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OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales in Spanish Hospitals: An Updated Comprehensive Review on a Rising Antimicrobial Resistance.

ABSTRACT: Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) are significant contributors to the global public health threat of antimicrobial resistance. OXA-48-like enzymes and their variants are unique carbapenemases with low or null hydrolytic activity toward carbapenems but no intrinsic activity against expanded-spectrum cephalosporins. CPEs have been classified by the WHO as high-priority pathogens given their association with morbidity and mortality and the scarce number of effective antibiotic treatments. In Spain, the frequency of OXA-48 CPE outbreaks is higher than in other European countries, representing the major resistance mechanism of CPEs. Horizontal transfer of plasmids and poor effective antibiotic treatment are additional threats to the correct prevention and control of these hospital outbreaks. One of the most important risk factors is antibiotic pressure, specifically carbapenem overuse. We explored the use of these antibiotics in Spain and analyzed the frequency, characteristics and prevention of CPE outbreaks. Future antibiotic stewardship programs along with specific preventive measures in hospitalized patients must be reinforced and updated in Spain.

SUBMITTER: Rivera-Izquierdo M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7832331 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales in Spanish Hospitals: An Updated Comprehensive Review on a Rising Antimicrobial Resistance.

Rivera-Izquierdo Mario M Láinez-Ramos-Bossini Antonio Jesús AJ Rivera-Izquierdo Carlos C López-Gómez Jairo J Fernández-Martínez Nicolás Francisco NF Redruello-Guerrero Pablo P Martín-delosReyes Luis Miguel LM Martínez-Ruiz Virginia V Moreno-Roldán Elena E Jiménez-Mejías Eladio E

Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) 20210118 1

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) are significant contributors to the global public health threat of antimicrobial resistance. OXA-48-like enzymes and their variants are unique carbapenemases with low or null hydrolytic activity toward carbapenems but no intrinsic activity against expanded-spectrum cephalosporins. CPEs have been classified by the WHO as high-priority pathogens given their association with morbidity and mortality and the scarce number of effective antibiotic treatmen ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundThe current spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) is a great concern.MethodsWe recovered 198 CPE from 162 patients admitted in our Hospital (March 2014-March 2016) during the R-GNOSIS European Project. Microbiological features and plasmid characteristics of CPE recovered from patients co-colonized with multiple CPE were studied.FindingsThirty patients (18.5%; CI 95%= 12.5%-24.5%) presented co-colonization with multiple CPE producing the same (CPE-SC) (15.4%) or a different carbapenemase (CPE-DC) (4.3%). OXA-48 (83.3%) was the most frequent carbapenemase, followed by VIM-1 (26.7%), NDM-1 (10%) and KPC-3 (3.3%). CPE-DC-patients had longer admissions [63 days (20-107)] than the other patients. Moreover, hospital stay until CPE detection was lower [9 days (5-14)] (p = 0.0052) in CPE-SC-patients than in those with a single colonization; 56% showed co-colonization in the first positive sample, although most of them had previous admissions and had received multiple antibiotic treatments. CPE were more frequently recovered in clinical samples from co-colonized [CPE-DC (28.6%), CPE-SC (24%)] patients than from patients with a single CPE (15.2%). Among CPE-SC-OXA-48 [80% (p = 0.11)], K. pneumoniae [88% (p = 0.006)] and E. coli [84% (p < 0.001)] were the most frequent species. In 60% of patients, K. pneumoniae and E. coli species were simultaneously recovered, frequently after a single OXA-48-K. pneumoniae colonization. High-risk clones (ST11, ST15, ST307) were detected in OXA-48-K. pneumoniae but a higher clonal diversity was found among E. coli. A frequent in-vivo cross-species plasmid transmission was shown, due to a dominant plasmid (IncL-pOXA-48), but also involving related or unrelated bla VIM-1-, bla NDM-1- and bla KPC-3-encoding plasmids.InterpretationCPE co-colonization status should be monitored during epidemiological surveillance cultures, as these patients might be at a higher risk for infection.FundingEuropean Commission Framework Programme 7 and Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain.

Project description:Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) have become an important public health concern. In our hospital, VIM enzymes were first detected in 2005, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) enzymes in 2009, and OXA-48 enzymes in 2012. We assess the population biology of the first OXA-48-producing Enterobacterales isolates recovered in our hospital (2012 to 2013) where infections by other carbapenemases had been endemic for several years. Over a 21-month period, 71 isolates (61 Klebsiella pneumoniae, 5 Escherichia coli, 2 Klebsiella aerogenes, and 1 each of Enterobacter cloacae, Klebsiella oxytoca, and Citrobacter amalonaticus) recovered from clinical and surveillance specimens from 57 patients (22.8% nonhospitalized) were investigated for OXA-48-like-producing enzymes. Analyses for characterization and determination of the location of the blaOXA-48 gene, plasmid transferability, sequence, and clonal relatedness were performed. Most of the isolates also coproduced CTX-M-15 (57/71, 80.3%) and/or VIM-1 (7/71, 9.8%). K. pneumoniae was predominantly identified as sequence type 11 (ST11) (63.4%) and ST405 (9.8%) and E. coli as ST540, ST1406, ST3163, and ST4301. The blaOXA-48 gene was part of Tn1999.2 located at the tir gene of plasmids (ca. ≥50 kb) of the IncL/M group, also carrying blaVIM-1 and blaCTX-M-15 genes. We selected one ST11 K. pneumoniae isolate for whole-genome sequencing in which we studied the plasmid containing the blaOXA-48 gene. This plasmid was compared with indexed plasmids existing in NCBI database by the use of BRIG and MAUVE. Our data suggest a rapid spread of blaOXA-48 genes between commonly isolated high-risk clones of Enterobacterales species, frequently associated with antibiotic resistance. Moreover, the emergence of the multiresistant ST11 K. pneumoniae clone among nonhospitalized patients emphasizes the difficulty of preventing its dissemination into the community.IMPORTANCE We present results of microbiological analysis of the first Enterobacterales isolates that were isolated in 2012 in our institution expressing OXA-48 carbapenemase. This enzyme confers resistance to carbapenems, an important group of antibiotics widely used in the hospitals. OXA-48 carbapenemase is currently present in many parts of the world, but it is found particularly frequently in the Mediterranean area. It was disseminated at the Ramón y Cajal Hospital and found to be associated with a particular Klebsiella pneumoniae strain, so-called high-risk clone ST11, which was previously found in our institution in association with other enzymes such as CTX-M-15, VIM-1, and KPC-3. This clone might have acquired a plasmid harboring the blaOXA-48 gene. Our results point out the importance of local epidemiology in the dissemination and maintenance of multidrug-resistant bacteria.

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OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales in Spanish Hospitals: An Updated Comprehensive Review on a Rising Antimicrobial Resistance.

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OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales in Spanish Hospitals: An Updated Comprehensive Review on a Rising Antimicrobial Resistance.

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