Molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from a hospital in Nepal.

Autor: Sakuma M; Department of Microbiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan., Tohya M; National Institute of Health Sciences, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan., Hishinuma T; Department of Microbiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan., Sherchand JB; Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal., Kirikae T; Juntendo University, Juntendo Advanced Research Institute of Health Science, Bunkyo, Japan., Tada T; Department of Microbiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: t-tada@juntendo.ac.jp.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of global antimicrobial resistance [J Glob Antimicrob Resist] 2024 Sep; Vol. 38, pp. 363-367. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 06.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2024.07.017
Abstrakt: Objectives: The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii has become a serious worldwide medical problem. This study was designed to clarify the genetic and epidemiological properties of MDR A. baumannii clinical isolates.
Methods: A total of 66 MDR A. baumannii isolates were obtained from 66 inpatients between May 2019 and February 2020 in a university hospital in Nepal. Whole genomes of these isolates were sequenced using next-generation sequencing. Phylogenetic trees were constructed from single nucleotide polymorphism concatemers. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and clonal complex (CC) analysis were conducted, and drug-resistance genes were identified.
Results: Of the 66 isolates, 26 harboured a gene encoding NDM-type metallo-β-lactamase, and 55 harboured a gene encoding the 16S rRNA methyltransferase, ArmA. All isolates had point mutations in the quinolone-resistance-determining regions of gyrA and parC. Phylogenetic analysis showed that 55 isolates harboured armA, 26 harboured bla NDM-1 , and14 harboured bla PER-7 . Multilocus sequence typing and CC analysis revealed that 34 isolates belonged to CC2 (ST2), 10 to CC1 (nine ST1 and one ST623), and eight to CC149 (ST149). Compared to our previous study on MDR A. baumannii in Nepal in 2012, the isolation rate of CC2 increased, whereas that of CC149 decreased between 2012 and 2020.
Conclusions: This study indicates that MDR A. baumannii producing carbapenemase and 16S rRNA methyltransferase, with high resistance to carbapenems and/or aminoglycosides, are spreading in medical settings in Nepal. The genetic backgrounds of MDR A. baumannii isolates have shifted to international clone 2 over several years.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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