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Lett Appl Microbiol ; 76(2)2023 Feb 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36754367

RESUMO

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli strains have rapidly increased worldwide, and effective antibiotic therapeutic options are becoming more restricted. As a polymyxin antibiotic, colistin has a long history of usage, and it is used as a final line of treatment for severe infections by Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) with high-level resistance. However, its application has been challenged by the emergence of E. coli colistin resistance. Hence, determining the mechanism that confers colistin resistance is crucial for monitoring and controlling the dissemination of colistin-resistant E. coli strains. This comprehensive review summarizes colistin resistance mechanisms in E. coli strains and concentrates on the history, mode of action, and therapeutic implications of colistin. We have mainly focused on the fundamental mechanisms of colistin resistance that are mediated by chromosomal or plasmid elements and discussed major mutations in the two-component systems (TCSs) genes and plasmids that transmit the mobilized colistin resistance resistant genes in E. coli strains.


Assuntos
Infecções por Escherichia coli , Proteínas de Escherichia coli , Humanos , Colistina/farmacologia , Escherichia coli , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/genética , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana/genética , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Plasmídeos , Infecções por Escherichia coli/microbiologia , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana
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Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol ; 2022: 3916980, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36249589

RESUMO

Heteroresiatnce (HR) is the type of resistance toward one or more antibiotics appearing as a population of the bacterial load consisting of one or more subpopulations with lower antibiotic susceptibility levels than others. Due to the lack of appropriate diagnosis of HR isolates and their importance in resistance emergence to antibiotics, investigating the origins, emergence factors, and HR inhibitors is critical in combating antibiotic resistance. Efflux pumps (EPs) are bacterial systems that own an influential role in acquiring resistance toward anti-bacterial compounds. Studies on EPs revealed that they can affect HR emergence mechanisms and are competent to be introduced as a suitable bacterial target for diagnostic and therapeutic development in combating HR isolates. This review will consider the relations between EPs and the emergence of HR isolates and discuss their importance in confronting this type of antibiotic resistance.

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Caspian J Intern Med ; 10(4): 370-376, 2019.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31814933

RESUMO

Integrons are a segment of dsDNA that play a major role in bacterial adaptation and evolution. These genetic determinants are known by the presence of three necessary apparatuses: an integrase (intI gene), Pc (a promoter) and attI (a recombination site). These elements are able to acquire gene cassettes, which can carry antibiotic resistance factors, by site-specific recombination mechanism. The most common types of resistance integrons are class I (Tn402 derivatives), followed by class II and III. In recent years, the role of integrons as an important factor in the transmission and spread of resistance factors has been considered. Therefore, the ongoing threats posed by integrons require an understanding of their origins and evolutionary history. This review examines the functions and activities of integrons. It shows how antibiotics use selected particular integrons from the environmental pool, so that integrons carrying resistance genes are now present in the majority of Gram-negative pathogens.

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Microb Pathog ; 109: 35-38, 2017 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28479508

RESUMO

Multi-drug resistant isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii have created therapeutic problems worldwide. This current study was intended to determine the Integron types, gene cassettes and antimicrobial resistance profile of A. baumannii isolated from BAL samples in Babol, north of Iran. During a 15-month period, 35 A. baumannii isolates were studied. Different classes of antimicrobial agents were used to determine the resistance ratios. Multiplex-PCR was used to detect different types of integrons and associated gene cassettes. The resistance rates to GM, FEP, AK, TOB, CP, PIP, SAM, IPM, SXT, CTX, CAZ, CL, TIM, MEM, and TZP were 85.7%, 100%, 91.4%, 68.5%, 94.3%, 88.5%, 97.1%, 94.3%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 0.0%, 91.4%, 94.3% and 91.4%, respectively. The distribution analysis of int genes showed that 25.7%, 88.6% and 28.6% of isolates carried the intI, intII and intIII genes, respectively. The prevalence of aadB, dfrA1, bla-OXA30 and aadA1 genes were 94.3%, 77.1%, 40% and 5.7%, respectively. The current study showed that a high level of A. baumannii isolates harbor integrons in our therapeutic center, which may lead to distribution of multiple antimicrobial resistance. The different types of gene cassette arrays in the present study highlight the important role of geographical features in MDR isolates dissemination which could be credited to different profiles of drug consumption in different areas. The findings emphasized that the need for continuous surveillance to prevent distribution of multidrug resistance among A. baumannii strains in Iran.


Assuntos
Infecções por Acinetobacter/microbiologia , Acinetobacter baumannii/genética , Lavagem Broncoalveolar , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana Múltipla/genética , Genes Bacterianos/genética , Integrons/genética , Infecções por Acinetobacter/epidemiologia , Acinetobacter baumannii/efeitos dos fármacos , Acinetobacter baumannii/isolamento & purificação , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Estudos Transversais , DNA Bacteriano/genética , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana Múltipla/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Irã (Geográfico) , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Epidemiologia Molecular , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Multiplex
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