Laboratory Medicine ›› 2018, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (7): 616-621.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2018.07.009

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Drug resistance characteristics and epidemiological analysis of 8 isolates of NDM-1-producing Enterobacteriaceae

ZHANG Pan1, SHEN Zhenhua1, ZHANG Yanhua1, LIU Xinghui1, LI Xiangyang2   

  1. 1. Department of Clinical Laboratory,Gongli Hospital,Shanghai 200135,China
    2. Department of Clinical Laboratory,the Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University,Wenzhou 325000,Zhejiang,China
  • Received:2017-06-05 Online:2018-07-30 Published:2018-07-27

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the drug resistance and epidemiological characteristics of 8 isolates of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1(NDM-1)-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolated from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University. Methods Vitek 2 Compact automatic microbiological system was used for bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility test. β-lactamase genes were determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR),which were performed sequencing and BLAST comparison analysis. The transferability of NDM-1 gene was determined by conjugational transfer experiment. The homology was analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Results The 8 isolates showed high drug resistance to β-lactam antibiotics and β-lactamase inhibitor combinations,and they had relatively better susceptibility to aminoglycosides and fluoroquinolones. Most isolates carried multiple drug resistance genes,including 5 isolates harboured SHV gene,2 isolates harboured CTX-M-1 gene,and 1 isolate harboured DHA-1 gene. Transconjugants were successfully obtained from all NDM-1-producing isolates except 2 isolates of Escherichia coli. All transconjugants showed high drug resistance to β-lactam antibiotics. PFGE showed that 2 isolates of Escherichia coli belonged to different clone isolates,and 2 from 3 isolates of Enterobacter cloacae had homology,which was seen as the same clone. Conclusions Most NDM-1-producing isolates carry multiple drug resistance genes at the same time,which show high drug resistance to β-lactam antibiotics and β-lactamase inhibitor combinations. NDM-1 gene has horizontal transferability in different isolates.

Key words: New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1;, Carbapenemase, Enterobacteriaceae, Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

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