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Acquisition of a plasmid-borne blaOXA-58 gene with an upstream IS1008 insertion conferring a high level of carbapenem resistance to Acinetobacter baumannii.


ABSTRACT: The oxacillinase gene was reported to confer limited resistance to carbapenem in Acinetobacter baumannii. In this study, we have demonstrated that an A. baumannii clinical isolate harboring a plasmid, pTVICU53, has 11,037 bp encoding 13 open reading frames. A bla(OXA-58) gene with an upstream insertion of truncated ISAba3 (DeltaISAba3) and IS1008 was found in this plasmid. DeltaISAba3and IS1008 provided two independent promoters for the transcription control of the bla(OXA-58) gene. The transformation of pTVICU53 or a shuttle vector bearing IS1008-DeltaISAba3-bla(OXA-58) to different A. baumannii recipients can increase their MICs of carbapenem 64- to 256-fold. The deletion of promoters provided by IS1008 resulted in dramatic decreases in bla(OXA-58) transcription and a 32- to 64-fold reduction in the carbapenem MIC. These findings highlight that A. baumannii might develop carbapenem resistance with a single transformation step, taking up a plasmid containing a genetic construct with a potentially high level of transcription of the bla(OXA-58) gene.

SUBMITTER: Chen TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2443897 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Acquisition of a plasmid-borne blaOXA-58 gene with an upstream IS1008 insertion conferring a high level of carbapenem resistance to Acinetobacter baumannii.

Chen Te-Li TL   Wu Roy Chen-Chih RC   Shaio Men-Fang MF   Fung Chang-Phone CP   Cho Wen-Long WL  

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20080428 7


The oxacillinase gene was reported to confer limited resistance to carbapenem in Acinetobacter baumannii. In this study, we have demonstrated that an A. baumannii clinical isolate harboring a plasmid, pTVICU53, has 11,037 bp encoding 13 open reading frames. A bla(OXA-58) gene with an upstream insertion of truncated ISAba3 (DeltaISAba3) and IS1008 was found in this plasmid. DeltaISAba3and IS1008 provided two independent promoters for the transcription control of the bla(OXA-58) gene. The transfor  ...[more]

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