Laboratory Medicine ›› 2015, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (6): 613-616.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2015.06.017

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Studies of 16S rRNA methylase gene and aminoglycoside modifying enzyme gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

PENG Jinghong1, HOU Yanqiang1, XIE Duoshuang2, LIU Jun1, ZHENG Rong3   

  1. 1. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Songjiang Branch, the First People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 201600, China
    2. Department of Nosocomial Infection Control, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei Shiyan 442000, China
    3. Department of Gynecology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei Shiyan 442000, China
  • Received:2014-08-07 Online:2015-06-30 Published:2015-07-03

Abstract: Objective

To investigate 16S rRNA methylase gene and aminoglycoside modifying enzyme gene in aminoglycoside-resistant clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and to investigate the mechanism of drug resistance to aminoglycosides.

Methods

A total of 35 isolates of aminoglycoside-resistant clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were collected, and the identification and susceptibility testing in vitro were performed by VITEK 2 Compact automatic microbial analysis system. Five kinds of 16S rRNA methylase genes(arm-A, rmt-A, rmt-B, rmt-C and rmt-D) and 6 kinds of aminoglycoside modifying enzyme genes [aac(3)-Ⅰ, aac(3)-Ⅱ, aac (6')-Ⅰb, aac(6')-Ⅱ, ant (3)-Ⅰand ant (2)-Ⅰ] were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Results

Aminoglycoside-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa showed being multi-drug resistant to a variety of antibiotics. Only the resistance rate to imipenem was low (5.7%). There were 21 isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa carried rmt-B 16S rRNA methylase gene, accounting for 60.0%, and 30 isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa carried aminoglycoside modifying enzyme genes, accounting for 85.7%, among them, 28 isolates carried aac(3)-Ⅱ aminoglycoside modifying enzyme genes, accounting for 80.0%, and 18 isolates carried ant (3)-Ⅰ aminoglycoside modifying enzyme genes, accounting for 51.4%. The other 8 isolates were not detected any genes.

Conclusions

Aminoglycoside-resistant isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa carry rmt-B 16S rRNA methylase gene and aac(3)-Ⅱ and ant (3)-Ⅰ aminoglycoside modifying enzyme genes. Furthermore, the multi-drug resistances of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are serious.

Key words: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 16S rRNA methylase gene, Aminoglycoside modifying enzyme gene, Drug resistance

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