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KMID : 1100720150350060595
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Annals of Laboratory Medicine
2015 Volume.35 No. 6 p.595 ~ p.601
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Distribution of β-Lactamase Genes Among Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Isolated From Patients in Turkey
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Iraz Meryem
Duzgun Azer Ozad
Sandallı Cemal
Doymaz Mehmet Ziya
Akkoyunlu Yasemin
Saral Ay?egul
Peleg Anton Y.
Ozgumu? Osman Birol
Beri? Fatih ?aban
Karao?lu Hakan
Cicek Ay?egul Copur
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Abstract
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Background: The emergence of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae poses a serious problem to antibiotic management. We investigated the β-lactamases in a group of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae clinical isolates from Turkey.
Methods: Thirty-seven strains of K. pneumoniae isolated from various clinical specimens were analyzed by antimicrobial susceptibility testing, PCR for the detection of β-lactamase genes, DNA sequencing, and repetitive extragenic palindronic (REP)- PCR analysis.
Results: All 37 isolates were resistant to ampicillin, ampicillin/sulbactam, piperacillin, piperacillin/tazobactam, ceftazidime, cefoperazone/sulbactam, cefepime, imipenem, and meropenem. The lowest resistance rates were observed for colistin (2.7%), tigecycline (11%), and amikacin (19%). According to PCR and sequencing results, 98% (36/37) of strains carried at least one carbapenemase gene, with 32 (86%) carrying OXA-48 and 7 (19%) carrying NDM-1. No other carbapenemase genes were identified. All strains carried a CTX-M-2-like β-lactamase, and some carried SHV- (97%), TEM- (9%), and CTX-M-1-like (62%) β-lactamases. Sequence analysis of blaTEM genes identified a blaTEM-166 with an amino acid change at position 53 (Arg53Gly) from blaTEM-1b, the first report of a mutation in this region. REP-PCR analysis revealed that there were seven different clonal groups, and temporo-spatial links were identified within these groups.
Conclusions: Combinations of β-lactamases were found in all strains, with the most common being OXA-48, SHV, TEM, and CTX-M-type (76% of strains). We have reported, for the first time, a high prevalence of the NDM-1 (19%) carbapenemase in carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae from Turkey. These enzymes often co-exist with other β-lactamases, such as TEM, SHV, and CTX-M β-lactamases.
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KEYWORD
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blaTEM-166, Colistin, K. pneumoniae, NDM-1, OXA-48
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