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Keshri V, Arbuckle K, Chabrol O, Rolain J, Raoult D, Pontarotti P. The functional convergence of antibiotic resistance in β-lactamases is not conferred by a simple convergent substitution of amino acid. Evol Appl 2019; 12:1812-1822. [PMID: 31548859 PMCID: PMC6752183 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Revised: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a serious medical and public health concern worldwide. Such resistance is conferred by a variety of mechanisms, but the extensive variability in levels of resistance across bacteria is a common finding. Understanding the underlying evolutionary processes governing this functional variation in antibiotic resistance is important as it may allow the development of appropriate strategies to improve treatment options for bacterial infections. The main objective of this study was to examine the functional evolution of β-lactamases, a common mechanism of enzymatic resistance that inactivates a widely used class of antibiotics. We first obtained β-lactamase protein sequences and minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC), a measure of antibiotic function, from previously published literature. We then used a molecular phylogenetic framework to examine the evolution of β-lactamase functional activity. We found that the functional activity of antibiotic resistance mediated by β-lactamase has evolved in a convergent manner within molecular classes, but is not associated with any single amino acid substitution. This suggests that the dynamics of convergent evolution in this system can vary between the functional and molecular (sequence) levels. Such disassociation may hamper bioinformatic approaches to antibiotic resistance determination and underscore the need for (less efficient but more effective) activity assays as an essential step in evaluating resistance in a given case.
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- Vivek Keshri
- Aix‐Marseille Université, IRD, APHM, Microbe, Evolution, PHylogenie, Infection, IHU ‐Méditerranée InfectionMarseilleFrance
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology and BehaviourUniversity of LiverpoolLiverpoolUK
- Department of Biosciences, College of ScienceSwansea UniversitySwanseaUK
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- Aix‐Marseille Université, I2M, UMR‐CNRS 7373, Evolution Biologique et ModélisationMarseilleFrance
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- Aix‐Marseille Université, IRD, APHM, Microbe, Evolution, PHylogenie, Infection, IHU ‐Méditerranée InfectionMarseilleFrance
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- Aix‐Marseille Université, IRD, APHM, Microbe, Evolution, PHylogenie, Infection, IHU ‐Méditerranée InfectionMarseilleFrance
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- Aix‐Marseille Université, IRD, APHM, Microbe, Evolution, PHylogenie, Infection, IHU ‐Méditerranée InfectionMarseilleFrance
- CNRSMarseilleFrance
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Hawkey PM. The 2017 Garrod Lecture: Genes, guts and globalization. J Antimicrob Chemother 2018; 73:2589-2600. [PMID: 30085107 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dky277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The widespread use of antibacterial drugs over the last 70 years has brought immense benefits to human health at the price of increasing drug inefficacy. Antibacterial agents have a strong selective effect in both favouring resistant strains and allowing particular species and families of bacteria to prosper, especially in the healthcare setting. Whilst important Gram-positive bacterial pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae caused concern over the last 20 years because of the spread of antibiotic-resistant strains, Enterobacteriaceae have become the biggest challenge. They have very efficient mechanisms for genetic exchange, as illustrated by the emergence and rapid spread of CTX-M β-lactamases and the carbapenemases. The unique epidemiology of Enterobacteriaceae, with substantial numbers colonizing the mammalian gut and subsequent release into and spread in the environment, presents a significant threat to human health because of the high levels of exposure for the whole community. The use of antimicrobials in agriculture combined with global movements of people, animals and food, arising from worldwide industrialization, generates a diversity and level of resistance not seen previously. Control will require globally coordinated interventions similar to those needed to ameliorate climate change.
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- Peter M Hawkey
- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.,Department of Microbiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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Hawkey PM. Molecular epidemiology of clinically significant antibiotic resistance genes. Br J Pharmacol 2008; 153 Suppl 1:S406-13. [PMID: 18311156 PMCID: PMC2268046 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2007] [Accepted: 11/21/2007] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Antimicrobials were first introduced into medical practice a little over 60 years ago and since that time resistant strains of bacteria have arisen in response to the selective pressure of their use. This review uses the paradigm of the evolution and spread of beta-lactamases and in particular beta-lactamases active against antimicrobials used to treat Gram-negative infections. The emergence and evolution particularly of CTX-M extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) is described together with the molecular mechanisms responsible for both primary mutation and horizontal gene transfer. Reference is also made to other significant antibiotic resistance genes, resistance mechanisms in Gram-negative bacteria, such as carbepenamases, and plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone resistance. The pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is reviewed in detail as an example of a highly successful Gram-positive bacterial pathogen that has acquired and developed resistance to a wide range of antimicrobials. The role of selective pressures in the environment as well as the medical use of antimicrobials together with the interplay of various genetic mechanisms for horizontal gene transfer are considered in the concluding part of this review.
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- P M Hawkey
- Division of Immunity and Infection, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
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Tumbarello M, Spanu T, Sanguinetti M, Citton R, Montuori E, Leone F, Fadda G, Cauda R. Bloodstream infections caused by extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: risk factors, molecular epidemiology, and clinical outcome. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006; 50:498-504. [PMID: 16436702 PMCID: PMC1366869 DOI: 10.1128/aac.50.2.498-504.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bloodstream infections caused by extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates are a major concern for clinicians, since they markedly increase the rates of treatment failure and death. One hundred forty-seven patients with K. pneumoniae bloodstream infections were identified over a 5-year period (January 1999 to December 2003). The production of ESBLs in bloodstream isolates was evaluated by molecular methods. A retrospective case-case-control study was conducted to identify risk factors for the isolation of ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae or non-ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae isolates in blood cultures. Forty-eight cases infected with ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae isolates and 99 cases infected with non-ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae isolates were compared to controls. Risk factors for isolation of ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae isolates were exposure to antibiotic therapy (odds ratio [OR], 11.81; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.72 to 51.08), age (OR, 1.14; 95% CI, 1.08 to 1.21), and length of hospitalization (OR, 1.10; 95% CI, 1.04 to 1.16). Independent determinants for isolation of non-ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae were previous urinary tract infection (OR, 8.50; 95% CI, 3.69 to 19.54) and length of hospitalization (OR, 1.07; 95% CI, 1.04 to 1.10). When the initial response was assessed at 72 h after antimicrobial therapy, the treatment failure rate for the ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae-infected group was almost twice as high as that of the non-ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae-infected group (31% versus 17%; OR, 2.19; 95% CI, 0.98 to 4.89). The 21-day mortality rate for all patients was 37% (54 of 147); it was 52% (25 of 48) for patients with ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae bloodstream infections and 29% (29 of 99) for patients with non-ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae bloodstream infections (OR, 2.62; 95% CI, 1.28 to 5.35). In summary, this investigation identifies epidemiological characteristics that distinguish ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae infections from non-ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae ESBL bloodstream infections.
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- Mario Tumbarello
- Departments of Infectious Diseases, Catholic University, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
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Munday CJ, Xiong J, Li C, Shen D, Hawkey PM. Dissemination of CTX-M type β-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae isolates in the People’s Republic of China. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2004; 23:175-80. [PMID: 15013044 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2003.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2003] [Accepted: 07/03/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Previously there have been a number of reports of extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing isolates of the family Enterobacteriaceae in Asia. We first reported the occurrence of bla(CTX-M) in Guangzhou, China, subsequently there have been reports of bla(CTX-M) from a number of other south Asian countries. Initial surveillance study data suggested that bla(CTX-M) might be widely distributed in China. This study examines the type of bla(CTX-M) occurring in other major population centres in China. Initial disk diffusion method susceptibility testing (NCCLS) selected ESBL producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Beijing and near Wuhan, PRC. After screening in both China and the UK, 13 isolates producing CTX-M ESBLs were identified and studied, 11 also produced TEM-1, and 4 also produced SHV-1. Sequence analysis of the bla(CTX-M) containing isolates revealed these isolates contained two different bla(CTX-M), three with bla(CTX-M-3) and 10 with bla(CTX-M-14). After comparison with other previously published studies in the English language, we conclude that the most prevalent bla(CTX-M) so far reported in Asia are bla(CTX-M-14) and bla(CTX-M-3).
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- C J Munday
- Division of Immunobiology and Infection, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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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: 5.8] [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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Caniça M, Ferreira M, Ferreira E, Cabral L. Phenotype and molecular characterization of the first inhibitor-resistant TEM-derived beta-lactamase identified in Portugal. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002; 46:3688-9. [PMID: 12384395 PMCID: PMC128722 DOI: 10.1128/aac.46.11.3688-3689.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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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: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [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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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: 134] [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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- A A Medeiros
- Lifespan Academic Medical Center, Miriam Hospital, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
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de Champs C, Monne C, Bonnet R, Sougakoff W, Sirot D, Chanal C, Sirot J. New TEM variant (TEM-92) produced by Proteus mirabilis and Providencia stuartii isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2001; 45:1278-80. [PMID: 11257046 PMCID: PMC90455 DOI: 10.1128/aac.45.4.1278-1280.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2000] [Accepted: 01/01/2001] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The sequences of the bla(TEM) genes encoding TEM-92 in Proteus mirabilis and Providencia stuartii isolates were determined and were found to be identical. Except for positions 218 (Lys-6) and 512 (Lys-104), the nucleotide sequence of bla(TEM-92) was identical to that of bla(TEM-20), including the sequence of the promoter region harboring a 135-bp deletion combined with a G-162-->T substitution. The deduced amino acid sequence of TEM-92 differed from that of TEM-52 by the presence of a substitution (Gln-6-->Lys) in the peptide signal.
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- C de Champs
- Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Faculté de Médecine, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex, France.
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Chanal C, Bonnet R, De Champs C, Sirot D, Labia R, Sirot J. Prevalence of beta-lactamases among 1,072 clinical strains of Proteus mirabilis: a 2-year survey in a French hospital. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2000; 44:1930-5. [PMID: 10858357 PMCID: PMC89988 DOI: 10.1128/aac.44.7.1930-1935.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/1999] [Accepted: 04/12/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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beta-Lactam resistance was studied in 1,072 consecutive P. mirabilis clinical strains isolated at the Clermont-Ferrand teaching hospital between April 1996 and March 1998. The frequency of amoxicillin resistance was 48.5%. Among the 520 amoxicillin-resistant isolates, three resistance phenotypes were detected: penicillinase (407 strains [78.3%]), extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (74 strains [14. 2%]), and inhibitor resistance (39 strains [7.5%]). The penicillinase phenotype isolates were divided into three groups according to the level of resistance to beta-lactams, which was shown to be related to the strength of the promoter. The characterization of the different beta-lactamases showed that amoxicillin resistance in P. mirabilis was almost always (97%) associated with TEM or TEM-derived beta-lactamases, most of which evolved via TEM-2.
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- C Chanal
- Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Faculté de Médecine, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex, France.
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Pałucha A, Mikiewicz B, Hryniewicz W, Gniadkowski M. Concurrent outbreaks of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing organisms of the family Enterobacteriaceae in a Warsaw hospital. J Antimicrob Chemother 1999; 44:489-99. [PMID: 10588311 DOI: 10.1093/jac/44.4.489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The increasing use of broader-spectrum cephalosporins in the first half of the 1990s has become one of the major factors responsible for the high rate of selection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing microorganisms in Polish hospitals. Thirty-five isolates of seven different species of the family Enterobacteriaceae were identified as ESBL producers, over a 4 month period, in one of Warsaw's hospitals between the end of 1996 and the beginning of 1997. Sixteen per cent of all Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates, 16% of Citrobacter freundii isolates and 32% of Serratia marcescens isolates collected by the hospital microbiology laboratory at that time were expressing these enzymes. The majority of these (27 isolates) were found to express CTX-M-type ESBLs (pI 8.4). This outbreak was due to both plasmid dissemination among unrelated strains and clonal spread of some strains in several wards of the hospital. The remaining isolates produced ESBLs (pI 8.2) belonging to the SHV family of beta-lactamases and demonstrated a high degree of genetic diversity.
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- A Pałucha
- Sera and Vaccines Central Research Laboratory, Warsaw, Poland
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Heritage J, M'Zali FH, Gascoyne-Binzi D, Hawkey PM. Evolution and spread of SHV extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in gram-negative bacteria. J Antimicrob Chemother 1999; 44:309-18. [PMID: 10511397 DOI: 10.1093/jac/44.3.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics has been a problem for as long as these drugs have been used in clinical practice. In clinically significant bacteria the most important mechanism of resistance is the production of one or more beta-lactamases, enzymes that hydrolyse the beta-lactam bond characteristic of this family of antibiotics. Prominent among the beta-lactamases produced by the Enterobacteriaceae is the SHV family. The first reported SHV beta-lactamase had a narrow spectrum of activity. By the accumulation of point mutations at sites that affect the active site of the enzyme, a family of derivatives of SHV-1 has evolved. Derivatives of SHV-1 either have an extended spectrum of activity, capable of inactivating third-generation cephalosporins, or are resistant to beta-lactamase inhibitors. This review describes the evolution and spread of the SHV family of beta-lactamases, introducing the structure-function analysis made possible by DNA sequence analysis. It also reviews the methods used to characterize members of this family of beta-lactamases, indicating some of the difficulties involved.
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- J Heritage
- Division of Microbiology, School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Antimicrobial Research Centre, University of Leeds, UK.
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Barroso H, Freitas-Vieira A, Duarte A. Molecular characterization of a ceftazidime-resistant Morganella morganii isolate producing a TEM-10 beta-lactamase. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999; 43:434-5. [PMID: 9989337 PMCID: PMC89100 DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.2.434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gniadkowski M, Palucha A, Grzesiowski P, Hryniewicz W. Outbreak of ceftazidime-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a pediatric hospital in Warsaw, Poland: clonal spread of the TEM-47 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing strain and transfer of a plasmid carrying the SHV-5-like ESBL-encoding gene. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1998; 42:3079-85. [PMID: 9835494 PMCID: PMC106002 DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.12.3079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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In 1996 a large, 300-bed pediatric hospital in Warsaw, Poland, started a program of monitoring infections caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing microorganisms. Over the first 3-month period eight Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates were identified as being resistant to ceftazidime. Six of these were found to produce the TEM-47 ESBL, which we first described in a K. pneumoniae strain recovered a year before in a pediatric hospital in Lódź, Poland, which is 140 km from Warsaw. Typing results revealed a very close relatedness among all these isolates, which suggested that the clonal outbreak in Warsaw was caused by a strain possibly imported from Lódź. The remaining two isolates expressed the SHV-5-like ESBL, which resulted from the horizontal transfer of a plasmid carrying the blaSHV gene between nonrelated strains. The data presented here exemplify the complexity of the epidemiological situation concerning ESBL producers typical for large Polish hospitals, in which no ESBL-monitoring programs were in place prior to 1995.
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- M Gniadkowski
- Sera & Vaccines Central Research Laboratory, 00-725 Warsaw, Poland.
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Liu PY, Tung JC, Ke SC, Chen SL. Molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in a district hospital in Taiwan. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:2759-62. [PMID: 9705432 PMCID: PMC105202 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.9.2759-2762.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Thirty-one of 104 clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae collected over a period of 8 months were found to be putative extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producers. Isoelectric focusing and an iodine overlay agar method were used for preliminary identification of the ESBLs. They were further identified by DNA sequencing. Seventy-one percent of the isolates were found to produce SHV-5. The variation in the ESBL patterns of these isolates was slight, with only five patterns being identified. The strains were typed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and 16 different genotypes were identified. When the PFGE patterns were analyzed by the algorithmic clustering method called the unweighted-pair group method using arithmetic averages, five clusters were found. However, significant genetic variations were found among 11 isolates and between each cluster. A plasmid of 36 kb was found in all clinical isolates and in the transconjugants. Our results indicate that the increase in the number of ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae isolates in this hospital is due mainly to the dissemination of a resistance plasmid rather than to the clonal spread of a few epidemic strains.
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- P Y Liu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Shalu Tungs' Memorial Hospital, Shalu, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Pitout JD, Thomson KS, Hanson ND, Ehrhardt AF, Moland ES, Sanders CC. beta-Lactamases responsible for resistance to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins in Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Proteus mirabilis isolates recovered in South Africa. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1998; 42:1350-4. [PMID: 9624474 PMCID: PMC105602 DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.6.1350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Although resistance to the expanded-spectrum cephalosporins among members of the family Enterobacteriaceae lacking inducible beta-lactamases occurs virtually worldwide, little is known about this problem among isolates recovered in South Africa. Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Proteus mirabilis resistant to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins recovered from patients in various parts of South Africa over a 3-month period were investigated for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production. Antibiotic susceptibility was determined by standard disk diffusion and agar dilution procedures. Production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases was evaluated by using the double-disk test, and the beta-lactamases were characterized by spectrophotometric hydrolysis assays and an isoelectric focusing overlay technique which simultaneously determined isoelectric points and general substrate or inhibitor characteristics. DNA amplification and sequencing were performed to confirm the identities of these enzymes. The P. mirabilis and E. coli isolates were found to produce TEM-26-type, SHV-2, and SHV-5 extended-spectrum beta-lactamases. An AmpC-related enzyme which had a pI of 8.0 and which conferred resistance to cefoxitin as well as the expanded-spectrum cephalosporins was found in a strain of K. pneumoniae. This is the first study which has identified organisms producing different extended-spectrum beta-lactamases from South Africa and the first report describing strains of P. mirabilis producing a TEM-26-type enzyme. The variety of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases found among members of the family Enterobacteriaceae isolated from major medical centers in South Africa is troubling and adds to the growing list of countries where these enzymes pose a serious problem for antimicrobial therapy.
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- J D Pitout
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA
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Speldooren V, Heym B, Labia R, Nicolas-Chanoine MH. Discriminatory detection of inhibitor-resistant beta-lactamases in Escherichia coli by single-strand conformation polymorphism-PCR. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1998; 42:879-84. [PMID: 9559800 PMCID: PMC105559 DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.4.879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/1997] [Accepted: 01/31/1998] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Plasmid-mediated mechanisms, comprising TEM hyperproduction, TEM derivative production, and OXA production, lead to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid resistance in enterobacteria. The ability of the single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP)-PCR method to differentiate the genes encoding inhibitor-resistant beta-lactamases was evaluated with three bla(TEM) primer pairs. The bla(TEM) genes, which were known to be different on the basis of their nucleotide sequences (bla[TEM-1A], bla[TEM-1B], bla[TEM-2], bla[TEM-30], bla[TEM-32], and bla[TEM-35]), were identified as different by their electrophoretic mobilities. The bla(TEM-33), bla(TEM-34), bla(TEM-36), bla(TEM-37), bla(TEM-38), and bla(TEM-39) genes, whose sequence differences have been established by oligotyping, displayed different SSCP profiles for different fragments, suggesting genetic differences in addition to those defined by oligotyping. Confirmed by sequencing, these additional genetic events concerned silent mutations at certain positions and, notably, a G-->T transversion at position 1 of the -10 consensus sequence in bla(TEM-34), bla(TEM-36), bla(TEM-37), and bla(TEM-39). Applied to eight clinical isolates of Escherichia coli resistant to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, the SSCP method detected TEM-1 in three strains and TEM-30, TEM-32, and TEM-35 in three other strains, respectively. A novel TEM derivative (TEM-58) was detected in another strain, and the deduced amino acid sequence showed two substitutions: Arg244Ser, which is known to confer amoxicillin-clavulanic acid resistance in TEM-30, and Val261Ile, which has not been described previously. The eighth strain produced an OXA beta-lactamase. Given the discriminatory power and the applicability of SSCP-PCR, this method can be proposed as a means of following the evolution of the frequencies of the different inhibitor-resistant beta-lactamases.
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- V Speldooren
- Microbiology Department, Hôpital Ambroise-Paré, Université Paris V, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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Takahashi Y, Masuda N, Otsuki M, Miki M, Nishino T. In vitro activity of HSR-903, a new quinolone. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1997; 41:1326-30. [PMID: 9174193 PMCID: PMC163909 DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.6.1326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The in vitro activity of the new fluoroquinolone HSR-903 was compared with those of ciprofloxacin, lomefloxacin, sparfloxacin, and levofloxacin. HSR-903 inhibited 90% of methicillin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clinical isolates at 0.78 and 1.56 microg/ml, respectively, and its activity against MRSA was 16-fold higher than those of sparfloxacin and levofloxacin and 64-fold higher than that of ciprofloxacin. The MICs at which 90% of the isolates are inhibited (MIC90s) of HSR-903 for Streptococcus pyogenes and penicillin G-susceptible and -resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (PRSP) were 0.10, 0.05, and 0.05 microg/ml, respectively. Against PRSP, the activity of HSR-903 was 4-fold higher than that of sparfloxacin and 32- to 256-fold higher than those of the other quinolones. The MIC90 of HSR-903 for Enterococcus faecalis was 0.20 microg/ml, and HSR-903 was more active than the other quinolones against enterococci. The activity of HSR-903 against members of the family Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa was roughly similar to that of ciprofloxacin and greater than those of the other quinolones. Against Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Helicobacter pylori, HSR-903 was the most potent of the quinolones tested. The activity of HSR-903 was not affected by the medium, the inoculum size, or the addition of serum, but decreased under acidic conditions, as did those of the other quinolones tested. HSR-903 exhibited rapid bactericidal action and had a good postantibiotic effect on S. aureus and P. aeruginosa. HSR-903 inhibited supercoiling by DNA gyrase from Escherichia coli, but it was much less active against human topoisomerase II.
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- Y Takahashi
- Department of Microbiology, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Yamashina-ku, Japan
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Caniça MM, Barthélémy M, Gilly L, Labia R, Krishnamoorthy R, Paul G. Properties of IRT-14 (TEM-45), a newly characterized mutant of TEM-type beta-lactamases. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1997; 41:374-8. [PMID: 9021194 PMCID: PMC163716 DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.2.374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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IRT-14 (TEM-45) is a new mutant TEM-type beta-lactamase that was isolated from clinical Escherichia coli P37 and that confers resistance to broad-spectrum penicillins with reduced sensitivity to beta-lactamase inhibitors. The MICs of amoxicillin alone and of amoxicillin combined with 2 micrograms of clavulanic acid or 2 micrograms of tazobactam per ml were 4,096, 2,048, and 1,024 micrograms/ml, respectively. The strain was susceptible to cephalosporins, aztreonam, moxalactam, and imipenem. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity, and values of the kinetic parameters Kcat, Km, and Kcat/Km were determined for different substrates. This enzyme, with a pI of 5.2, was found to have reduced affinity for broad-spectrum penicillins and cephalosporins. The values of 50% inhibitory concentrations of clavulanic acid, sulbactam, tazobactam, and brobactam are correlated with the higher KmS for substrates. The resistance of E. coli P37 to mechanism-based inactivators results from a higher level of production of the TEM-derived enzyme due to the G-to-T substitution at position 162 (G-162-->T) in the promoter region of blaTEM and from the structural modifications resulting from the Met-69-->Leu and Arg-275-->Gln substitutions that characterize IRT-14 beta-lactamase.
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- M M Caniça
- INSERM U 120, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France
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Caniça MM, Lu CY, Krishnamoorthy R, Paul GC. Molecular diversity and evolution of blaTEM genes encoding beta-lactamases resistant to clavulanic acid in clinical E. coli. J Mol Evol 1997; 44:57-65. [PMID: 9010136 DOI: 10.1007/pl00006121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The molecular diversity of inhibitor-resistant TEM (IRT) enzymes was explored using a strategy which involved DNA amplification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), and direct nucleotide sequencing. The study of plasmid-borne genes from 27 strains, resistant to amoxicillin and beta-lactamase-inhibitor combinations, identified mutations resulting in amino acid change at positions 69, 244, 275, and 276 known to be associated with the IRT phenotype and a mutation at nucleotide position 162 in the promoter region. These mutations were found to lie on two different gene sequences, described here as "TEM-1B like" and "TEM-2 like" restriction linkage groups. Further analysis, of nucleotide sequences of promoter and coding regions of the beta-lactamases, confirmed that a given mutation causing IRT phenotype could be associated with two different gene sequence frameworks and two different causal mutations could lie on identical gene sequence framework. These data argue in favor of convergent phenotypic evolution of IRT enzymes under the selective pressure imposed by the intensive clinical use of beta-lactam-beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations.
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- M M Caniça
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Microbiologie, UFR Cochin-Port-Royal, 24 rue du faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014, Paris, France
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Soilleux MJ, Morand AM, Arlet GJ, Scavizzi MR, Labia R. Survey of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases: prevalence of TEM-3 and first identification of TEM-26 in France. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1996; 40:1027-9. [PMID: 8849221 PMCID: PMC163253 DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.4.1027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Crude extracts from 115 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates were analyzed biochemically. The TEM-3 type was encountered 108 times, SHV types were encountered 7 times, and the TEM-26 type was encountered only once. For the last one, the gene was identified; an adenine was detected at position 925, as in blaTEM-26B not in blaTEM-26.
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- M J Soilleux
- Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital Avicenne, Université Paris Nord, Bobigny, France
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Bush K, Jacoby GA, Medeiros AA. A functional classification scheme for beta-lactamases and its correlation with molecular structure. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1995; 39:1211-33. [PMID: 7574506 PMCID: PMC162717 DOI: 10.1128/aac.39.6.1211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1550] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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- K Bush
- American Cyanamid Company, Lederle Laboratories, Pearl River, New York 10965, USA
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