scholarly journals A GC1 Acinetobacter baumannii isolate carrying AbaR3 and the aminoglycoside resistance transposon TnaphA6 in a conjugative plasmid

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 955-958 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hamidian ◽  
K. E. Holt ◽  
D. Pickard ◽  
G. Dougan ◽  
R. M. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Acinetobacter Baumannii ◽  
Conjugative Plasmid ◽  
Aminoglycoside Resistance ◽  
Baumannii Isolate

scholarly journals Antagonism between Aminoglycosides and β-Lactams in a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolate Involves Induction of an Aminoglycoside-Modifying Enzyme

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 1516-1521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Ida ◽  
Ryoichi Okamoto ◽  
Masato Nonoyama ◽  
Kazuhiko Irinoda ◽  
Mizuyo Kurazono ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Antimicrobial Activities ◽  
Hybrid Structure ◽  
Conjugative Plasmid ◽  
Pcr Analysis ◽  
Aminoglycoside Resistance ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Aureus Isolate

ABSTRACT We encountered three clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus which were susceptible to netilmicin and arbekacin in the absence of β-lactam antibiotics but which were resistant to them in the presence of β-lactam antibiotics. One of these strains, KU5801, was used to further investigate the antagonism between aminoglycosides and β-lactam antibiotics. β-Lactam antibiotics induced bacterial synthesis of aminoglycoside-6′-N-acetyltransferase and 2"-O-phosphotransferase [AAC(6′)-APH(2")] in association with decreased antimicrobial activities of aminoglycosides. A 14.4-kb EcoRI fragment that included the genes that control for β-lactam-inducible aminoglycoside resistance was cloned from a 31-kb conjugative plasmid present in KU5801. Restriction fragment mapping and PCR analysis suggested that a Tn4001-like element containing a gene encoding AAC(6′)-APH(2") was located downstream from a truncated blaZ gene. The DNA sequence between blaR1 and a Tn4001-like element was determined. The Tn4001-IS257 hybrid structure was cointegrated into the blaZ gene, and the typical sequences for the termination of transcription were not found between these regions. We deduced that antagonism of aminoglycosides by β-lactam antibiotics in isolate KU5801 involved transcription of the aac(6′)-Ie-aph(2")-Ia gene under the influence of the system regulating penicillinase production.

scholarly journals Complete Genome Sequence of a Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolate Obtained from a Mexican Hospital (Sequence Type 422)

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Semiramis Castro-Jaimes ◽  
Abraham David Salgado-Camargo ◽  
Lucía Graña-Miraglia ◽  
Luis Lozano ◽  
Paola Bocanegra-Ibarias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Acinetobacter Baumannii ◽  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Complete Genome Sequence ◽  
Complete Genome ◽  
Hematologic Malignancies ◽  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Sequence Type ◽  
Nosocomial Pathogen ◽  
Baumannii Isolate

Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a dangerous nosocomial pathogen, particularly for severely ill patients in intensive care units and patients with hematologic malignancies. Here, we present the complete genome sequence of a multidrug-resistant A. baumannii isolate, recovered from a Mexican hospital and classified as sequence type 422 according to the multilocus sequence typing Pasteur scheme.

scholarly journals High-Level Aminoglycoside Resistance in Human Clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae Complex Isolates and Characteristics of armA-Carrying IncHI5 Plasmids

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xueya Zhang ◽  
Qiaoling Li ◽  
Hailong Lin ◽  
Wangxiao Zhou ◽  
Changrui Qian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Klebsiella Pneumoniae ◽  
Resistance Genes ◽  
Genomic Analysis ◽  
Comparative Genomic Analysis ◽  
Conjugative Plasmid ◽  
Comparative Genomic ◽  
Aminoglycoside Resistance ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Aminoglycoside Resistance Genes ◽  
High Level

Aminoglycosides are important options for treating life-threatening infections. However, high levels of aminoglycoside resistance (HLAR) among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates have been observed to be increasing frequently. In this study, a total of 292 isolates of the K. pneumoniae complex from a teaching hospital in China were analyzed. Among these isolates, the percentage of HLAR strains was 13.7% (40/292), and 15 aminoglycoside resistance genes were identified among the HLAR strains, with rmtB being the most dominant resistance gene (70%, 28/40). We also described an armA-carrying Klebsiella variicola strain KP2757 that exhibited a high-level resistance to all aminoglycosides tested. Whole-genome sequencing of KP2757 demonstrated that the strain contained one chromosome and three plasmids, with all the aminoglycoside resistance genes (including two copies of armA and six AME genes) being located on a conjugative plasmid, p2757-346, belonging to type IncHI5. Comparative genomic analysis of eight IncHI5 plasmids showed that six of them carried two copies of the intact armA gene in the complete or truncated Tn1548 transposon. To the best of our knowledge, for the first time, we observed that two copies of armA together with six AME genes coexisted on the same plasmid in a strain of K. variicola with HLAR. Comparative genomic analysis of eight armA-carrying IncHI5 plasmids isolated from humans and sediment was performed, suggesting the potential for dissemination of these plasmids among bacteria from different sources. These results demonstrated the necessity of monitoring the prevalence of IncHI5 plasmids to restrict their worldwide dissemination.

scholarly journals Cost-effective production of the bio-plastic poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate using Acinetobacter baumannii isolate P39

2016 ◽  
Vol 05 (06) ◽  
pp. 552-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noha Salah Elsayed ◽  
Khaled Mohamed Aboshanab ◽  
Mohammad Mohammad Aboulwafa ◽  
Nadia Abdelhaleem Hassouna
Keyword(s):  
Acinetobacter Baumannii ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Beta Hydroxybutyrate ◽  
Baumannii Isolate
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