1.Detection and multi⁃locus sequence typing of low⁃affinity penicillin⁃binding protein of β⁃lactam resistant Enterococcus faecalis
Jie Yao ; Wei Tang ; Juan Cheng ; Lincui Wang ; Yingli Ren ; Qiang Zhou
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2023;58(9):1474-1479
		                        		
		                        			Objective     :
		                        			 To detect the low⁃affinity penicillin⁃binding protein drug resistance ,  pbp4  gene ,  and multi⁃ locus sequence typing (MLST)  of clinically  isolated E.  faecalis .
		                        		
		                        			Methods    :
		                        			78  clinical  isolates of E.  faecalis  were collected ,  and their drug resistance was detected by automated instruments ;  the mutation of pbp4 gene mutation was analyzed by PCR amplification and MLST . 
		                        		
		                        			Results    :
		                        			 78  strains of E.  faecalis were highly resistant to ciprofloxacin ,  levofloxacin ,  rifampicin ,  erythromycin ,  tetracycline  and  high  concentration  of  gentamicin ,   and  were  resistant  to penicillin and gentamicin .  The ampicillin resistance rate was 10. 3% ,  and  no  strains were  found to be resistant to nitrofurantoin ,  vancomycin ,  teicoplanin and linezolid ; 8 strains of 78 E.  faecalis had amplified TEM genes ,  and all of them were resistant to penicillin and ampicillin resistance ,  with a positive rate of 10. 3% ;  the allelic profiles and sequence types of 78  strains  of E.  faecalis  which were  divided into  16  sequence  types ,  of which  ST179  and  ST16 were the most ,  with 21  and 21  strains ,  respectively .   20  strains ,  accounting for 26. 9%   and 25 . 6%  ,  the  rest were ST6 type 8  strains  (10. 3% ) ,  ST4  type 7  strains  (9 . 0% ) ,  ST585  type 6  strains  (7 . 7% ) ,  ST480  type 4 strains (5 . 1% ) ,  ST28  strains 3  strains  (3 . 8% )  of the  ST type were detected ,  and only  1  strain was detected for the oth⁃ er ST types .  The analysis of the relationship between ST types and drug resistance showed that E.  faecalis with the same ST type had similar drug resistance profiles . 
		                        		
		                        			Conclusion    
		                        			The  resistance  mechanism of E.  faecalis  to  β ⁃lactam antibiotics is mainly caused by the production of β⁃lactamase mediated by TEM gene , which is not necessarily related to the mutation of pbp4  gene .   The  isolates  of E.  faecalis  are  mainly  CC16   ( including  ST16  and  ST179)  clones and drug resistance is serious .  It is necessary to guide clinical medication and strengthen nosocomial infection monitoring according to its characteristics .
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
            

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