The prevalence of aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme and virulence genes among enterococci with high-level aminoglycoside resistance in Inner Mongolia, China
Braz. j. microbiol
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47(3): 691-696, July-Sept. 2016. tab
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ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT This study highlights the prevalence of aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme genes and virulence determinants among clinical enterococci with high-level aminoglycoside resistance in Inner Mongolia, China. Screening for high-level aminoglycoside resistance against 117 enterococcal clinical isolates was performed using the agar-screening method. Out of the 117 enterococcal isolates, 46 were selected for further detection and determination of the distribution of aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme-encoding genes and virulence determinants using polymerase chain reaction -based methods. Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis were identified as the species of greatest clinical importance. The aac(6')-Ie-aph(2")-Ia and ant(6')-Ia genes were found to be the most common aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme genes among high-level gentamicin resistance and high-level streptomycin resistance isolates, respectively. Moreover, gelE was the most common virulence gene among high-level aminoglycoside resistance isolates. Compared to Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus faecalis harbored multiple virulence determinants. The results further indicated no correlation between aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme gene profiles and the distribution of virulence genes among the enterococcal isolates with high-level gentamicin resistance or high-level streptomycin resistance evaluated in our study.
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Sujet Principal:
Régulation de l'expression des gènes bactériens
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Régulation de l'expression des gènes codant pour des enzymes
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Enterococcus
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Résistance bactérienne aux médicaments
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Aminosides
Type d'étude:
Étude de prévalence
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Facteurs de risque
Pays comme sujet:
Asie
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Braz. j. microbiol
Thème du journal:
Microbiologie
Année:
2016
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Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Chine
Institution/Pays d'affiliation:
Baotou Medical College/CN
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