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Role of TEM-1 ?-Lactamase in the Predominance of Ampicillin-Sulbactam-Nonsusceptible Escherichia coli in Japan.


ABSTRACT: We investigated the epidemiology and resistance mechanisms of ampicillin-sulbactam-nonsusceptible Escherichia coli, focusing on the role of the TEM-1 ?-lactamase. We collected all nonduplicate E. coli clinical isolates at 10 Japanese hospitals during December 2014 and examined their antimicrobial susceptibility, ?-lactamases, TEM-1 transferability, TEM-1 ?-lactamase activity, outer membrane protein profile, membrane permeability, and clonal genotypes. Among the 329 isolates collected, 95 were ampicillin-sulbactam nonsusceptible. Of these ampicillin-sulbactam-nonsusceptible isolates, ?-lactamases conferring resistance to sulbactam, such as AmpC, were present in 33%. Hyperproduction of sulbactam-susceptible ?-lactamases, TEMs with a strong promoter, were rare (5%). The remaining 59 isolates (62%) had only sulbactam-susceptible ?-lactamases, including TEM-1 with a wild-type promoter (n = 28), CTX-Ms (n = 13), or both (n = 17). All 45 transconjugants from 96 donors with TEM-1 had higher ampicillin-sulbactam MICs (4 to 96?mg/liter) than the recipient (2?mg/liter). In donors with only TEM-1, TEM-1 activity correlated with the 50% inhibitory concentration of sulbactam and ampicillin-sulbactam MICs. The decreased membrane permeation of sulbactam was associated with an increased ampicillin-sulbactam MIC. The reduced permeation was partly attributable to deficient outer membrane proteins, which were observed in 57% of the ampicillin-sulbactam-nonsusceptible isolates with only TEM-1 and a wild-type promoter. Sequence type 131 (ST131) was the most common clonal type (52%). TEM-1 with a wild-type promoter primarily contributed to ampicillin-sulbactam nonsusceptibility in E. coli, with the partial support of other mechanisms, such as reduced permeation. Conjugative TEM-1 and the clonal spread of ST131 may contribute to the prevalence of Japanese ampicillin-sulbactam-nonsusceptible isolates.

SUBMITTER: Noguchi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6355572 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Role of TEM-1 β-Lactamase in the Predominance of Ampicillin-Sulbactam-Nonsusceptible <i>Escherichia coli</i> in Japan.

Noguchi Taro T   Matsumura Yasufumi Y   Kanahashi Toru T   Tanaka Michio M   Tsuchido Yasuhiro Y   Matsumura Takuro T   Nakano Satoshi S   Yamamoto Masaki M   Nagao Miki M   Ichiyama Satoshi S  

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20190129 2


We investigated the epidemiology and resistance mechanisms of ampicillin-sulbactam-nonsusceptible <i>Escherichia coli</i>, focusing on the role of the TEM-1 β-lactamase. We collected all nonduplicate <i>E. coli</i> clinical isolates at 10 Japanese hospitals during December 2014 and examined their antimicrobial susceptibility, β-lactamases, TEM-1 transferability, TEM-1 β-lactamase activity, outer membrane protein profile, membrane permeability, and clonal genotypes. Among the 329 isolates collect  ...[more]

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