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Title: | Epidemiology of colistin-resistant, carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter baumannii in Croatia | Authors: | D'ONOFRIO, Valentino Conzemius, Rick Varda-Brkic, Dijana Bogdan, Maja Grisold, Andrea GYSSENS, Inge Bedenic, Branka Barisic, Ivan |
Issue Date: | 2020 | Publisher: | ELSEVIER | Source: | INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 81 (Art N° 104263) | Abstract: | Colistin is a last-resort antibiotic for the treatment of infections caused by multidrug and carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Colistin resistance has been emerging and multiple outbreaks have been reported in Europe and elsewhere. It has been most frequently reported in carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae. In this study, 24 multidrug and colistin-resistant clinical isolates (14 K. pneumoniae, one E. aerogenes, one E. cloacae, and eight A. baumannii) were collected from four hospitals in Croatia from 2013 to 2018, in order to analyse the molecular epidemiology and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance. beta-lactamase and carbapenemase genes were detected by PCR. Genotyping was done on selected isolates by rep-PCR. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) was performed to discover possible molecular mechanisms for the observed colistin resistance. All isolates, except two K. pneumoniae isolates, were extensively drug resistant. Ten out of 16 (63%) K. pneumoniae isolates possessed bla(OXA-48), which is the most common carbapenem resistance gene in Croatia and in other parts of Europe. All A. baumannii isolates possessed the OXA-23-like carbapenem hydrolysing oxacillinase and five turned out to be pandrug-resistant. Colistin resistance was most likely chromosomally mediated. After sequence analysis, none of the isolates were found to possess any of the mcr gene variants. Several previously reported mutations were found in PmrB, PhoP, PhoQ, and MgrB, which are associated with colistin resistance. In the global phylogenetic analysis, DNA mutations causing mutations in the MgrB protein were present mostly in lineages comprising colistin resistant isolates, and the second most prevalent mutation (K3X) was also encountered in our isolates. In addition, based on genotyping by rep-PCR, the spread of colistin resistance is most likely to be clonal. Most importantly, the presence of colistin resistance together with carbapenemase genes in extensively drug resistant isolates poses real threats in the use of carbapenems and colistin to fight infections. | Notes: | Barisic, I (reprint author), Austrian Inst Technol, AIT, A-1210 Vienna, Austria. Ivan.Barisic@ait.ac.at |
Other: | Barisic, I (corresponding author), Austrian Inst Technol, AIT, A-1210 Vienna, Austria. Ivan.Barisic@ait.ac.at | Keywords: | Carbapenemase;Colistin resistance;Enterobacteriaceae;A. baumannii | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/31471 | ISSN: | 1567-1348 | e-ISSN: | 1567-7257 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104263 | ISI #: | WOS:000532689800002 | Rights: | 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2021 |
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