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Godínez-Oviedo A, Tamplin ML, Bowman JP, Hernández-Iturriaga M. Effects of intrinsic characteristics of Salmonella enterica strains isolated from foods and humans, and their interaction with food matrices during simulated gastric conditions. Int J Food Microbiol 2024; 413:110584. [PMID: 38295484 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2024.110584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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The stomach's acidic pH is a crucial barrier against foodborne pathogens such as Salmonella enterica. This study investigated the survival of S. enterica under simulated oral and gastric conditions (SGC; pH 2 for 120 min) as a function of intrinsic pathogen characteristics and food matrix. Fifty-seven S. enterica strains isolated from food and human infections (previously characterized by serotype, virulotype, multi-drug resistance, isolation source, and isolation season) were subjected to SGC using water as a vehicle. Population reduction among the 57 isolates ranged from 2.7 to 4.7 log CFU, revealing that human isolates were inactivated less than food isolates (p = 0.0008). Among food strains, strains isolated during the cold season (food sampled from December to February) displayed the highest reduction (p = 0.00002). Six representatives of the 57 S. enterica strains were selected according to their virulotype and antimicrobial profile. They were further used to evaluate their survival under SGC in four food matrices (water, mango, tomato, and chicken), measuring S. enterica at 30 min intervals. The strains in chicken showed the lowest reduction and inactivation rate (1.42 ± 0.35 log CFU; 0.03 ± 0.005 min-1), followed by tomato (3.75 ± 0.57 log CFU; 0.15 ± 0.02 min-1), water (4.23 ± 0.27 log CFU; 0.17 ± 0.02 min-1), and mango (4.49 ± 0.39 log CFU; 0.17 ± 0.03 min-1). These data suggest that not all S. enterica strains have the same ability to survive under SGC, influencing the probability of arriving into the small intestine.
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- A Godínez-Oviedo
- Departamento de Investigación y Posgrado de Alimentos, Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Cerro de las Campanas s/n, Col. Las Campanas, 76010 Querétaro, Qro., Mexico; Food Safety and Innovation Centre, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7005, Australia
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- Food Safety and Innovation Centre, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7005, Australia
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- Food Safety and Innovation Centre, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7005, Australia
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- Departamento de Investigación y Posgrado de Alimentos, Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Cerro de las Campanas s/n, Col. Las Campanas, 76010 Querétaro, Qro., Mexico.
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Cai J, Yang M, Deng H, Bai H, Zheng G, He J. Acute kidney injury should not be neglected - optimization of quick Pitt bacteremia score for predicting mortality in critically ill patients with bloodstream infection: a retrospective cohort study. Ther Adv Infect Dis 2024; 11:20499361241231147. [PMID: 38410828 PMCID: PMC10896049 DOI: 10.1177/20499361241231147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024] Open
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Background Considering the therapeutic difficulties and mortality associated with bloodstream infection (BSI), it is essential to investigate other potential factors affecting mortality in critically ill patients with BSI and examine the utility of the quick Pitt bacteremia (qPitt) score to improve the survival rate. Objectives To improve the predictive accuracy of the qPitt scoring system by evaluating the five current components of qPitt and including other potential factors influencing mortality in critically ill patients with BSI. Design This was a retrospective cohort study. Methods Medical information from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV database was used in this retrospective cohort study. The risk factors associated with mortality were examined using a multivariate logistic regression model. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was used to assess the discriminatory capability of the prediction models. Results In total, 1240 eligible critically ill patients with BSI were included. After adjustment for age, community-onset BSI, indwelling invasive lines, and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) ⩽ 8, acute kidney injury (AKI) was identified as a notable risk factor for 14-day mortality. Except for altered mental status, the four other main components of the original qPitt were significantly associated with 14-day mortality. Hence, we established a modified qPitt (m-qPitt) by adding AKI and replacing altered mental status with GCS ⩽ 8. The AUCs for m-qPitt and qPitt were 0.723 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.683-0.759] and 0.708 (95% CI: 0.669-0.745) in predicting 14-day mortality, respectively. Moreover, m-qPitt also had acceptable performance and discrimination power [0.700 (95% CI: 0.666-0.732)] in predicting 28-day mortality. Conclusion AKI significantly influenced the survival of critically ill patients with BSIs. Compared with the original qPitt, our new m-qPitt was proven to have a better predictive performance for mortality in critically ill patients with BSI. Further studies should be conducted to validate the practicality of m-qPitt.
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- Jiaqi Cai
- Department of Pharmacy, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kunshan Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Kunshan, China
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- The 2nd Department of Tuberculosis, Zhongshan Second People’s Hospital, Zhongshan, China
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- Department of International Medical Center, Shenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China
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- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Room 202, 2nd Floor, 12 Building, 197 Ruijin No. 2 Road, Huangpu, Shanghai 200025, China
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Hasan M, Dawan J, Ahn J. Assessment of the potential of phage-antibiotic synergy to induce collateral sensitivity in Salmonella Typhimurium. Microb Pathog 2023; 180:106134. [PMID: 37150310 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2023.106134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2023] [Revised: 04/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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This study was designed to evaluate the synergistic effect of phage and antibiotic on the induction of collateral sensitivity in Salmonella Typhimurium. The synergistic effects of Salmonella phage PBST32 combined with ciprofloxacin (CIP) against S. Typhimurium KCCM 40253 (STKCCM) were evaluated using a fractional inhibitory concentration (FIC) assay. The CIP susceptibility of STKCCM was increased when combined with PBST32, showing 16-fold decrease at 7 log PFU/mL. The combination of 1/2 × MIC of CIP and PBST32 (CIP[1/2]+PBST32) effectively inhibited the growth of STKCCM up to below the detection limit (1.3 log CFU/mL) after 12 h of incubation at 37 °C. The significant reduction in bacterial swimming motility was observed for PBST32 and CIP[1/4]+PBST32. The CIP[1/4]+PBST32 increased the fitness cost (relative fitness = 0.57) and decreased the cross-resistance to different classes of antibiotics. STKCCM treated with PBST32 alone treatment exhibited the highest coefficient of variation (90%), followed by CIP[1/4]+PBST32 (75%). These results suggest that the combination of PBST32 and CIP can be used to control bacterial pathogens.
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- Mahadi Hasan
- Department of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, 24341, Republic of Korea; Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, 24341, Republic of Korea.
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Bai B, Eales BM, Huang W, Ledesma KR, Merlau PR, Li G, Yu Z, Tam VH. Clinical and genomic analysis of virulence-related genes in bloodstream infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii. Virulence 2022; 13:1920-1927. [PMID: 36308002 PMCID: PMC9621070 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2022.2132053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a common cause of bloodstream infections, which is associated with high mortality and long periods of hospitalization. To advance the medical care of our patients, the study was designed to identify microbial characteristics associated with poor clinical outcomes. A collection of 32 A. baumannii bloodstream isolates with diverse genetic backgrounds (as determined by multilocus sequence typing) was studied. These isolates were recovered by unique patients (18 males, 14 females; age range: 17 days to 87 years) between 2011 and 2018. A sequential screening approach (cross-referencing analyses using different endpoints) was used to identify isolates with the best correlation between bacterial virulence and clinical prognosis. Isolates associated with more rapid in vitro growth rate, shorter median survival time in pre-clinical infection models, and hospital mortality were selected as candidates for high virulence, while those with opposite characteristics were selected as controls with low virulence. Whole genome sequencing was undertaken in the most promising clinical isolates. We found five virulence genes (beta-hemolysin/cytolysin, Cpi-1a + Cpi-1 (SPI-1 like), enhanced entry proteins, FbpABC, Paa) and 1 secretory system (T6SS) only present in a highly virulent isolate (AB23), compared to a low virulence control isolate (AB6). These genetic elements could be associated with the poor prognosis of A. baumannii bacteraemia and further investigations are warranted.
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- Bing Bai
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Endogenous Infections, The 6th Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China,Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Bacteriology & Antibacterial Resistance Surveillance Laboratory, Shenzhen Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shenzhen People’s Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Endogenous Infections, The 6th Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Endogenous Infections, The 6th Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China,Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA,CONTACT Vincent H. Tam
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Knecht CA, García Allende N, Álvarez VE, Prack McCormick B, Massó MG, Piekar M, Campos J, Fox B, Camicia G, Gambino AS, Leguina ACDV, Donis N, Fernández-Canigia L, Quiroga MP, Centrón D. Novel insights related to the rise of KPC-producing Enterobacter cloacae complex strains within the nosocomial niche. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:951049. [DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.951049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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According to the World Health Organization, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) belong to the highest priority group for the development of new antibiotics. Argentina-WHONET data showed that Gram-negative resistance frequencies to imipenem have been increasing since 2010 mostly in two CRE bacteria: Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae Complex (ECC). This scenario is mirrored in our hospital. It is known that K. pneumoniae and the ECC coexist in the human body, but little is known about the outcome of these species producing KPC, and colonizing or infecting a patient. We aimed to contribute to the understanding of the rise of the ECC in Argentina, taking as a biological model both a patient colonized with two KPC-producing strains (one Enterobacter hormaechei and one K. pneumoniae) and in vitro competition assays with prevalent KPC-producing ECC (KPC-ECC) versus KPC-producing K. pneumoniae (KPC-Kp) high-risk clones from our institution. A KPC-producing E. hormaechei and later a KPC-Kp strain that colonized a patient shared an identical novel conjugative IncM1 plasmid harboring blaKPC-2. In addition, a total of 19 KPC-ECC and 58 KPC-Kp strains isolated from nosocomial infections revealed that high-risk clones KPC-ECC ST66 and ST78 as well as KPC-Kp ST11 and ST258 were prevalent and selected for competition assays. The competition assays with KCP-ECC ST45, ST66, and ST78 versus KPC-Kp ST11, ST18, and ST258 strains analyzed here showed no statistically significant difference. These assays evidenced that high-risk clones of KPC-ECC and KPC-Kp can coexist in the same hospital environment including the same patient, which explains from an ecological point of view that both species can exchange and share plasmids. These findings offer hints to explain the worldwide rise of KPC-ECC strains based on the ability of some pandemic clones to compete and occupy a certain niche. Taken together, the presence of the same new plasmid and the fitness results that showed that both strains can coexist within the same patient suggest that horizontal genetic transfer of blaKPC-2 within the patient cannot be ruled out. These findings highlight the constant interaction that these two species can keep in the hospital environment, which, in turn, can be related to the spread of KPC.
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Phage resistance-mediated trade-offs with antibiotic resistance in Salmonella Typhimurium. Microb Pathog 2022; 171:105732. [PMID: 36002113 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2022.105732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This study was designed to evaluate the trade-offs between phage resistance and antibiotic resistance of Salmonella Typhimurium (STKCCM) exposed to bacteriophage PBST10 and antibiotics (ampicillin and ciprofloxacin). STKCCM was serially exposed to control (no PBST10/antibiotic added), phage alone, ampicillin alone, ampicillin with phage, ciprofloxacin alone, and ciprofloxacin with phage for 8 days at 37 °C. The treated cells were used to evaluate the antibiotic susceptibility, β-lactamase activity, relative fitness, gene expression, and phage-resistance frequency. The antibiotic susceptibility of STKCCM to ampicillin was increased in the presence of phages. The β-lactamase activity was significantly increased in the phage alone and ampicillin with phage. The combination treatments of phages and antibiotics resulted in a greater fitness cost. The efflux pump-associated tolC was suppressed in STKCCM exposed to phage alone. The highest phage-resistance frequencies were observed at phage alone, followed by ampicillin with phage and ciprofloxacin with phage. The tolC-suppressed cells showed the enhanced antibiotic susceptibility. This study provides useful information for designing effective phage-antibiotic combination treatments. The evolutionary trade-offs of phage-resistant bacteria with antibiotic resistance might be good targets for controlling antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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Zeng W, Feng L, Qian C, Chen T, Wang S, Zhang Y, Zheng X, Wang L, Liu S, Zhou T, Sun Y. Acquisition of Daptomycin Resistance by Enterococcus faecium Confers Collateral Sensitivity to Glycopeptides. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:815600. [PMID: 35495706 PMCID: PMC9041417 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.815600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Daptomycin is a last-line antibiotic used in the treatment of multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium infections. Alarmingly, daptomycin-resistant E. faecium isolates have emerged. In this study, we investigated the evolution and mechanisms of daptomycin resistance in clinical E. faecium isolates and the corresponding acquisition of collateral sensitivity (CS) as an evolutionary trade-off. We evolved daptomycin resistance in six daptomycin-susceptible E. faecium isolates to obtain daptomycin-resistant mutants. The six E. faecium strains successfully acquired high-level resistance to daptomycin in vitro, but this led to fitness costs in terms of growth, in vitro competition, and virulence. Mutations in liaFSR, yycFG, and cls; increased surface positive charge; thicker cell walls; and elevated expression of dltABCD and tagGH were observed in daptomycin-resistant mutants. Surprisingly, we observed the emergence of CS in SC1762 isolates after the induction of daptomycin resistance. Compared with parental strains, the SC1174-D strain (i.e., daptomycin-resistant mutant of SC1174; non-CS) showed significantly upregulated expression of the vanA gene cluster. However, in SC1762-D (i.e., daptomycin-resistant mutant of SC1762), all vanA cluster genes except the vanX gene were obviously downregulated. Further in silico analyses revealed that an IS1216E-based composite transposon was generated in SC1762-D, and it disrupted the vanH gene, likely affecting the structure and expression of the vanA gene cluster and resulting in resensitization to glycopeptides. Overall, this study reports a novel form of CS between daptomycin and glycopeptides in E. faecium. Further, it provides a valuable foundation for developing effective regimens and sequential combinations of daptomycin and glycopeptides against E. faecium.
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- Weiliang Zeng
- Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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Role of Efflux Pump-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance in Quorum Sensing-Regulated Biofilm Formation by Salmonella Typhimurium. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11020147. [PMID: 35215091 PMCID: PMC8877114 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11020147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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This study was designed to assess the influence of efflux pump activity on the biofilm formation in Salmonella Typhimurium. Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium ATCC 19585 (STWT) and clinically isolated S. Typhimurium CCARM 8009 (STCI) were treated with ceftriaxone (CEF), chloramphenicol (CHL), ciprofloxacin (CIP), erythromycin (ERY), norfloxacin (NOR), and tetracycline (TET) in autoinducer-containing media in the absence and presence of phenylalanine-arginine β-naphthylamide (PAβN) to compare efflux pump activity with biofilm-forming ability. The susceptibilities of STWT and STCI were increased in the presence of PAβN. ERY+PAβN showed the highest decrease in the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of ERY from 256 to 2 μg/mL against STWT and STCI. The antimicrobial activity of NOR against planktonic cells was significantly increased in the presence of PAβN, showing the lowest numbers of STWT (3.2 log CFU/cm2), and the TET+PAβN effectively inhibited the growth of STCI (5.2 log CFU/cm2). The lowest biofilm-forming abilities were observed at NOR+PAβN against STWT (biofilm-forming index, BFI < 0.41) and CEF+PAβN against STCI (BFI = 0.32). The bacteria swimming motility and relative fitness varied depending on the antibiotic and PAβN treatments. The motility diameters of STWT were significantly decreased by NOR+PAβN (6 mm) and TET+PAβN (15 mm), while the lowest motility of STCI was observed at CIP+PAβN (8 mm). The significant decrease in the relative fitness levels of STWT and STCI was observed at CIP+PAβN and NOR+PAβN. The PAβN as an efflux pump inhibitor (EPI) can improve the antimicrobial and anti-biofilm efficacy of antibiotics against S. Typhimurium. This study provides useful information for understanding the role of efflux pump activity in quorum sensing-regulated biofilm formation and also emphasizes the necessity of the discovery of novel EPIs for controlling biofilm formation by antibiotic-resistant pathogens.
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Zhan L, Zhang J, Zhao B, Li X, Zhang X, Hu R, Elken EM, Kong L, Gao Y. Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Bovine Pasteurella multocida Serogroup A Strain Reveals Insights Into Virulence Attenuation. Front Vet Sci 2021; 8:765495. [PMID: 34859092 PMCID: PMC8631534 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.765495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Pasteurella multocida is one of the primary pathogens of bovine respiratory disease (BRD), and causes huge losses in the cattle industry. The Pm3 strain was a natural isolate, which is a strong form of pathogen and is sensitive to fluoroquinolones antibiotics. A high fluoroquinolone resistant strain, Pm64 (MIC = 64 μg/mL), was formed after continuous induction with subinhibitory concentration (1/2 MIC) of enrofloxacin, with the enhanced growth characteristics and large attenuation of pathogenicity in mice. This study reports the whole genome sequence and the transcription profile by RNA-Seq of strain Pm3/Pm64. The results showed an ineffective difference between the two strains at the genome level. However, 32 genes could be recognized in the gene islands (GIs) of Pm64, in which 24 genes were added and 8 genes were lost. Those genes are involved in DNA binding, trehalose metabolism, material transportation, capsule synthesis, prophage, amino acid metabolism, and other functions. In Pm3 strain, 558 up-regulated and 568 down-regulated genes were found compared to Pm64 strain, from which 20 virulence factor-related differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were screened. Mainly differentially transcribed genes were associated with capsular polysaccharide (CPS), lipopolysaccharide (LPS), lipooligosaccharide (LOS). Iron utilization, and biofilm composition. We speculated that the main mechanism of virulence attenuation after the formation of resistance of Pm64 comes from the change of the expression profile of these genes. This report elucidated the toxicity targets of P. multocida serogroup A which provide fundamental information toward the understanding of the pathogenic mechanism and to decreasing antimicrobial drugs resistance.
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- Li Zhan
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, China
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- Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China.,The Key Laboratory of Animal Production, Product Quality and Security, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China.,The Key Laboratory of Animal Production, Product Quality and Security, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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Ambroise J, Benaissa E, Irenge LMWB, Belouad EM, Bearzatto B, Durant JF, Badir J, Elouennass M, Gala JL. Genomic characterisation of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in Rabat, Morocco. J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2021; 26:335-341. [PMID: 34303856 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2021.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli are an increasingly significant cause of hospital- and community-acquired infections worldwide. Whereas several reports have highlighted their increased prevalence also in North African countries, genomic data on isolates associated with these infections are still scarce. This study aimed to provide data on ESBL-producing E. coli isolates from patients with extraintestinal infections at the Military Teaching Hospital Mohamed V of Rabat, Morocco. METHODS Whole-genome sequencing was carried out on 18 ESBL-producing extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) isolates for analysis of phylogenomic evolution, virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance genes. Data were compared with ExPEC lineages from several surrounding countries using multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and single nucleotide polymorphism-based phylogenetic approaches. RESULTS The majority of E. coli isolates were ST131 (n = 15), followed by ST617 (n = 2) and a novel sequence type (ST10703) that is closely related to the pandemic ST405 clone. All ST131 isolates belonged to the O25b-ST131 pandemic clone. They harboured more virulence genes than their non-ST131 counterparts. IncF plasmid replicons and the blaCTX-M-15 β-lactamase gene were identified in all isolates. No ESBL-producing E. coli isolates carried any known carbapenemase gene. CONCLUSION Our findings underscore the pre-eminence of ST131 as the major factor driving the expansion of ExPEC in the Rabat region while highlighting the potential links with isolates circulating in other neighbouring countries.
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- Jérôme Ambroise
- Center for Applied Molecular Technologies, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Research, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Bacteriology, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital/Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy (University Mohammed V), Rabat, Morocco; Epidemiology and Bacterial Resistance Research Team, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
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- Center for Applied Molecular Technologies, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Research, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium; Defence Laboratories Department, ACOS Ops&Trg, Belgian Armed Forces, Peutie, Belgium
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- Epidemiology and Bacterial Resistance Research Team, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
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- Center for Applied Molecular Technologies, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Research, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Center for Applied Molecular Technologies, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Research, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Center for Applied Molecular Technologies, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Research, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Epidemiology and Bacterial Resistance Research Team, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco; Defence Laboratories Department, ACOS Ops&Trg, Belgian Armed Forces, Peutie, Belgium
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- Center for Applied Molecular Technologies, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Research, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium; Defence Laboratories Department, ACOS Ops&Trg, Belgian Armed Forces, Peutie, Belgium.
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Dawan J, Kim JC, Ahn J. Insights into collateral susceptibility and collateral resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii during antimicrobial adaptation. Lett Appl Microbiol 2021; 73:168-175. [PMID: 33893654 DOI: 10.1111/lam.13488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The susceptibility of Acinetobacter baumannii exposed to primary antibiotic can be either increased or decreased when exposed to secondary antibiotic. This study was designed to assess the relative fitness, collateral susceptibility and collateral resistance of polymyxin B- (PMB-) adapted A. baumannii to ciprofloxacin (CIP), meropenem (MER), PMB, tetracycline (TET) and tobramycin (TOB). Strains of wild-type A. baumannii KACC 12454 (ABKACC ), wild-type A. baumannii CCARM 12088 (ABCCARM ), PMB-adapted ABKACC , PMB-adapted ABCCARM , stabilized ABKACC and stabilized ABCCARM were used in this study. Compared to the wild-type ABKACC , the MICs of PMB were increased from 2 to 128 μg ml-1 against PMB-adapted ABKACC , while MICs of CIP, MER, TET and TOB were decreased from 2 to 1 μg ml-1 , 16 to 1 μg ml-1 , 16 to 2 μg ml-1 and 64 to 16 μg ml-1 , respectively. The PMB-adapted ABCCARM was resistant to CIP (32 μg ml-1 ) and PMB (64 μg ml-1 ) compared to the wild-type ABCCARM . The resistance of stabilized ABKACC and ABCCARM to all antibiotics was lost after antibiotic-free culture in the exception of CIP and TET. The susceptibilities of wild-type, PMB-adapted and stabilized ABKACC and ABCCARM to CIP, MER, PMB, TET and TOB were increased in the presence of β-lactamase and efflux pump inhibitors. The high levels of relative fitness were observed for stabilized ABKACC , PMB-adapted ABCCARM and stabilized ABCCARM . The stabilized ABKACC and PMB-adapted ABCCARM were highly heteroresistance to PMB and TET, respectively. The PMB-adapted ABKACC and ABCCARM showed various antibiotic patterns, known as collateral susceptibility and collateral resistance. The results provide useful information for designing effective antibiotic regimens that can enhance the antibiotic activity against A. baumannii infections.
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- J Dawan
- Department of Biomedical Science and Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Peh E, Kittler S, Seinige D, Valero A, Kehrenberg C. Adaptation of Campylobacter field isolates to propionic acid and sorbic acid is associated with fitness costs. J Appl Microbiol 2021; 131:1749-1761. [PMID: 33683781 DOI: 10.1111/jam.15057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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AIMS To reduce the burden of Campylobacter at different stages of the food chain, recent studies have shown the effectiveness of organic acids as a risk mitigation strategy. However, very little is known about possible adaptation responses of Campylobacter that lead to reduced susceptibility to organic acids. Here we investigated the adaptive responses of Campylobacter field isolates to organic acids and estimated the fitness costs. METHODS AND RESULTS Exposure of two Campylobacter jejuni and one Campylobacter coli isolate to subinhibitory concentrations of propionic acid or sorbic acid resulted in twofold to fourfold increased minimal inhibitory concentration values for the adapted variants. With one exception, the decreased susceptibility was stable in at least 10 successive subcultures without selection pressure. Growth competition experiments revealed a reduced fitness of adapted variants compared to the wild-type isolates. A linear regression model allowed an estimation of the fitness cost. Growth kinetics experiments showed significantly prolonged lag phases in five of six adapted isolates while there was not a direct correlation in the maximum growth rates compared to the wild-type isolates. CONCLUSIONS The results of the study showed that a stepwise adaptation of Campylobacter to organic acids is possible, but at the detriment of changes in growth behaviour and reduced fitness. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The study contributes to the understanding of adaptive responses of Campylobacter to organic acids treatments, for example, as part of risk mitigation strategies.
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- E Peh
- Institute for Food Quality and Food Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Food Quality and Food Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany
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- Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Wardenburg, Germany
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Cordoba, Agrifood Campus of International, Córdoba, Spain
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- Institute for Veterinary Food Science, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Wen X, Cao J, Mi J, Huang J, Liang J, Wang Y, Ma B, Zou Y, Liao X, Liang JB, Wu Y. Metabonomics reveals an alleviation of fitness cost in resistant E. coli competing against susceptible E. coli at sub-MIC doxycycline. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 405:124215. [PMID: 33109407 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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High concentrations of antibiotics may induce bacterial resistance mutations and further lead to fitness costs by reducing growth of resistant bacteria. However, antibiotic concentrations faced by bacteria are usually low in common environments, which leads to questions about how resistant bacteria with fitness costs regulate metabolism to coexist or compete with susceptible bacteria during sublethal challenge. Our study revealed that a low proportion (< 15%) of resistant bacteria coexisted with susceptible bacteria due to the fitness cost without doxycycline. However, the cost for the resistant strain decreased at a doxycycline concentration of 1 mg/L and even disappeared when the doxycycline concentration was 2 mg/L. Metabonomics analysis revealed that bypass carbon metabolism and biosynthesis of secondary metabolites were the primary metabolic pathways enriching various upregulated metabolites in resistant bacteria without doxycycline. Moreover, the alleviation of fitness cost for resistant bacteria competed with susceptible bacteria at 1 mg/L doxycycline was correlated with the downregulation of the biomarkers pyruvate and pilocarpine. Our study offered new insight into the metabolic mechanisms by which the fitness cost of resistant mutants was reduced at doxycycline concentrations as low as 1 mg/L and identified various potential metabolites to limit the spread of antimicrobial resistance in the environment.
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- Xin Wen
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, and Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China; Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Tropical Agricultural Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, and Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China; Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Tropical Agricultural Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, and Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China; Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Tropical Agricultural Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Harmless Treatment and Resource Utilization of Livestock Waste, Yunfu, Xinxing 527400, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, and Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China; Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Tropical Agricultural Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, and Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China; Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Tropical Agricultural Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Harmless Treatment and Resource Utilization of Livestock Waste, Yunfu, Xinxing 527400, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, and Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China; Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Tropical Agricultural Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Harmless Treatment and Resource Utilization of Livestock Waste, Yunfu, Xinxing 527400, China
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- Foshan Customs Comprehensive Technology Center, Foshan 528200, China
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- Foshan Customs Comprehensive Technology Center, Foshan 528200, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, and Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China; Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Tropical Agricultural Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Harmless Treatment and Resource Utilization of Livestock Waste, Yunfu, Xinxing 527400, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Production, Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, and Key Laboratory of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China; Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Tropical Agricultural Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Harmless Treatment and Resource Utilization of Livestock Waste, Yunfu, Xinxing 527400, China.
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Dawan J, Ahn J. Assessment of cross-resistance potential to serial antibiotic treatments in antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium. Microb Pathog 2020; 148:104478. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Yu X, Zheng B, Xiao F, Jin Y, Guo L, Xu H, Luo Q, Xiao Y. Effect of Short-Term Antimicrobial Therapy on the Tolerance and Antibiotic Resistance of Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus capitis. Infect Drug Resist 2020; 13:2017-2026. [PMID: 32636655 PMCID: PMC7335296 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s254141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background Bacteria undergo adaptive mutation in the host. However, the specific effect of antimicrobial use on bacterial evolution and genome mutations related to bacterial survival within a patient is unclear. Materials and Methods Three S. capitis strains were sequentially isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of a clinical inpatient. Antimicrobial susceptibility, growth rate, biofilm formation and whole blood survival of these strains were measured. Relative fitness was calculated. The virulence was examined in the Galleria mellonella model. Whole-genome sequencing and in silico analysis were performed to explore the genetic mechanisms of the changes in antimicrobial resistance phenotype. Hypothetical proteins are cloned, expressed and characterized by detection the susceptibility to gentamycin. Results The first isolate was susceptible to rifampin (MIC=0.25 μg/mL), resistant to gentamicin (MIC=16 μg/mL), while the later two isolates were resistant to rifampin (MIC >64 μg/mL), susceptible to gentamicin (MIC=4 μg/mL). For the latter two strains, compared to the first, frameshift mutation in a hypothetical protein encoding gene and base substitutions (in genes saeR, moaA and rpoB) were discovered. The mutation of rpoB gene caused rifampicin resistance. Mutations in saeR, moaA and hypothetical gene are associated with changes in other biological traits. Amino acid sequence-based structure and function identification of the hypothetical protein indicated that a mutation in the encoding gene might be associated with altered aminoglycoside susceptibility. Growth curve showed that the later two isolates grew faster than the first isolate with a positive fitness advantage of 13.5%, and 14.8%, accordingly. Biofilm form ability and whole blood survival of the derivative mutants were also enhanced. No significant differences of virulence in the G. mellonella model were observed. Conclusion We report here for the first time that short-term clinical antibiotic use was associated with resistance mutations, collateral sensitivity, and positive in vivo fitness advantages to S. capitis during infection.
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- Xiao Yu
- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Neurosurgery Department, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Shamina OV, Kryzhanovskaya OA, Lazareva AV, Alyabieva NM, Mayanskiy NA. Colistin resistance of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains: molecular mechanisms and bacterial fitness. BULLETIN OF RUSSIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 2020. [DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2020.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The increasing use of colistin in the clinic has led to the emergence and spread of colistin resistance. According to the literature, antibiotic resistance can have a metabolic cost, resulting in poor adaptation and survival, i.e. reduced bacterial fitness. The aim of this study was to investigate molecular mechanisms underlying resistance to colistin and their effect on the bacterial fitness of carbapenem-resistant (carba-R) strains of K. pneumoniae isolated from the patients of Moscow hospitals in 2012–2017. Of 159 analyzed carba-R isolates, 71 (45%) were resistant to colistin (minimum inhibitory concentration over 2 mg/L). By conducting Sanger sequencing, we were able to identify the mechanisms underlying colistin resistance in 26 (37%) isolates. Growth curves were constructed by measuring optical density at 600 nm wavelength for 15 hours. The competitive growth of colistin-resistant (col-R) K. pneumoniae isolates was assessed relative to the colistin-susceptible (col-S) isolate. Col-R and col-S cultures harvested in the exponential phase were combined at the ratio of 1:1, incubated in the Luria-Bertani medium and plated onto Luria-Bertani agar plates with 10 mg/L colistin and without it. The competition index was calculated as the ratio of grown col-R and col-S colonies. Resistance to colistin did not affect the growth kinetics of K. pneumoniae, but did reduce the competitive ability of the bacteria as compared to the col-S isolates. However, some col-R isolates were more competitive than the col-S strains of the same sequence type. Further research is needed to elucidate the effects of colistin resistance on bacterial fitness.
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- OV Shamina
- National Medical Research Center for Children's Health, Moscow, Russia
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- National Medical Research Center for Children's Health, Moscow, Russia
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- National Medical Research Center for Children's Health, Moscow, Russia
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- National Medical Research Center for Children's Health, Moscow, Russia
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- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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A Microbial Screening in Silico Method for the Fitness Step Evaluation in Evolutionary Algorithms. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/app10113936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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One of the most delicate stages of an evolutionary algorithm is the evaluation of the goodness of the solutions by some procedure providing a fitness value. However, although there are general rules, it is not always easy to find an appropriate evaluation function for a given problem. In the biological realm, today, there is a variety of experimental methods under the name of microbial screening to identify and select bacteria from their traits, as well as to obtain their fitness. In this paper, we show how given an optimization problem, a colony of synthetic bacteria or bacterial agents is able to evaluate the fitness of candidate solutions by building an evaluation function. The evaluation function is obtained simulating, in silico, a bacterial colony conducting the laboratory methods used in microbiology, biotechnology and synthetic biology to measure microbial fitness. Once the evaluation function is built, it is included in the code of the genetic algorithm as part of the fitness routine. The practical use of this approach is illustrated in two classic optimization problems. In silico routines have been programmed in Gro, a cell programming language oriented to synthetic biology, and can easily be customized to many other optimization problems.
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Dawan J, Ahn J. Effectiveness of Antibiotic Combination Treatments to Control Heteroresistant Salmonella Typhimurium. Microb Drug Resist 2020; 27:441-449. [PMID: 32255738 DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2020.0027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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This study was designed to assess the interactions between antibiotics in combination treatments of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in association with the development of antibiotic heteroresistance. Salmonella Typhimurium ATCC 19585 (STWT), ciprofloxacin (CIP)-induced S. Typhimurium ATCC 19585 (STCIP), and clinically isolated antibiotic-resistant S. Typhimurium CCARM 8009 (STCLI) treated with antibiotic alone (cephalothin [CEP], CIP, ceftriaxone [CEF], and tobramycin [TOB]) and combination antibiotics (CEP-CIP and CEF-TOB) were used to compare the antibiotic susceptibility, resistance fitness, and cross-resistance. The susceptibilities of STWT, STCIP, and STCLI to CEP were not significant differences between CEP and CEP-CIP treatments, whereas those of STWT, STCIP, and STCLI to TOB were significant differences between TOB and CEF-TOB treatments. The interactions between CEP and CIP in the combination treatment showed mutually synergistic activities against STWT and STCLI. For the CEF-TOB combination treatments, TOB helped enhance the antibiotic activity of CEF against STWT, showing directional synergistic effect. The CEF-TOB combination treatment increased bactericidal activity against STWT, STCIP, and STCLI without causing injured cells. The combination antibiotic treatments (CEP-CIP and CEF-TOB) increased the fitness cost (relative fitness = 0.7) and decreased the cross-resistance of STWT, STCIP, and STCLI when exposed to different classes of antibiotics. This study provides new insight for designing combination antibiotic regimens that can synergistically enhance the antimicrobial activity against antibiotic-resistant Salmonella and inhibit the emergence of cross-resistance to different classes of antibiotics.
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- Jirapat Dawan
- Department of Medical Biomaterials Engineering, Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medical Biomaterials Engineering, Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Álvarez VE, Quiroga MP, Galán AV, Vilacoba E, Quiroga C, Ramírez MS, Centrón D. Crucial Role of the Accessory Genome in the Evolutionary Trajectory of Acinetobacter baumannii Global Clone 1. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:342. [PMID: 32256462 PMCID: PMC7093585 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most important nosocomial pathogens able to rapidly develop extensive drug resistance. Here, we study the role of accessory genome in the success of the globally disseminated clone 1 (GC1) with functional and genomic approaches. Comparative genomics was performed with available GC1 genomes (n = 106) against other A. baumannii high-risk and sporadic clones. Genetic traits related to accessory genome were found common and conserved along time as two novel regions of genome plasticity, and a CRISPR-Cas system acquired before clonal diversification located at the same loci as “sedentary” modules. Although identified within hotspot for recombination, other block of accessory genome was also “sedentary” in lineage 1 of GC1 with signs of microevolution as the AbaR0-type genomic island (GI) identified in A144 and in A155 strains which were maintained one month in independent experiments without antimicrobial pressure. The prophage YMC/09/02/B1251_ABA_BP was found to be “mobile” since, although it was shared by all GC1 genomes, it showed high intrinsic microevolution as well as mobility to different insertion sites. Interestingly, a wide variety of Insertion Sequences (IS), probably acquired by the flow of plasmids related to Rep_3 superfamily was found. These IS showed dissimilar genomic location amongst GC1 genomes presumably associated with promptly niche adaptation. On the other hand, a type VI secretion system and three efflux pumps were subjected to deep processes of genomic loss in A. baumannii but not in GC1. As a whole, these findings suggest that preservation of some genetic modules of accessory genome harbored by strains from different continents in combination with great plasticity of IS and varied flow of plasmids, may be central features of the genomic structure of GC1. Competition of A144 and A155 versus A118 (ST 404/ND) without antimicrobial pressure suggested a higher ability of GC1 to grow over a clone with sporadic behavior which explains, from an ecological perspective, the global achievement of this successful pandemic clone in the hospital habitat. Together, these data suggest an essential role of still unknown properties of “mobile” and “sedentary” accessory genome that is preserved over time under different antibiotic or stress conditions.
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- Verónica Elizabeth Álvarez
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Mecanismos de Resistencia a Antibióticos, Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Mecanismos de Resistencia a Antibióticos, Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Mecanismos de Resistencia a Antibióticos, Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Mecanismos de Resistencia a Antibióticos, Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, United States
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- Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Mecanismos de Resistencia a Antibióticos, Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Dawan J, Uddin MJ, Ahn J. Development of de novo resistance in Salmonella Typhimurium treated with antibiotic combinations. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 366:5513443. [PMID: 31183498 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnz127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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This study was designed to evaluate the evolution of antibiotic resistance in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium treated with the combination of antibiotics. The experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance of S. Typhimurium was evaluated either under single antibiotic (kanamycin, KAN; penicillin, PEN; erythromycin, ERY) or in combination of two antibiotics (KAN + PEN or KAN + ERY) as measured by fractional inhibitory concentrations (FICs), stepwise resistance selection, cross-resistance evaluation, resistance fitness and relative gene expression. KAN + PEN and KAN + ERY showed the synergistic effect against S. Typhimurium (FIC index < 0.5). KAN + ERY delayed the induction of de novo mutations in S. Typhimurium. The cross-resistance of S. Typhimurium to all antibiotics except ERY and tetracycline was observed in KAN and PEN alone. The fitness cost was lower in single antibiotic treatments than combinations. The highest relative fitness was 0.91 in PEN, followed by KAN (0.84) and ERY (0.78), indicating the low fitness costs in single antibiotic treatments. The overexpression of efflux pump-related genes (acrA and acrB), outer membrane-related gene (ompC) and adherence-related gene (csgD) were observed in the single antibiotic treatments. Our results suggest that KAN + PEN and KAN + ERY could be used as a potential therapeutic treatment by decreasing the evolution of antibiotic resistance in S. Typhimurium and reusing conventional antibiotics.
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- Jirapat Dawan
- Department of Medical Biomaterials Engineering and Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medical Biomaterials Engineering and Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medical Biomaterials Engineering and Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon 24341, Republic of Korea
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Xiao L, Wang X, Kong N, Cao M, Zhang L, Wei Q, Liu W. Polymorphisms of Gene Cassette Promoters of the Class 1 Integron in Clinical Proteus Isolates. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:790. [PMID: 31068909 PMCID: PMC6491665 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To describe the polymorphisms of gene cassette promoters of the class 1 integron in clinical Proteus isolates and their relationship with antibiotic resistance. METHODS Polymorphisms of the gene cassette promoter in 153 strains of Proteus were analyzed by PCR and nucleotide sequencing. Variable regions of atypical class 1 integrons were detected by inverse PCR and nucleotide sequencing. Enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC)-PCR was used to analyze the phylogenetic relationships of class 1 integron-positive clinical Proteus isolates. Representative beta-lactamase genes (bla), including bla TEM,bla SHV,bla CTX-M-1,bla CTX-M-2,bla CTX-M-8,bla CTX-M-9,bla CTX-M-25 and bla OXA-1, and plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes including qnrA, qnrB, qnrC, qnrD, qnrS, oqxA, oqxB, qepA, and aac(6')-Ib were also screened using PCR and sequence analysis. RESULTS Fifteen different gene cassette arrays and 20 different gene cassettes were detected in integron-positive strains. Of them, aadB-aadA2 (37/96) was the most common gene cassette array. Two of these gene cassette arrays (estX-psp-aadA2-cmlA1, estX-psp-aadA2-cmlA1-aadA1a-qacI-tnpA-sul3) have not previously been reported. Three different Pc-P2 variants (PcS, PcWTGN-10, PcH1) were detected among the 96 Proteus strains, with PcH1 being the most common (49/96). Strains carrying the promoters PcS or PcWTGN-10 were more resistant to sulfamethoxazole, gentamicin and tobramycin than those carrying PcH1. Strains with weak promoter (PcH1) harbored significantly more intra- and extra-integron antibiotic resistance genes than isolates with strong promoter (PcWTGN-10). Further, among 153 isolates, representative beta-lactamase genes were detected in 70 isolates (bla TEM-1, 54; bla OXA-1, 40; bla CTX-M-3, 12; bla CTX-M-14, 12; bla CTX-M-65, 5; bla CTX-M-15, 2) and representative PMQR genes were detected in 87 isolates (qnrA, 6; qnrB, 3; qnrC, 5; qnrD, 46; qnrS, 5; oqxA, 7; aac(6')-Ib, 13; aac(6')-Ib-cr, 32). CONCLUSION To the best of our knowledge, this study provides the first evidence for polymorphisms of the class 1 integron variable promoter in clinical Proteus isolates, which generally contain relatively strong promoters. Resistance genotypes showed a higher coincidence rate with the drug-resistant phenotype in strong-promoter-containing strains, resulting in an ability to confer strong resistance to antibiotics among host bacteria and a relatively limited ability to capture gene cassettes. Moreover, strains with relatively weak integron promoters can "afford" a heavier "extra-integron antibiotic resistance gene load". Furthermore, the gene cassettes estX, psp and the gene cassette arrays estX-psp-aadA2-cmlA1, estX-psp-aadA2-cmlA1-aadA1a-qacI-tnpA-sul3 have been confirmed for the first time in clinical Proteus isolates. Beta-lactamase genes and PMQR were investigated, and bla TEM-1 and bla OXA-1 were the most common, with qnrD and aac (6')-Ib-cr also being dominant.
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- Linlin Xiao
- Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital South Campus, Shanghai, China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital South Campus, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Anhui University of Science and Technology, Anhui, China
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- Anhui University of Science and Technology, Anhui, China
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- Anhui University of Science and Technology, Anhui, China
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- Anhui University of Science and Technology, Anhui, China
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- Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital South Campus, Shanghai, China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital South Campus, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
- Anhui University of Science and Technology, Anhui, China
- Centre of Laboratory Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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Fajardo-Lubián A, Ben Zakour NL, Agyekum A, Qi Q, Iredell JR. Host adaptation and convergent evolution increases antibiotic resistance without loss of virulence in a major human pathogen. PLoS Pathog 2019; 15:e1007218. [PMID: 30875398 PMCID: PMC6436753 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2018] [Revised: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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As human population density and antibiotic exposure increase, specialised bacterial subtypes have begun to emerge. Arising among species that are common commensals and infrequent pathogens, antibiotic-resistant 'high-risk clones' have evolved to better survive in the modern human. Here, we show that the major matrix porin (OmpK35) of Klebsiella pneumoniae is not required in the mammalian host for colonisation, pathogenesis, nor for antibiotic resistance, and that it is commonly absent in pathogenic isolates. This is found in association with, but apparently independent of, a highly specific change in the co-regulated partner porin, the osmoporin (OmpK36), which provides enhanced antibiotic resistance without significant loss of fitness in the mammalian host. These features are common in well-described 'high-risk clones' of K. pneumoniae, as well as in unrelated members of this species and similar adaptations are found in other members of the Enterobacteriaceae that share this lifestyle. Available sequence data indicate evolutionary convergence, with implications for the spread of lethal antibiotic-resistant pathogens in humans.
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- Alicia Fajardo-Lubián
- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- * E-mail: (AFL); (JRI)
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- * E-mail: (AFL); (JRI)
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Li S, Sun S, Yang C, Chen H, Yin Y, Li H, Zhao C, Wang H. The Changing Pattern of Population Structure of Staphylococcus aureus from Bacteremia in China from 2013 to 2016: ST239-030-MRSA Replaced by ST59-t437. Front Microbiol 2018. [PMID: 29535697 PMCID: PMC5835333 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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To investigate the epidemiology and genetic structure of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in China, a total of 416 isolates from 22 teaching hospitals in 12 cities from 2013 and 2016 were characterized by antibiogram analysis, multilocus sequence typing (MLST), spa typing and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing. The predominant meticillin-susceptible (MSSA) genotypes in 2013 were ST188 (19.1%), ST7 (8.7%), and ST398 (7.8%), respectively, and they continued to be the main genotypes in 2016. The prevalence of meticillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) were 36.5% (66/181) and 36.6% (86/235) in 2013 and 2016, respectively. Interestingly, the susceptibility rates of MRSA to rifampicin and fluoroquinolones increased significantly from 2013 to 2016 (P < 0.01), and this was associated with changes in genetic structure. ST239-t030-MRSA, the predominant genotype among all MRSAs in 2013 (34.8%), was replaced by ST59-t437-MRSA (15.1%) in 2016. Further analysis revealed that the ST239-t030-MRSA were more resistant to rifampicin, tetracycline and fluoroquinolones than ST59-t437-MRSA (P < 0.01). To further gain insight into the mechanisms underlying the changes of genetic structure, in vitro competition and fitness measurements were performed. Importantly, ST239-t030-MRSA displayed lower growth rate and lower competitive advantage compared to ST59-t437-MRSA. Together, our findings reveal that fitness advantage of ST59-t437-MRSA over ST239-t030-MRSA may lead to changes in genetic structure and increased susceptibility of MRSA to rifampicin and fluoroquinolones in Chinese patients with S. aureus bacteremia. Our study supports temporal dynamics in MRSA clone diversities, further providing critical insights into the importance of continued monitoring of MRSA.
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- Shuguang Li
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Xingtai Medical College, Xingtai, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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Li S, Yin Y, Chen H, Wang Q, Wang X, Wang H. Fitness Cost of Daptomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Obtained from in Vitro Daptomycin Selection Pressure. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2199. [PMID: 29170657 PMCID: PMC5684181 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Daptomycin-resistant (DAP-R) Staphylococcus aureus strains are well documented, but have not been reported in China. To elucidate the evolution adaptability and fitness cost of DAP-R S. aureus, three DAP susceptible strains, Pre3 (MRSA, ST239-t037), Pre5 (MRSA, ST239-t037), and Pre14b (MSSA, ST188-t189), were isolated from patients with bloodstream infections, and serially passaged in Mueller–Hinton broth with a gradient of DAP concentration to select for resistance. Highly DAP-R mutants were obtained after screening for 34 passages. The DAP minimum inhibitory concentrations increased from 0.5 μg/ml in the parent strains to 16 μg/ml in the mutants, which remained tolerant to 4 μg/ml of DAP for more than 160 generations. The growth of the three mutant strains was slower than that of the parent strains, with relative fitness cost of 34.8%, 19.2%, and 15.0%, respectively. The in vitro serum tolerance of the mutants was decreased, and the lethality and pathogenicity in mice were weakened (P < 0.01). Transmission electron microscopy found that the cell walls of the mutants were significantly thicker (from 38.6% to 75.4%) than those of the parent cells. Mutation L826F of mprF was found in Post14b, G299V, and L473I of mprF and Y225N of walK were found in Post3, while T345A of mprF, S52N of graS, and F473I of walK were found in Post5. Thus, stable DAP-R mutants could be obtained from a middle-short term of in vitro DAP selection, and according to their fitness cost, some prevention and control work may be done to cope with DAP-R S. aureus that may appear in China in the future.
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- Shuguang Li
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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Joseph SJ, Li B, Petit Iii RA, Qin ZS, Darrow L, Read TD. The single-species metagenome: subtyping Staphylococcus aureus core genome sequences from shotgun metagenomic data. PeerJ 2016; 4:e2571. [PMID: 27781166 PMCID: PMC5075713 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 09/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In this study we developed a genome-based method for detecting Staphylococcus aureus subtypes from metagenome shotgun sequence data. We used a binomial mixture model and the coverage counts at >100,000 known S. aureus SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) sites derived from prior comparative genomic analysis to estimate the proportion of 40 subtypes in metagenome samples. We were able to obtain >87% sensitivity and >94% specificity at 0.025X coverage for S. aureus. We found that 321 and 149 metagenome samples from the Human Microbiome Project and metaSUB analysis of the New York City subway, respectively, contained S. aureus at genome coverage >0.025. In both projects, CC8 and CC30 were the most common S. aureus clonal complexes encountered. We found evidence that the subtype composition at different body sites of the same individual were more similar than random sampling and more limited evidence that certain body sites were enriched for particular subtypes. One surprising finding was the apparent high frequency of CC398, a lineage often associated with livestock, in samples from the tongue dorsum. Epidemiologic analysis of the HMP subject population suggested that high BMI (body mass index) and health insurance are possibly associated with S. aureus carriage but there was limited power to identify factors linked to carriage of even the most common subtype. In the NYC subway data, we found a small signal of geographic distance affecting subtype clustering but other unknown factors influence taxonomic distribution of the species around the city.
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- Sandeep J Joseph
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University , Atlanta , GA , USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine , Atlanta , GA , USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University , Atlanta , GA , USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University , Atlanta , GA , USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Blood stream infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms among spinal cord-injured patients, epidemiology over 16 years and associated risks: a comparative study. Spinal Cord 2016; 54:720-5. [PMID: 26882486 DOI: 10.1038/sc.2015.234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Revised: 11/04/2015] [Accepted: 12/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. OBJECTIVES We aimed to describe the epidemiology of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) during bloodstream infection (BSI) and identify associated risks of MDROs among patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). SETTING A teaching hospital, expert center in disability, in France. METHODS We studied a retrospective cohort of all BSIs occurring in SCI patients hospitalized over 16 years. We described the prevalence of MDRO BSI among this population and its evolution over time and compared the BSI population due to MDROs and due to non-MDROs. RESULTS A total of 318 BSIs occurring among 256 patients were included in the analysis. The most frequent primary sites of infection were urinary tract infection (34.0%), pressure sore (25.2%) and catheter line-associated bloodstream infection (11.3%). MDROs were responsible for 41.8% of BSIs, and this prevalence was stable over 16 years. No significant associated factor for MDRO BSI could be identified concerning sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, primary site of infection and bacterial species in univariate and multivariate analyses. BSI involving MDROs was not associated with initial severity of sepsis compared with infection without MDROs (43.8 vs 43.6%, respectively) and was not associated either with 30th-day mortality (6.2 vs 9%, respectively). CONCLUSION During BSI occurrence in an SCI population, MDROs are frequent but remain stable over years. No associated risk can be identified that would help optimize antibiotic treatment. Neither the severity of the episode nor the mortality is significantly different when an MDRO is involved.
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Rensch U, Greiner M, Klein G, Kehrenberg C. Mathematical modeling to predict the fitness cost associated with triclosan tolerance in Salmonella enterica serovars. Food Control 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Altered Competitive Fitness, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, and Cellular Morphology in a Triclosan-Induced Small-Colony Variant of Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2015; 59:4809-16. [PMID: 26033734 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00352-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2015] [Accepted: 05/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus can produce small-colony variants (SCVs) that express various phenotypes. While their significance is unclear, SCV propagation may be influenced by relative fitness, antimicrobial susceptibility, and the underlying mechanism. We have investigated triclosan-induced generation of SCVs in six S. aureus strains, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Parent strains (P0) were repeatedly passaged on concentration gradients of triclosan using a solid-state exposure system to generate P10. P10 was subsequently passaged without triclosan to generate X10. Susceptibility to triclosan and 7 antibiotics was assessed at all stages. For S. aureus ATCC 6538, SCVs were further characterized by determining microbicide susceptibility and competitive fitness. Cellular morphology was examined using electron microscopy, and protein expression was evaluated through proteomics. Triclosan susceptibility in all SCVs (which could be generated from 4/6 strains) was markedly decreased, while antibiotic susceptibility was significantly increased in the majority of cases. An SCV of S. aureus ATCC 6538 exhibited significantly increased susceptibility to all tested microbicides. Cross-wall formation was impaired in this bacterium, while expression of FabI, a target of triclosan, and IsaA, a lytic transglycosylase involved in cell division, was increased. The P10 SCV was 49% less fit than P0. In summary, triclosan exposure of S. aureus produced SCVs in 4/6 test bacteria, with decreased triclosan susceptibility but with generally increased antibiotic susceptibility. An SCV derived from S. aureus ATCC 6538 showed reduced competitive fitness, potentially due to impaired cell division. In this SCV, increased FabI expression could account for reduced triclosan susceptibility, while IsaA may be upregulated in response to cell division defects.
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In vitro pharmacodynamics of various antibiotics in combination against extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2015; 59:2515-24. [PMID: 25691628 DOI: 10.1128/aac.03639-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Accepted: 01/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae is an emerging pathogen in Singapore. With limited therapeutic options available, combination antibiotics may be the only viable option. In this study, we aimed to elucidate effective antibiotic combinations against XDR K. pneumoniae isolates. Six NDM-1-producing and two OXA-181-producing K. pneumoniae strains were exposed to 12 antibiotics alone and in combination via time-kill studies. A hollow-fiber infection model (HFIM) with pharmacokinetic validation was used to simulate clinically relevant tigecycline-plus-meropenem dosing regimens against 2 XDR K. pneumoniae isolates over 240 h. The emergence of resistance against tigecycline was quantified using drug-free and selective (tigecycline at 3× the MIC) media. The in vitro growth rates were determined and serial passages on drug-free and selective media were carried out on resistant isolates obtained at 240 h. Both the polymyxin B and tigecycline MICs ranged from 1 to 4 mg/liter. In single time-kill studies, all antibiotics alone demonstrated regrowth at 24 h, except for polymyxin B against 2 isolates. Tigecycline plus meropenem was found to be bactericidal in 50% of the isolates. For the isolates that produced OXA-181-like carbapenemases, none of the 55 tested antibiotic combinations was bactericidal. Against 2 isolates in the HFIM, tigecycline plus meropenem achieved a >90% reduction in bacterial burden for 96 h before regrowth was observed until 10(9) CFU/ml at 240 h. Phenotypically stable and resistant isolates, which were recovered from tigecycline-supplemented plates post-HFIM studies, had lower growth rates than those of their respective parent isolates, possibly implying a substantial biofitness deficit in this population. We found that tigecycline plus meropenem may be a potential antibiotic combination for XDR K. pneumoniae infections, but its efficacy was strain specific.
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Vogwill T, MacLean RC. The genetic basis of the fitness costs of antimicrobial resistance: a meta-analysis approach. Evol Appl 2014; 8:284-95. [PMID: 25861386 PMCID: PMC4380922 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The evolution of antibiotic resistance carries a fitness cost, expressed in terms of reduced competitive ability in the absence of antibiotics. This cost plays a key role in the dynamics of resistance by generating selection against resistance when bacteria encounter an antibiotic-free environment. Previous work has shown that the cost of resistance is highly variable, but the underlying causes remain poorly understood. Here, we use a meta-analysis of the published resistance literature to determine how the genetic basis of resistance influences its cost. We find that on average chromosomal resistance mutations carry a larger cost than acquiring resistance via a plasmid. This may explain why resistance often evolves by plasmid acquisition. Second, we find that the cost of plasmid acquisition increases with the breadth of its resistance range. This suggests a potentially important limit on the evolution of extensive multidrug resistance via plasmids. We also find that epistasis can significantly alter the cost of mutational resistance. Overall, our study shows that the cost of antimicrobial resistance can be partially explained by its genetic basis. It also highlights both the danger associated with plasmidborne resistance and the need to understand why resistance plasmids carry a relatively low cost.
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- Tom Vogwill
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford Oxford, UK
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Loveland JL, Rice J, Turrini PCG, Lizotte-Waniewski M, Dorit RL. Essential is Not Irreplaceable: Fitness Dynamics of Experimental E. coli RNase P RNA Heterologous Replacement. J Mol Evol 2014; 79:143-52. [DOI: 10.1007/s00239-014-9646-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hall AR, Angst DC, Schiessl KT, Ackermann M. Costs of antibiotic resistance - separating trait effects and selective effects. Evol Appl 2014; 8:261-72. [PMID: 25861384 PMCID: PMC4380920 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2014] [Accepted: 06/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Antibiotic resistance can impair bacterial growth or competitive ability in the absence of antibiotics, frequently referred to as a ‘cost’ of resistance. Theory and experiments emphasize the importance of such effects for the distribution of resistance in pathogenic populations. However, recent work shows that costs of resistance are highly variable depending on environmental factors such as nutrient supply and population structure, as well as genetic factors including the mechanism of resistance and genetic background. Here, we suggest that such variation can be better understood by distinguishing between the effects of resistance mechanisms on individual traits such as growth rate or yield (‘trait effects’) and effects on genotype frequencies over time (‘selective effects’). We first give a brief overview of the biological basis of costs of resistance and how trait effects may translate to selective effects in different environmental conditions. We then review empirical evidence of genetic and environmental variation of both types of effects and how such variation may be understood by combining molecular microbiological information with concepts from evolution and ecology. Ultimately, disentangling different types of costs may permit the identification of interventions that maximize the cost of resistance and therefore accelerate its decline.
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- Alex R Hall
- Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich Zürich, Switzerland ; Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich Zürich, Switzerland ; Department of Environmental Microbiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich Zürich, Switzerland ; Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich Zürich, Switzerland ; Department of Environmental Microbiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich Zürich, Switzerland ; Department of Environmental Microbiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich Zürich, Switzerland ; Department of Environmental Microbiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) Dübendorf, Switzerland
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Park M, Sutherland JB, Kim JN, Rafii F. Effect of Fluoroquinolone Resistance Selection on the Fitness of Three Strains of Clostridium perfringens. Microb Drug Resist 2013; 19:421-7. [DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2013.0056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Miseon Park
- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas
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- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas
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- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas
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- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas
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Hui C, Lin MC, Jao MS, Liu TC, Wu RG. Previous antibiotic exposure and evolution of antibiotic resistance in mechanically ventilated patients with nosocomial infections. J Crit Care 2013; 28:728-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2013] [Revised: 04/07/2013] [Accepted: 04/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii Exhibiting Phenotypic Heterogeneous Growth against Meropenem in a Murine Thigh Infection Model. Antibiotics (Basel) 2013; 2:73-82. [PMID: 27029293 PMCID: PMC4790299 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics2010073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2013] [Revised: 02/16/2013] [Accepted: 03/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii may exhibit phenotypic heterogeneous growth under exposure to antibiotics. We investigated the in vitro characteristics of A. baumannii isolates grown heterogeneously in the presence of meropenem and their virulence evaluated in experimental infections treated with meropenem. Five clinical A. baumannii isolates and the respective heterogeneously grown subpopulations were tested by agar dilution minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) testing, pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), population analysis using meropenem and growth curves. The virulence of isolates and the therapeutic efficacy of three meropenem dosing schemes was evaluated in a neutropenic murine thigh infection model. The clinical isolates were meropenem-susceptible (MICs 1 to 4 mg/liter) and exhibited three distinct PFGE patterns. In all clinical isolates, population analysis yielded heterogeneously grown colonies. After seven subcultures in antibiotic-free media, resistant MIC levels were retained in two isolates (heteroresistant), while three isolates were reversed to susceptible MICs (persisters). Clinical isolates and heterogeneous subpopulations had similar growth rates. The heterogeneously grown A. baumannii subpopulations had reduced virulence, killing considerably fewer animals than the respective clinical isolates without treatment. The meropenem treatment outcome was similar in infections caused by the clinical and the heterogeneous isolates, irrespective to their MICs. In vitro meropenem exposure induces phenotypic heterogeneous growth in A. baumannii. Compared with the parental clinical isolates, the heterogeneously grown subpopulations exhibited lower virulence, killing fewer mice and responding equally to meropenem treatment, despite their higher MICs.
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Sheridan Á, Lenahan M, Condell O, Bonilla-Santiago R, Sergeant K, Renaut J, Duffy G, Fanning S, Nally J, Burgess C. Proteomic and phenotypic analysis of triclosan tolerant verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli O157:H19. J Proteomics 2013; 80:78-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.12.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2012] [Revised: 11/09/2012] [Accepted: 12/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Furustrand Tafin U, Trampuz A, Corvec S. In vitro emergence of rifampicin resistance in Propionibacterium acnes and molecular characterization of mutations in the rpoB gene. J Antimicrob Chemother 2012; 68:523-8. [PMID: 23115111 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Activity of rifampicin against Propionibacterium acnes biofilms was recently demonstrated, but rifampicin resistance has not yet been described in this organism. We investigated the in vitro emergence of rifampicin resistance in P. acnes and characterized its molecular background. METHODS P. acnes ATCC 11827 was used (MIC 0.007 mg/L). The mutation rate was determined by inoculation of 10(9) cfu of P. acnes on rifampicin-containing agar plates incubated anaerobically for 7 days. Progressive emergence of resistance was studied by serial exposure to increasing concentrations of rifampicin in 72 h cycles using a low (10(6) cfu/mL) and high (10(8) cfu/mL) inoculum. The stability of resistance was determined after three subcultures of rifampicin-resistant isolates on rifampicin-free agar. For resistant mutants, the whole rpoB gene was amplified, sequenced and compared with a P. acnes reference sequence (NC006085). RESULTS P. acnes growth was observed on rifampicin-containing plates with mutation rates of 2 ± 1 cfu × 10(-9) (4096× MIC) and 12 ± 5 cfu × 10(-9) (4 × MIC). High-level rifampicin resistance emerged progressively after 4 (high inoculum) and 13 (low inoculum) cycles. In rifampicin-resistant isolates, the MIC remained >32 mg/L after three subcultures. Mutations were detected in clusters I (amino acids 418-444) and II (amino acids 471-486) of the rpoB gene after sequence alignment with a Staphylococcus aureus reference sequence (CAA45512). The five following substitutions were found: His-437 → Tyr, Ser-442 → Leu, Leu-444 → Ser, Ile-483 → Val and Ser-485 → Leu. CONCLUSION The rifampicin MIC increased from highly susceptible to highly resistant values. The resistance remained stable and was associated with mutations in the rpoB gene. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the emergence of rifampicin resistance in P. acnes.
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- Ulrika Furustrand Tafin
- Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Dillon JAR, Parti RP. Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Fitness Cost or Benefit? J Infect Dis 2012; 205:1775-7. [DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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