ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: To identify the prevalence of ESBL genes in the principal group of Enterobacteriaceae causing nosocomial infections and to identify the phylogenetic group in Escherichia coli isolates. METHODS: There were collected 1084 ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates during 2005-2012 from adult patients from 14 hospitals and corresponding to eight states and five regions (SE, S, N, W and NW) in Mexico. The CTX-M-(CTX-M-1 group), SHV-, TLA- and GES-type ESBLs genes were screened. The respective alleles were determined in the most of ESBLs genes. In E. coli isolates selected were used to identify the phylogenetic group. RESULTS: The ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae corresponded the most prevalent clinical isolates. CTX-M-type ESBLs genes were the most common, followed by SHV-type, GES-type and the ESBLs TLA-1 gene. The allelic frequency showed to CTX-M-15 ESBL the most prevalent, followed by the SHV-12, SHV-5 and GES-1, GES-19 in the GES family. Among ESBL-producing E. coli isolates the phylogenetic groups A and D were the most common ones. CONCLUSIONS: The present study showed an epidemiological change in terms of bacterial species, placing E. coli as the most frequently isolated bacteria among ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Mexico, followed by K. pneumoniae. This frequency is accompanied by a high frequency of ESBL CTX-M-15.
