title: Detection of drug resistance-associated genes of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii.
abstract: The beta-lactamase (BLA) genes, the genes for aminoglycosides-modifying enzymes (AMEs), disinfectant-sulfanilamide resistance (qacEDelta1-sul1) genes, class 1 integrase (intl1) gene, and the qnr gene associated with plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance were analyzed using PCR and verified by DNA sequencing for 31 clinical isolates of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRAB). The organism typing was performed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). The positive rate of ADC, TEM, PER, and DHA of BLA genes were 100%, 61.3%, 19.4%, and 3.2%, respectively; however, the genes of SHV, OXA-23 group, OXA-24 group, GES, VIM, IMP, and qnr gene were negative. The positive rate of the genes of AMEs for aac (3)-I, aac (6')-I, ant (3")-I, ant (2")-I, aac (3)-II, and aac (6')-II were 67.7%, 45.2%, 29.0%, 22.6%, 12.9%, and 3.2%, respectively. The positive rate of qacEDelta1-sul1 and intl1 were 80.6% and 58.1%, respectively. Six different PFGE clones were found, of which two dominated. The findings show that clinical isolates of MDRAB harbor various kinds of resistance genes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang city, Hebei province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Lin
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Tian-Wen
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Shu-Bin
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Cui-Qing
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Zhi-Yan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins