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ABSTRACT: Background
The emergence and transmission of tigecycline- and carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (TCRKP) have become a major concern to public health globally. Here, we investigated the molecular epidemiology and mechanisms of tigecycline resistance in carbapenem-resistant K pneumoniae (CRKP) isolates.Methods
Forty-five non-duplicate CRKP isolates were collected from January 2017 to June 2019. We performed antimicrobial susceptibility tests, multilocus sequence typing (MLST), and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). PCR and DNA sequencing were performed for the detection and mutation analysis of acrR, oqxR, ramR, rpsJ, tet(A), and tet(X) genes, which are related to tigecycline resistance. The expression levels of efflux pump genes acrB and oqxB and their regulator genes rarA, ramA, soxS, and marA were assessed by quantitative real-time PCR.Results
The resistance rate to tigecycline in CRKP isolates was 37.8% (17/45). K pneumoniae ST307 was a predominant clone type (70.6%, 12/17) among the TCRKP isolates. The expression levels of acrB (P < .001) and marA (P = .009) were significantly higher in the tigecycline-resistant group than in the tigecycline-intermediate and tigecycline-susceptible groups. Increased expression of acrB was associated with marA expression (r = 0.59, P = .013).Conclusions
We found that the activated MarA-induced overexpression of AcrAB efflux pump plays an important role in the emergence of tigecycline resistance in CRKP isolates.
SUBMITTER: Park Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7755817 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park Yumi Y Choi Qute Q Kwon Gye Cheol GC Koo Sun Hoe SH
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis 20200820 12
<h4>Background</h4>The emergence and transmission of tigecycline- and carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (TCRKP) have become a major concern to public health globally. Here, we investigated the molecular epidemiology and mechanisms of tigecycline resistance in carbapenem-resistant K pneumoniae (CRKP) isolates.<h4>Methods</h4>Forty-five non-duplicate CRKP isolates were collected from January 2017 to June 2019. We performed antimicrobial susceptibility tests, multilocus sequence typing (ML ...[more]