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Laws M, Shaaban A, Rahman KM. Antibiotic resistance breakers: current approaches and future directions. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2020; 43:490-516. [PMID: 31150547 PMCID: PMC6736374 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuz014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Infections of antibiotic-resistant pathogens pose an ever-increasing threat to mankind. The investigation of novel approaches for tackling the antimicrobial resistance crisis must be part of any global response to this problem if an untimely reversion to the pre-penicillin era of medicine is to be avoided. One such promising avenue of research involves so-called antibiotic resistance breakers (ARBs), capable of re-sensitising resistant bacteria to antibiotics. Although some ARBs have previously been employed in the clinical setting, such as the β-lactam inhibitors, we posit that the broader field of ARB research can yet yield a greater diversity of more effective therapeutic agents than have been previously achieved. This review introduces the area of ARB research, summarises the current state of ARB development with emphasis on the various major classes of ARBs currently being investigated and their modes of action, and offers a perspective on the future direction of the field.
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- Mark Laws
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH
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Ling JM, Lo NW, Ho YM, Kam KM, Ma CH, Wong SC, Cheng AF. Emerging resistance in Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi in Hong Kong. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2012; 7:161-6. [PMID: 18611751 DOI: 10.1016/s0924-8579(96)00316-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/22/1996] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A total of 182 Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi isolated from three hospitals in Hong Kong from 1986 to 1992 were tested for their susceptibility to 21 antimicrobial agents. Four percent or less were resistant to chloramphenicol, ampicillin, some of the cephalosporins, nalidixic acid, tetracycline and trimethoprim and 6% to 1024 mg/l sulfamethoxazole. All were susceptible to the aminoglycosides and the 4-quinolones. Nineteen isolates were resistant to at least 1, and up to 9, antibiotics. Of 8 chloramphenicolor multiply-resistant isolates studied, only 3 could transfer their resistances while resistance of one could only be mobilized. Four of 5 ampicillin-resistant strains produced a beta-lactamase of pI 5.5. Antibiotic resistances were mediated by plasmids of 106, 116 or 221 kb of incompatibility groups H, I1 and K. Three resistant isolates did not harbour any plasmid. A total of 43 (24%) S. Typhi harboured plasmids ranging in size from 4.3 to 221 kb. Plasmids of 106 kb and 8.5 kb were found in 17 and 10 isolates, respectively. Restriction enzyme digestion of these two plasmids showed that each could be differentiated into 3 types. Of 89 isolates that were phage typed, 38% were untypable, while 17% and 12% were of phage types E1 and A, respectively, and the rest belonged to 17 other types.
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- J M Ling
- Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, ROC
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Frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility of Shigella species isolated in Children Medical Center Hospital, Tehran, Iran, 2001-2006. Braz J Infect Dis 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1413-8670(10)70029-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Hoe CH, Yasin RM, Koh YT, Thong KL. Antimicrobial susceptibility and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of Shigella sonnei strains in Malaysia (1997-2000). J Appl Microbiol 2005; 99:133-40. [PMID: 15960673 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02581.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS Antimicrobial resistance of Shigella sonnei from Malaysia was determined and subtyping was carried by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) to assess the extent of genetic diversity of these strains. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 62 isolates of S. sonnei from sporadic cases of shigellosis in different parts of Malaysia were studied by antimicrobial susceptibility test and PFGE. Approximately 35.5% of the strains showed resistance to three or more antimicrobial agents. Eight resistant phenotypes, i.e. RI to RVIII, was defined. Resistant phenotype RV and RVIII only appeared in year 2000. PFGE analysis with NotI and XbaI restriction showed that a great heterogeneity existed at the DNA level among Malaysian S. sonnei isolates. Fifty-eight NotI and 61 XbaI-PFGE profiles were observed in 63 S. sonnei isolates, including ATCC 11060 isolate. Drug sensitive isolates displayed very different profiles from drug-resistant isolates, with a few exceptions. Isolates of resistant phenotype RVI (SXTr.TETr.STRr) showed a greater similarity among each other compared with isolates of resistant phenotype RI and drug-sensitive isolates. CONCLUSION Multi-drug-resistant S. sonnei were circulated in different parts of Malaysia and the emergence of new resistant phenotype was observed. Wide genetic variations among Malaysian S. sonnei were observed and the drug-sensitive strains could be differentiated from drug-resistant strains by PFGE. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The present study verifies the usefulness of PFGE in characterizing and comparing strains of S. sonnei. Minor variations among S. sonnei isolates could be detected by PFGE.
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- C H Hoe
- Microbiology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Ling JM, Chan EW, Cheng AF. Molecular epidemiological analysis of Salmonella enterica serotype Derby infections in Hong Kong. J Infect 2001; 42:145-53. [PMID: 11531322 DOI: 10.1053/jinf.2001.0806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We aimed to study the antimicrobial susceptibilities and molecular epidemiology of Salmonella enterica serotype Derby, a unique and common salmonella serotype in Hong Kong. METHODS Salmonella Derby strains isolated from stools of patients in a large general hospital in Hong Kong from 1989 to 1994 and from food samples isolated in the Public Health Laboratory were randomly selected and investigated for the antimicrobial susceptibilities by determining the minimal inhibitory concentrations of 19 antimicrobial agents and their relatedness using plasmid analysis, ribotyping, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and total DNA fingerprinting. RESULTS About 50% of the 127 isolates studied were susceptible to all the 19 antibiotics tested, although resistance to tetracycline (49%) and sulfamethoxazole (38%) was high. Only 12% did not harbour any detectable plasmids, while the rest contained plasmids in 51 profiles. There were two predominant clones, one comprising of 35% of isolates that could not be pulsotyped because discrete bands were not discernible after PFGE and another comprising 34% of isolates that could be pulsotyped. The remaining 31% belonged to a variety of types. CONCLUSIONS Approximately 70% of S. Derby belonging to two clones were endemic in the community, while the remaining isolates belonged to a variety of types which were probably a result of sporadic infection. The sources of human infections were foods, since most isolates from foods also belonged to the two endemic clones. Typing of S. Derby isolates from other sources such as animals or the environment would help elucidate how foods were contaminated. PFGE might not be universally applicable to all salmonella strains.
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- J M Ling
- Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Siu LK, Lo JY, Yuen KY, Chau PY, Ng MH, Ho PL. beta-lactamases in Shigella flexneri isolates from Hong Kong and Shanghai and a novel OXA-1-like beta-lactamase, OXA-30. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2000; 44:2034-8. [PMID: 10898672 PMCID: PMC90010 DOI: 10.1128/aac.44.8.2034-2038.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ninety-one ampicillin-resistant Shigella flexneri strains from Hong Kong and Shanghai were studied for production of beta-lactamases. TEM-1-like and OXA-1-like enzymes were identified in 21 and 79% of the strains, respectively, by isoelectric focusing (IEF). No difference in the pattern of beta-lactamase production was found between strains from Hong Kong and Shanghai. Four ribotypes were detected. Over 88% of OXA-producing strains had the same ribotype. All TEM-1-like strains harbored a plasmid which hybridized positively with the bla(TEM) probe. Total DNA from OXA-1-like strains failed to hybridize or only hybridized weakly with an OXA probe. The OXA resistance was not transferable. OXA-1-like enzymes exhibited substrate and inhibition profiles similar to that of OXA-1 and were shown to have a pI of 7.3 by further IEF using a narrow-range ampholine gel. The gene encoding the OXA-1-like enzyme from one isolate (CH-07) was cloned, sequenced, and found to differ from bla(OXA-1) at codon 131 (AGA-->GGA; Arg to Gly), resulting in the novel designation OXA-30. The predominance of OXA-type enzymes in ampicillin-resistant S. flexneri suggests host preference for specific beta-lactamases.
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- L K Siu
- Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong
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Ling JM, Lo NW, Ho YM, Kam KM, Hoa NT, Phi LT, Cheng AF. Molecular methods for the epidemiological typing of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi from Hong Kong and Vietnam. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:292-300. [PMID: 10618104 PMCID: PMC88712 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.1.292-300.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/1999] [Accepted: 10/08/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A total of 217 and 73 strains of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi isolated from 1985 to 1997 in Hong Kong and in 2 months of 1989 and 1990 in Vietnam, respectively, were studied. These isolates were typed by plasmid profile analysis, plasmid fingerprinting, ribotyping with PstI, and total DNA fingerprinting with NarI. There appeared to be no major outbreak of typhoid fever in Hong Kong during the study period since there was considerable heterogeneity among the isolates. Isolates from Hong Kong were different from those from Vietnam. Thirty-seven percent of Vietnamese isolates belonged to two predominant clones, with the rest being heterogeneous in nature. Total DNA fingerprinting supplemented with ribotyping could be a reliable and rapid method for epidemiological typing of S. enterica serotype Typhi.
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- J M Ling
- Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Maraki S, Georgiladakis A, Christidou A, Scoulica E, Tselentis Y. Antimicrobial susceptibilities and beta-lactamase production of Shigella isolates in Crete, Greece, during the period 1991-1995. APMIS 1998; 106:879-83. [PMID: 9808414 DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb00234.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The susceptibility to 11 antibiotics was determined for 52 strains of Shigella isolated from patients with diarrheal disease in Crete, Greece, during the period 1991-1995. Forty-six percent of the isolates were resistant to ampicillin, 48% to tetracycline, 44.2% to chloramphenicol, and 28.8% to cotrimoxazole. Shigella flexneri was more resistant than S. sonnei to ampicillin (82 vs 4.3%), to tetracycline (82 vs 8.7%) and to cotrimoxazole (42.8 vs 13%). Overall, 82% of all S. flexneri isolates were resistant to the three or four antimicrobial agents tested. The beta-lactamases produced by shigellae were identified by isoelectric focusing and were found to be OXA-1, TEM-1, and a low-level beta-lactamase with a pI>8. The results from the present study, which is the first carried out in Crete, emphasize the need for continuous surveillance of resistance and control of antibiotic usage.
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- S Maraki
- Department of Bacteriology-Parasitology-Zoonoses & Geographical Medicine, The University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Chu YW, Houang ET, Lyon DJ, Ling JM, Ng TK, Cheng AF. Antimicrobial resistance in Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei in Hong Kong, 1986 to 1995. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1998; 42:440-3. [PMID: 9527803 PMCID: PMC105431 DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.2.440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Three hundred and thirty-three Shigella isolates obtained in 1986 to 1995 were tested for their susceptibilities to 19 antimicrobial agents. Nalidixic acid resistance had emerged in 59.6% of Shigella flexneri isolates during 1994 to 1995, with all tested resistant isolates having the mutation in gyrA encoding the Ser-83 alteration. Multiresistance (resistance to four or more agents) was more common in S. flexneri than in Shigella sonnei.
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- Y W Chu
- Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories
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Shaw PC, Liang AC, Kam KM, Ling JM. Presence of strA-strB gene within a streptomycin-resistance operon in a clinical isolate of Shigella flexneri. Pathology 1996; 28:356-8. [PMID: 9007957 DOI: 10.1080/00313029600169344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Three aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes (AMEs) were produced by a clinical isolate of Shigella flexneri which was resistant to gentamicin, tobramycin, netilmicin, kanamycin, sisomicin and streptomycin: acetyltransferase (AAC) (3)-II-type, and phosphotransferase (APH) (3")- and (6)-type enzymes. The aminoglycoside-resistance genes were located on a 75-Kb plasmid. Two genes, strA-HK and strB-HK, in a transcriptional unit were found to code for streptomycin-resistance. The genetic organization and sequence of this transcriptional unit were identical to those of strA and strB in plasmid RSF1010. strA-HK and strB-HK when expressed separately produced functional enzymes. Our substrate profile study on the crude extracts of StrA-HK and StrB-HK proteins confirmed that StrA-HK was an APH(3")-type and showed that StrB-HK was a member of the APH(6) family.
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- P C Shaw
- Department of Biochemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Ashkenazi S, May-Zahav M, Sulkes J, Zilberberg R, Samra Z. Increasing antimicrobial resistance of Shigella isolates in Israel during the period 1984 to 1992. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1995; 39:819-23. [PMID: 7785977 PMCID: PMC162635 DOI: 10.1128/aac.39.4.819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Recent (1984 to 1992) trends in the antimicrobial resistance of Shigella isolates in Israel were studied by analyzing the results of 106,000 stool cultures, 3,511 of which yielded Shigella spp. Over the study period, resistance to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) increased from 59 to 92% (P = 0.0038) and that to ampicillin increased from 13 to 86% (P < 0.0001). Resistances to nalidixic acid, chloramphenicol, and broad-spectrum cephalosporins remained low. Shigella sonnei, which currently accounts for 90% of Shigella infections, was more resistant than S. flexneri to TMP-SMX (81 versus 57%, P < 10(-6)), ampicillin (42 versus 32%, P < 10(-5)), and tetracycline (38 versus 28%, P < 10(-5)). S. boydii and S. dysenteriae were relatively rare. Seasonality in antimicrobial resistance was found, with summer isolates being less resistant to TMP-SMX, ampicillin, or both than isolates obtained over the rest of the year (P < 10(-5)). We conclude that the resistance of shigellae, especially S. sonnei, to TMP-SMX and ampicillin is increasing to approximately 90%. Resistance should be recorded locally, and empiric therapy for suspected shigellosis should be changed accordingly.
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Aleksić S, Katz A, Aleksić V, Bockemühl J. Antibiotic resistance of Shigella strains isolated in the Federal Republic of Germany 1989-1990. ZENTRALBLATT FUR BAKTERIOLOGIE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 1993; 279:484-93. [PMID: 8305806 DOI: 10.1016/s0934-8840(11)80420-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A great many reports have been published about the multiresistance to strains of antibiotics in countries with a high incidence of shigellosis. In order to obtain better information about the situation in Germany, we tested 255 Shigella strains to 28 antibiotics during the 1989-1990 period. 153 (60%) of isolates originated from imported cases of infection (Middle and Far East, West and North Africa, Central America), whereas no history of infection in foreign countries was available for the remaining 102 strains. 207 (81.2%) of these strains were resistant to one or more antibiotics. They were divided into 6 phaenotypes according to their resistant pattern. The phaenotypes with the resistance patterns AMP, CMP, SM, SSS, TET as well as SM, SSS, TET in combination with SXT (38.6%) were most frequently isolated, followed by phaenotypes with the resistance pattern AMP, CMP, SM, SSS, or SM, SSS, combined with or without SXT (27.5%), and the phaenotypes AMP, CMP, SM, TET and CMP, SM, SSS, TET (15%). The incidence of resistance was significantly higher in strains from imported cases (93.5%) than in isolates from domestic infections (62.7%; p < 0.001). The similarity of the resistance patterns of strains acquired abroad and those acquired in Germany suggested that such strains might have been introduced from abroad. All strains were sensitive to the quinolones examined (ofloxacin and enoxacin) as well as to cephalosporines of the second and third generations.
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- S Aleksić
- Institute of Hygiene, Medizinaluntersuchungsanstalt, National Reference Centre for Enteric Pathogens, Hamburg, Germany
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Ling JM, Shaw PC, Kam KM, Cheng AF, French GL. Molecular studies of plasmids of multiply-resistant Shigella spp. in Hong Kong. Epidemiol Infect 1993; 110:437-46. [PMID: 8519309 PMCID: PMC2272282 DOI: 10.1017/s095026880005086x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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One hundred and two Shigella spp. isolated in two hospitals in Hong Kong were analysed for antibiotic resistances, resistance plasmids and plasmid profiles. Three quarters of the isolates were S. flexneri. All isolates harboured plasmids, up to a maximum of ten within one strain. Plasmids of 220 kb encoding resistances to tetracycline, chloramphenicol and sulphonamide and probably also associated with invasiveness in the Sereny test were found in 80 strains and were transferable in 18% of cases. Resistance plasmids of 92 and 99 kb were found in 27 and 15 strains respectively and encoded resistances to ampicillin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, kanamycin, sulphonamide, trimethoprim, cotrimoxazole and gentamicin; these plasmids were usually transferable. Four plasmids of 3.9, 2.8, 2.2 and 1.8 kb were commonly found in S. flexneri strains, but were rare in other species. In contrast, there was no predominant plasmid profile in S. sonnei. S. flexneri is endemic in Hong Kong and these plasmid studies suggest that the strains in circulation are derived from only a few clones.
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- J M Ling
- Department of Microbiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories
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Harnett N. High level resistance to trimethoprim, cotrimoxazole and other antimicrobial agents among clinical isolates of Shigella species in Ontario, Canada--an update. Epidemiol Infect 1992; 109:463-72. [PMID: 1468530 PMCID: PMC2271926 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800050457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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A total of 598 isolates of Shigella species (24 S. dysenteriae, 254 S. flexneri, 30 S. boydii, 290 S. sonnei) submitted to the Ontario Public Health Laboratories in 1990 were tested for their susceptibility to 14 antimicrobial agents by the agar dilution method. Overall 79.6% of isolates were resistant to one or more antimicrobial agents and 52.0% were resistant to four or more. Trimethoprim resistance ranged from 26.7% among isolates of S. boydii to 39.4% among S. flexneri strains. The majority of the 224 TMP resistant isolates (88.8%) demonstrated high level resistance (MIC > 1000 mg/l) to trimethoprim. Resistance to cotrimoxazole increased from 3% in 1978 to between 26.7 and 37.6% in 1990. MICs for 90% of isolates (MIC90s) for ampicillin, ticarcillin and piperacillin were 128 to > 256 mg/l, > 256 for tetracycline and chloramphenicol, and > 2.0/38.0 for cotrimoxazole. These results from the Canadian Province of Ontario emphasize the need for prudent use of antimicrobial agents in the treatment of shigellosis.
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- N Harnett
- Clinical Bacteriology Section, Central Public Health Laboratory, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ling JM, Hui YW, Cheng AF, French GL. Development of trimethoprim-resistance in Salmonella typhi during therapy. Pathology 1992; 24:190-3. [PMID: 1437292 DOI: 10.3109/00313029209063171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A typhoid patient was infected with a fully-sensitive, plasmidless strain of Salmonella typhi which acquired resistance to kanamycin, sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim during cotrimoxazole therapy. The resistant post-treatment strain harboured 4 plasmids of 62, 4.1, 3.8 and 3.0 Md in size. Kanamycin-, sulfamethoxazole- and trimethoprim-resistance were borne on a transferable 62 Md plasmid which was compatible with groups FI, FIme, FII, FIV, H1, H2, B, I1, I2, J, K, M, N, T, X, W and P. Sulfamethoxazole-resistance was also borne on the 4.1 Md plasmid. The 3.8 Md plasmid was not transferable; the 3.0 Md plasmid was transferable but did not confer antibiotic resistance. Excluding the strain described here, only 5 out of 35 other S typhi isolates contained plasmids. This is the first report of trimethoprim-resistant S typhi in Hong Kong.
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- J M Ling
- Department of Microbiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Voogd CE, Schot CS, van Leeuwen WJ, van Klingeren B. Monitoring of antibiotic resistance in shigellae isolated in The Netherlands 1984-1989. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1992; 11:164-7. [PMID: 1396730 DOI: 10.1007/bf01967070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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During surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Shigella strains isolated in the Netherlands from 1984 to 1989 and forwarded to the National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection for typing, sensitivity to twelve antimicrobial agents was assessed. High rates of resistance to the older drugs of choice in treating shigellosis were found, i.e. ampicillin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Ampicillin resistance varied from 33 to 53% among Shigella flexneri strains and from 10 to 17% among Shigella sonnei strains. Trimethoprim and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistance increased from 8% to about 25% among Shigella flexneri and from 16 to 46% among Shigella sonnei isolates. All strains were susceptible to the newer quinolones, but five strains resistant to nalidixic acid showed decreased susceptibility to norfloxacin. Approximately 10% of the isolates were resistant to the combination of ampicillin, trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole.
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- C E Voogd
- National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Ofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone whose primary mechanism of action is inhibition of bacterial DNA gyrase. In vitro it has a broad spectrum of activity against aerobic Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, although it is poorly active against anaerobes. Ofloxacin, unlike most other broad spectrum antibacterial drugs, can be administered orally as well as intravenously. Penetration into body tissues and fluids is highly efficient. Clinical trials with orally and intravenously administered ofloxacin have confirmed its potential for use in a wide range of infections, where it has generally proved as effective as standard treatments. Ofloxacin in well tolerated, and in comparison with other available fluoroquinolones is less likely to cause clinically relevant drug interactions. Ofloxacin thus offers a valuable oral treatment (with an option for intravenous administration if necessary) for use in a wide range of clinical infections, but with a particular advantage in more severe or chronic infections when recourse to parenteral broad spectrum agents would normally be required, thereby providing cost savings and additionally allowing outpatient treatment.
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- P A Todd
- Adis International Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
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DuPont HL. Use of quinolones in the treatment of gastrointestinal infections. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1991; 10:325-9. [PMID: 1864292 DOI: 10.1007/bf01967006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Bacterial enteropathogens are responsible for between 40% and 80% of diarrheal illness depending upon the age of the persons affected and geographic areas where illness occurs. Antibacterial agents will shorten the illness associated with enteric infection caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Shigella spp. and Campylobacter jejuni. These drugs also are effective in the therapy of certain clinical conditions (presumably because they are due to the same agents) which are characterized by moderate to severe diarrhea with one or more of the following: high fever, dysentery (passage of bloody mucoid stools), or high leukocyte counts in stools. Antimicrobial agents are also effective in the therapy of travelers' diarrhea. The quinolone drugs have several advantages in the management of bacterial diarrhea where strains causing illness from nearly all regions of the world will show general susceptibility: high concentrations are achieved in the intestinal lumen following oral administration and resistance development is unusual. A quinolone probably represents the optimal agent for therapy of bacterial diarrhea in adults in areas where trimethoprim-resistant enteric pathogens are common.
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- H L DuPont
- Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston 77030
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Varsano I, Eidlitz-Marcus T, Nussinovitch M, Elian I. Comparative efficacy of ceftriaxone and ampicillin for treatment of severe shigellosis in children. J Pediatr 1991; 118:627-32. [PMID: 2007941 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)83392-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In a prospective randomized open study, ceftriaxone, 50 mg/kg per day, was compared with ampicillin, 100 mg/kg per day, both given for a period of 5 days, for the treatment of 40 children whose mean (+/- SD) age was 4.5 +/- 3.2 years and who had severe dysentery caused by Shigella organisms. Twenty patients were treated with ceftriaxone and 20 with ampicillin. Both drugs were initially given intravenously for a period of 1 to 2 days and were continued intramuscularly, in the case of ceftriaxone, or orally, in the patients receiving ampicillin. All Shigella organisms isolated were susceptible to ceftriaxone; 28% were resistant to ampicillin. The diarrhea persisted for a mean (+/- SD) period of 2.5 +/- 1.0 days in the ceftriaxone-treated patients versus 6.8 +/- 6.3 days in the ampicillin-treated patients (p less than 0.005). At the end of the 5 days of therapy, stool cultures for Shigella organisms were negative in 12 (60%) of the 20 patients from the ampicillin group and in all the children (100%) from the ceftriaxone group (p less than 0.001). Bacteriologic relapses were observed in eight (40%) of the patients treated with ampicillin but in none of the children treated with ceftriaxone (p less than 0.001). In instances of clinical or bacteriologic failure in the ampicillin group, retreatment was instituted in most of the cases with ceftriaxone; persistent clearing of the Shigella organisms from the stool was finally achieved after a mean (+/- SD) period of 11.75 +/- 9.4 days after therapy was started, as compared with 1.85 +/- 0.6 days in the ceftriaxone-treated patients (p less than 0.001). We conclude that in children with severe shigellosis, treatment with ceftriaxone for 5 days is effective and better than use of ampicillin for clinical cure and eradication of the Shigella organisms from the stool.
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- I Varsano
- Department of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Hasharon Hospital, Petah Tiqva, Israel
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Gadebusch HH, Shungu DL. Norfloxacin, the first of a new class of fluoroquinolone antimicrobials, revisited. Int J Antimicrob Agents 1991; 1:3-28. [DOI: 10.1016/0924-8579(91)90019-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The fluoroquinolones, a new class of potent orally absorbed antimicrobial agents, are reviewed, considering structure, mechanisms of action and resistance, spectrum, variables affecting activity in vitro, pharmacokinetic properties, clinical efficacy, emergence of resistance, and tolerability. The primary bacterial target is the enzyme deoxyribonucleic acid gyrase. Bacterial resistance occurs by chromosomal mutations altering deoxyribonucleic acid gyrase and decreasing drug permeation. The drugs are bactericidal and potent in vitro against members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, Haemophilus spp., and Neisseria spp., have good activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and staphylococci, and (with several exceptions) are less potent against streptococci and have fair to poor activity against anaerobic species. Potency in vitro decreases in the presence of low pH, magnesium ions, or urine but is little affected by different media, increased inoculum, or serum. The effects of the drugs in combination with a beta-lactam or aminoglycoside are often additive, occasionally synergistic, and rarely antagonistic. The agents are orally absorbed, require at most twice-daily dosing, and achieve high concentrations in urine, feces, and kidney and good concentrations in lung, bone, prostate, and other tissues. The drugs are efficacious in treatment of a variety of bacterial infections, including uncomplicated and complicated urinary tract infections, bacterial gastroenteritis, and gonorrhea, and show promise for therapy of prostatitis, respiratory tract infections, osteomyelitis, and cutaneous infections, particularly when caused by aerobic gram-negative bacilli. Fluoroquinolones have also proved to be efficacious for prophylaxis against travelers' diarrhea and infection with gram-negative bacilli in neutropenic patients. The drugs are effective in eliminating carriage of Neisseria meningitidis. Patient tolerability appears acceptable, with gastrointestinal or central nervous system toxicities occurring most commonly, but only rarely necessitating discontinuance of therapy. In 17 of 18 prospective, randomized, double-blind comparisons with another agent or placebo, fluoroquinolones were tolerated as well as or better than the comparison regimen. Bacterial resistance has been uncommonly documented but occurs, most notably with P. aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus and occasionally other species for which the therapeutic ratio is less favorable. Fluoroquinolones offer an efficacious, well-tolerated, and cost-effective alternative to parenteral therapies of selected infections.
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- J S Wolfson
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Gotuzzo E, Oberhelman RA, Maguiña C, Berry SJ, Yi A, Guzman M, Ruiz R, Leon-Barua R, Sack RB. Comparison of single-dose treatment with norfloxacin and standard 5-day treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for acute shigellosis in adults. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1989; 33:1101-4. [PMID: 2675757 PMCID: PMC176069 DOI: 10.1128/aac.33.7.1101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Shigellae have been shown to be highly susceptible to new quinolone agents, with average MICs for 90% of isolates of less than 0.1 microgram/ml. Because these agents also reach high concentrations in the stool after a single dose, the effectiveness of a single 800-mg dose of norfloxacin and of 5-day treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) were compared in a randomized trial. Patients with clinical dysentery received one of these treatment regimens, and clinical data and follow-up culture results were analyzed for patients whose stool culture on presentation grew shigellae. When 55 patients with shigellosis (26 treated with TMP-SMX, 29 treated with norfloxacin) whose bacterial isolates were susceptible to the antibiotic given were compared by treatment group, no significant differences were seen in days of illness (mean, 2.5 +/- 0.65 days with TMP-SMX and 2.0 +/- 0.47 days with norfloxacin; P = 0.200) or number of unformed stools after starting treatment (mean, 9.7 +/- 2.37 stools with TMP-SMX and 7.6 +/- 3.19 stools with norfloxacin; P = 0.312). Resistance in vitro to TMP-SMX was seen in 15% of Shigella isolates, whereas none was resistant to norfloxacin. Bacteriologic failure was found in 1 patient among 24 receiving TMP-SMX and in none of 25 patients receiving norfloxacin. One single dose of norfloxacin was as effective as 5 days of treatment with TMP-SMX in these adults with shigellosis.
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- E Gotuzzo
- Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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