Mobile Genetic Elements Related to the Diffusion of Plasmid-Mediated AmpC beta-Lactamases or Carbapenemases from Enterobacteriaceae: Findings from a Multicenter Study in Spain


Por: Zamorano, L, Miro, E, Juan, C, Gomez, L, Bou, G, Gonzalez-Lopez, JJ, Martinez-Martinez, L, Aracil, B, Conejo, MC, Oliver, A, Navarro, F

Publicada: 1 sep 2015
Resumen:
We examined the genetic context of 74 acquired ampC genes and 17 carbapenemase genes from 85 of 640 Enterobacteriaceae isolates collected in 2009. Using S1 pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and Southern hybridization, 37 of 74 bla(AmpC) genes were located on large plasmids of different sizes belonging to six incompatibility groups. We used sequencing and PCR mapping to investigate the regions flanking the acquired ampC genes. The bla(CMY-2)-like genes were associated with ISEcp1; the surrounding bla(DHA) genes were similar to Klebsiella pneumoniae plasmid pTN60013 associated with IS26 and the psp and sap operons; and the bla(ACC-1) genes were associated with IS26 elements inserted into ISEcp1. All of the carbapenemase genes (bla(VIM-1), bla(IMP-22), and bla(IMP-28)) were located in class 1 integrons. Therefore, although plasmids are the main cause of the rapid dissemination of ampC genes among Enterobacteriaceae, we need to be aware that other mobile genetic elements, such as insertion sequences, transposons, or integrons, can be involved in the mobilization of these genes of chromosomal origin. Additionally, three new integrons (In846 to In848) are described in this study.

Filiaciones:
Zamorano, L:
 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Inst Invest Sanitaria Palma IdISPa, Microbiol Serv, Palma De Mallorca, Spain

 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Inst Invest Sanitaria Palma IdISPa, Unidad Invest, Palma De Mallorca, Spain

Miro, E:
 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Inst Invest Biomed St Pau, Microbiol Serv, Barcelona, Spain

Juan, C:
 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Inst Invest Sanitaria Palma IdISPa, Microbiol Serv, Palma De Mallorca, Spain

 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Inst Invest Sanitaria Palma IdISPa, Unidad Invest, Palma De Mallorca, Spain

Gomez, L:
 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Inst Invest Biomed St Pau, Microbiol Serv, Barcelona, Spain

Bou, G:
 Complejo Hosp Univ A Coruna, Microbiol Serv, La Coruna, Spain

Gonzalez-Lopez, JJ:
 Hosp Valle De Hebron, Microbiol Serv, Barcelona, Spain

 Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Genet & Microbiol, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

Martinez-Martinez, L:
 Hosp Univ Marques de Valdecilla IDIVAL, Microbiol Serv, Cantabria, Spain

 Univ Cantabria, Dept Biol Mol, Cantabria, Spain

Aracil, B:
 Inst Salud Carlos III, Ctr Nacl Microbiol, Serv Bacteriol, Lab Antibiot, Madrid, Spain

Conejo, MC:
 Univ Seville, Fac Med, Dept Microbiol, Seville, Spain

Oliver, A:
 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Inst Invest Sanitaria Palma IdISPa, Microbiol Serv, Palma De Mallorca, Spain

 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Inst Invest Sanitaria Palma IdISPa, Unidad Invest, Palma De Mallorca, Spain

Navarro, F:
 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Inst Invest Biomed St Pau, Microbiol Serv, Barcelona, Spain

 Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Genet & Microbiol, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
ISSN: 00664804
Editorial
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY, 1752 N ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036-2904 USA, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 59 Número: 9
Páginas: 5260-5266
WOS Id: 000364343900023
ID de PubMed: 26077249
imagen Green Published, Bronze, Green Accepted

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