo-beta-lactamases in clinical Pseudomonas isolates in Taiwan and identification of VIM-3, a novel variant of the VIM-2 enzyme. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2001; 45:2224-8. [PMID: 11451678 PMCID: PMC90635 DOI: 10.1128/aac.45.8.2224-2228.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A total of 209 clinical isolates of Pseudomonas (193 Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 10 P. putida, 4 P. stutzeri, and 2 P. fluorescens isolates) with reduced susceptibilities to imipenem and/or ceftazidime were subjected to PCR assays with primers specific for bla(IMP-1), bla(IMP-2), bla(VIM-1), and bla(VIM-2) and sequence analysis to identify the metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs) prevalent among these organisms in Taiwan; and 21 isolates gave positive results. Five isolates including two P. putida and three P. stutzeri isolates were found to carry bla(IMP-1), and six isolates including five P. putida and one P. stutzeri isolates harbored bla(VIM-2). The remaining 10 isolates were P. aeruginosa, and all were found to carry a novel variant of bla(VIM-2), designated bla(VIM-3). There are only two nucleotide differences between bla(VIM-2) and bla(VIM-3), leading to two amino acid alterations. Our findings indicate that VIM-2 and its variant have become the most prevalent metalloenzymes in Pseudomonas in Taiwan. Southern hybridization with the bla(VIM-2)-, bla(VIM-3)-, and bla(IMP-1 )-specific probes revealed that only two VIM-2-producing P. putida isolates appeared to carry the MBL gene on plasmids. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed that six VIM-3-producing P. aeruginosa isolates and two IMP-1-producing P. stutzeri isolates were genetically related, suggesting that the spread of these MBL genes in Taiwan could be due to clonal dissemination as well as genetic exchange between different clones.
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- J J Yan
- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
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Vahaboglu H, Fuzi M, Cetin S, Gundes S, Ujhelyi E, Coskunkan F, Tansel O. Characterization of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (TEM-52)-producing strains of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium with diverse resistance phenotypes. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:791-3. [PMID: 11158154 PMCID: PMC87823 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.39.2.791-793.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Two Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strains from different clonal origins, both producing an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (TEM-52), were isolated from a patient. This enzyme was encoded on a single plasmid and was found at very low levels in one strain, while being encoded on multiple plasmids and in multiple different EcoRI fragments in the other strain.
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- H Vahaboglu
- Kocaeli Universitesi, Tip Fakultesi, Klinik Bakteriyoloji & Infeksiyon Hastaliklari AD, Kocaeli, Turkey.
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Girlich D, Poirel L, Leelaporn A, Karim A, Tribuddharat C, Fennewald M, Nordmann P. Molecular epidemiology of the integron-located VEB-1 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in nosocomial enterobacterial isolates in Bangkok, Thailand. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:175-82. [PMID: 11136767 PMCID: PMC87698 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.39.1.175-182.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Over a 21/2-month period in 1999, 37 ceftazidime-resistant nonrepetitive enterobacterial isolates were collected from 37 patients in a Bangkok hospital, Thailand. Eighty-one percent of these strains expressed a clavulanic acid-inhibited extended-cephalosporin resistance profile. An identical extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL), VEB-1, was found in 16 unrelated enterobacterial isolates (Escherichia coli, n = 10; Enterobacter cloacae, n = 2; Enterobacter sakazakii, n = 1; and Klebsiella pneumoniae, n = 3) and in two clonally related E. cloacae isolates. The bla(VEB-1) gene was located on mostly self-conjugative plasmids (ca. 24 to 200 kb) that conferred additional non-beta-lactam antibiotic resistance patterns. Additionally, the bla(VEB-1) gene cassette was part of class 1 integrons varying in size and structure. The bla(VEB-1)-containing integrons were mostly associated with bla(OXA-10)-like and arr-2-like gene cassettes, the latter conferring resistance to rifampin. These data indicated the spread of bla(VEB-1) in Bangkok due to frequent transfer of different plasmids and class 1 integrons and rarely to clonally related strains. Plasmid- and integron-mediated resistance to rifampin was also found in enterobacterial isolates.
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- D Girlich
- Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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Yan JJ, Ko WC, Tsai SH, Wu HM, Jin YT, Wu JJ. Dissemination of CTX-M-3 and CMY-2 beta-lactamases among clinical isolates of Escherichia coli in southern Taiwan. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:4320-5. [PMID: 11101558 PMCID: PMC87599 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.12.4320-4325.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A total of 1,210 clinical isolates of Escherichia coli collected from a university hospital in southern Taiwan were screened for production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs). Expression of classical ESBLs (resistant to extended-spectrum beta-lactam agents and susceptible to beta-lactam inhibitors) was inferred in 18 isolates by the phenotypic confirmatory test. These included 10 isolates producing CTX-M-3, 2 strains carrying SHV-12, 1 strain harboring SHV-5, 1 strain expressing TEM-10, and 4 strains producing unidentifiable ESBLs with a pI of 8.05, 8.0, or 7.4. Eighteen isolates that showed decreased susceptibilities to ceftazidime and/or cefotaxime, negative results for the confirmatory test, and high-level resistance to cefoxitin (MICs of >/=128 microg/ml) were also investigated. Five isolates were found to produce CMY-2 AmpC enzymes, one isolate carried both CTX-M-3 and CMY-2, and the remaining three and nine isolates expressed putative AmpC beta-lactamases with pIs of >9.0 and 8.9, respectively. Thus, together with the isolate producing CTX-M-3 and CMY-2, 19 (1.6%) isolates produced classical ESBLs. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed that all isolates carrying CTX-M-3 and/or CMY-2 were genetically unrelated, indicating that dissemination of resistance plasmids was responsible for the spread of these two enzymes among E. coli in this area. Among the 16 isolates expressing CTX-M-3 and/or CMY-2, 5 might have colonized outside the hospital environment. Our data indicate that CTX-M-3 and CMY-2, two beta-lactamases initially identified in Europe, have been disseminated to and are prevalent in Taiwan.
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- J J Yan
- Departments of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
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Teshager T, Domínguez L, Moreno MA, Saénz Y, Torres C, Cardeñosa S. Isolation of an SHV-12 beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli strain from a dog with recurrent urinary tract infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2000; 44:3483-4. [PMID: 11185493 PMCID: PMC90231 DOI: 10.1128/aac.44.12.3483-3484.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hsueh PR, Wu JJ, Teng LJ, Chen YC, Yang PC, Ho SW, Luh KT. Masticatory myofascial pain: an explanatory model integrating clinical, epidemiological and basic science research. Emerg Infect Dis 1999; 41:14-25. [PMID: 11799761 PMCID: PMC2730282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2024] Open
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Masticatory myofascial pain (MMP) is a regional muscle pain disorder characterized by localized muscle tenderness in taut bands of skeletal muscles and pain and is one of the most common causes of persistent regional pain. The affected muscles may also display an increased fatigability, stiffness, subjective weakness, pain in movement, and slight restricted ROM that is unrelated to joint restriction. Although the exact etiology of MMP is unclear, recent research has improved our understanding of factors that contribute to the development and progression of MMP. Understanding these factors can help to validate an explanatory model for etiology and treatment of MMP. This model includes peripheral mechanisms from local biomechanical strain leading to the onset of early cases of MMP while central mechanisms associated with psychosocial factors lead to increased chronicity of MMP. As MP persists, chronic pain characteristics often precede or follow it's development. Management of the syndrome naturally follows from this model with therapy to rehabilitate the trigger points (TrPs) while focusing effort on reducing all contributing factors.
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- Po-Ren Hsueh
- National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Cheng-Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Hsueh PR, Wu JJ, Teng LJ, Chen YC, Yang PC, Ho SW, Luh KT. Masticatory myofascial pain: an explanatory model integrating clinical, epidemiological and basic science research. BULLETIN DU GROUPEMENT INTERNATIONAL POUR LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE EN STOMATOLOGIE & ODONTOLOGIE 1999; 41:14-25. [PMID: 11799761 PMCID: PMC2730282 DOI: 10.3201/eid0801.010167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Masticatory myofascial pain (MMP) is a regional muscle pain disorder characterized by localized muscle tenderness in taut bands of skeletal muscles and pain and is one of the most common causes of persistent regional pain. The affected muscles may also display an increased fatigability, stiffness, subjective weakness, pain in movement, and slight restricted ROM that is unrelated to joint restriction. Although the exact etiology of MMP is unclear, recent research has improved our understanding of factors that contribute to the development and progression of MMP. Understanding these factors can help to validate an explanatory model for etiology and treatment of MMP. This model includes peripheral mechanisms from local biomechanical strain leading to the onset of early cases of MMP while central mechanisms associated with psychosocial factors lead to increased chronicity of MMP. As MP persists, chronic pain characteristics often precede or follow it's development. Management of the syndrome naturally follows from this model with therapy to rehabilitate the trigger points (TrPs) while focusing effort on reducing all contributing factors.
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- Po-Ren Hsueh
- National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Cheng-Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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