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Extended-spectrum cephalosporinases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.


ABSTRACT: The characterization of AmpC-type beta-lactamases was performed in a collection of 32 clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates with intermediate susceptibility or resistance to imipenem and ceftazidime. Twenty-one out of those 32 isolates overexpressed AmpC beta-lactamase, and the MICs of ceftazidime and imipenem were reduced after cloxacillin addition. Cloning and sequencing identified 10 AmpC beta-lactamase variants. Reduced susceptibility to imipenem, ceftazidime, and cefepime was observed only with recombinant P. aeruginosa strains expressing an AmpC beta-lactamase that had an alanine residue at position 105. The catalytic efficiencies (k(cat)/K(m)) of the AmpC variants possessing this residue were increased against oxyiminocephalosporins and imipenem. In addition, we show here that those AmpC variants constitute a favorable background for the in vitro selection of imipenem-resistant strains. This report identified a novel resistance mechanism that may contribute to imipenem resistance in P. aeruginosa.

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Martinez JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2681535 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Extended-spectrum cephalosporinases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Rodríguez-Martínez José-Manuel JM   Poirel Laurent L   Nordmann Patrice P  

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20090302 5


The characterization of AmpC-type beta-lactamases was performed in a collection of 32 clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates with intermediate susceptibility or resistance to imipenem and ceftazidime. Twenty-one out of those 32 isolates overexpressed AmpC beta-lactamase, and the MICs of ceftazidime and imipenem were reduced after cloxacillin addition. Cloning and sequencing identified 10 AmpC beta-lactamase variants. Reduced susceptibility to imipenem, ceftazidime, and cefepime was observed on  ...[more]

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