Prevalence of Class A Extended-Spectrum beta-Lactamases in Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
10.3343/kjlm.2006.26.1.14
- Author:
Se Jin OH
1
;
Sang Uk LEE
;
Hyun Yong HWANG
;
Il Kwon BAE
;
Hyun Soo JO
;
Byung Ho LEE
;
Seok Hoon JEONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Acinetobacter baumannii;
Pseudomonas aeruginosa;
Class A ESBL
- MeSH:
Acinetobacter baumannii*;
Acinetobacter*;
Agar;
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Base Sequence;
beta-Lactamases*;
Busan;
Cefoxitin;
Ceftazidime;
Diffusion;
Enterobacteriaceae;
Genotype;
Humans;
Imipenem;
Isoelectric Focusing;
Isoelectric Point;
Korea;
Polymerase Chain Reaction;
Prevalence*;
Pseudomonas aeruginosa*;
Pseudomonas*
- From:The Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2006;26(1):14-20
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Prevalence of class A extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) has been investigated repeatedly in members of family Enterobacteriaceae in Korea, but only rarely in Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of class A ESBL-producing A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa and to characterize the genotypes. METHODS: During the period of June to September 2004, clinical isolates of A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa were collected from patients in Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Busan, Korea. Antimicrobial susceptibility was determined by the disk diffusion and the agar dilution methods, and ESBLproduction by the double-disk synergy test. Transferability of ceftazidime-resistance of ESBL-producers were tested by conjugation. The isoelectric points of ESBLs were determined by isoelectric focusing. Searches for blaTEM, blaSHV, blaCTX-M, blaPER-1, blaVEB, and blaGES/IBC genes were performed by PCR amplification, and the genotypes of ESBLs were determined by a direct nucleotide sequence analysis of the amplified products. RESULTS: A total of 58 clinical isolates of A. baumannii and 77 P. aeruginosa were collected. Three (5.2%) isolates of A. baumannii and four (5.2%) P. aeruginosa isolates showed positive results in the double-disk synergy test using ceftazidime and imipenem disks, and one (1.7%) A. baumannii and two (2.6%) P. aeruginosa isolates showed positive results in that test using ceftazidime and cefoxitin disks. The most prevalent class A ESBL genotype in A. baumannii isolates was blaPER-1 (n=6), and blaSHV-12 gene was also found in one P. aeruginosa isolate. CONCLUSIONS: It is concluded that class A PER-1 ESBL-producing A. baumannii isolates are spreading, and SHV-12-producing P. aeruginosa has emerged in Korea. The spread of class A ESBLs could compromise the future usefulness of expanded-spectrum -lactam antibiotics for the treatment of A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa infections.
