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Contribution of Acinetobacter-derived cephalosporinase-30 to sulbactam resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii.

ABSTRACT: The sulbactam resistance rate in Acinetobacter baumannii has increased worldwide. Previous reports have shown that the ?-lactamase bla TEM-1 confers resistance to sulbactam in A. baumannii. The purpose of this study was to examine whether other ?-lactamases, including the Acinetobacter-derived cephalosporinase (ADC), OXA-23, OXA-24/72, and OXA-58 families, also contribute to sulbactam resistance in A. baumannii. The correlation between these ?-lactamases and the sulbactam minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined using A. baumannii clinical isolates from diverse clonality, which were collected in a nationwide surveillance program from 2002 to 2010 in Taiwan. A possible association between the genetic structure of ISAba1-bla ADC-30 and sulbactam resistance was observed because this genetic structure was detected in 97% of sulbactam-resistant strains compared with 10% of sulbactam-susceptible strains. Transformation of ISAba1-bla ADC-30 into susceptible strains increased the sulbactam MIC from 2 to 32 ?g/ml, which required bla ADC-30 overexpression using an upstream promoter in ISAba1. Flow cytometry showed that ADC-30 production increased in response to sulbactam, ticarcillin, and ceftazidime treatment. This effect was regulated at the RNA level but not by an increase in the bla ADC-30 gene copy number as indicated by quantitative PCR. Purified ADC-30 decreased the inhibitory zone created by sulbactam or ceftazidime, similarly to TEM-1. In conclusion, ADC-30 overexpression conferred resistance to sulbactam in diverse clinical A. baumannii isolates.

SUBMITTER: Kuo SC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4517069 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Contribution of Acinetobacter-derived cephalosporinase-30 to sulbactam resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii.

Kuo Shu-Chen SC Lee Yi-Tzu YT Yang Lauderdale Tsai-Ling TL Huang Wei-Cheng WC Chuang Ming-Fen MF Chen Chien-Pei CP Su Shey-Chiang SC Lee Kuan-Rong KR Chen Te-Li TL

Frontiers in microbiology 20150325

The sulbactam resistance rate in Acinetobacter baumannii has increased worldwide. Previous reports have shown that the β-lactamase bla TEM-1 confers resistance to sulbactam in A. baumannii. The purpose of this study was to examine whether other β-lactamases, including the Acinetobacter-derived cephalosporinase (ADC), OXA-23, OXA-24/72, and OXA-58 families, also contribute to sulbactam resistance in A. baumannii. The correlation between these β-lactamases and the sulbactam minimal inhibitory conc ...[more]

PMID: 26284030

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Contribution of Acinetobacter-derived cephalosporinase-30 to sulbactam resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii.

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Contribution of Acinetobacter-derived cephalosporinase-30 to sulbactam resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii.

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