Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014;58(2):1240-2. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02201-13. Epub 2013 Dec 2.
Clinical studies have suggested that blaOXA-40-positive Acinetobacter baumannii isolates are associated with poor patient outcomes; however, reasons for unfavorable outcomes are difficult to discern in clinical studies. The objective of this study was to assess the virulence of carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii according to blaOXA-40 and epidemiological outbreak status in a Galleria mellonella model. Eight isolates of A. baumannii were studied. Nonoutbreak isolates and blaOXA-40-negative isolates more rapidly killed infected G. mellonella (P < 0.01).
临床研究表明,blaOXA-40 阳性鲍曼不动杆菌分离株与患者预后不良相关;然而,在临床研究中很难确定不良结局的原因。本研究的目的是在蜡螟模型中根据 blaOXA-40 和流行病学暴发状态评估碳青霉烯类耐药鲍曼不动杆菌的毒力。研究了 8 株鲍曼不动杆菌。非暴发分离株和 blaOXA-40 阴性分离株更迅速地杀死感染的蜡螟(P < 0.01)。