Nosocomial spread of cephem-resistant Escherichia coli strains carrying multiple Toho-1-like β-lactamase genes

Tetsuya Yagi, Hiroshi Kurokawa, Kazuyoshi Senda, Satoshi Ichiyama, Hideo Ito, Shinji Ohsuka, Keigo Shibayama, Kaoru Shimokata, Nobuo Kato, Michio Ohta, Yoshichika Arakawa

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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Escherichia coli HKY56, which demonstrated resistance to various β- lactams except carbapenems, was isolated from the throat swab of an inpatient in 1994. Conjugal transfer of cephem resistance from HKY56 to E. coli CSH2 was not successful. Three cefotaxime-resistant E. coli clones harboring plasmid pMRE001, pMRE002, or pMRE003, each of which carried a 3.4-, 5.8-, or 6.2-kb EcoRI fragment insert, respectively, were obtained from HKY56. Although restriction analysis suggested their different origins, these clones showed similar profiles of resistance to various β-lactams. The sequence of 10 amino acid residues at the N terminus of β-lactamase purified from E. coli HB101(pMRE001) was identical to that of Toho-1. This Toho-1-like β- lactamase-1 (TLB-1) was able to hydrolyze cefoperazone and cefotaxime efficiently, but it failed to hydrolyze cephamycins. A Toho-1-specific DNA probe was hybridized with three distinct EcoRI fragments derived from the chromosomal DNA of strain HKY56, and these fragments corresponded to DNA inserts carried by pMRE001, pMRE002, and pMRE003, respectively. PCR and Southern hybridization analysis suggested that all six cephem-resistant E. coli strains, strains HKY273, HKY285, HKY288, HKY305, HKY316, and HKY335, which were isolated in 1996 at the same hospital where strain HKY56 had been isolated, also possessed multiple Toho-1-like β-lactamase (TLB) genes, and the hybridization patterns obtained with the Toho-1-specific probe were quite similar among these six isolates. The DNA fingerprinting patterns observed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed that among the E. coli isolates tested, all isolates except HKY56 possessed a similar genetic background. These findings suggested that E. coli strains that carry chromosomally multiplied TLB genes may have been proliferating and transmitted among patients in the same hospital.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)2606-2611
ページ数6
ジャーナルAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
41
12
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 12-1997
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 薬理学
  • 薬理学(医学)
  • 感染症

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