Drawz Sarah M, Porter Stephen, Kuskowski Michael A, Johnston Brian, Clabots Connie, Kline Susan, Ferrieri Patricia, Johnson James R
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Sep;59(9):5331-9. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00048-15. Epub 2015 Jun 22.
Escherichia coli sequence type 13 (ST131), an emergent cause of multidrug-resistant extraintestinal infections, has important phylogenetic subsets, notably the H30 and H30Rx subclones, with distinctive resistance profiles and, possibly, clinical associations. To clarify the local prevalence of these ST131 subclones and their associations with antimicrobial resistance, ecological source, and virulence traits, we extensively characterized 233 consecutive E. coli clinical isolates (July and August 2013) from the University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview Infectious Diseases and Diagnostic Laboratory, Minneapolis, MN, which serves three adjacent facilities (a children's hospital and low- and high-acuity adult facilities). ST131 accounted for 26% of the study isolates (more than any other clonal group), was distributed similarly by facility, and was closely associated with ciprofloxacin resistance and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) production. The H30 and H30Rx subclones accounted for most ST131 isolates and for the association of ST131 with fluoroquinolone resistance and ESBL production. Unlike ST131 per se, these subclones were distributed differentially by hospital, being most prevalent at the high-acuity adult facility and were absent from the children's hospital. The virulence gene profiles of ST131 and its subclones were distinctive and more extensive than those of other fluoroquinolone-resistant or ESBL-producing isolates. Within ST131, bla CTX-M-15 was confined to H30Rx isolates and other bla CTX-M variants to non-Rx H30 isolates. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis documented a predominance of globally distributed pulsotypes and no local outbreak pattern. These findings help clarify the epidemiology, ecology, and bacterial correlates of the H30 and H30Rx ST131 subclones by documenting a high overall prevalence but significant segregation by facility, strong associations with fluoroquinolone resistance and specific ESBL variants, and distinctive virulence gene associations that may confer fitness advantages over other resistant E. coli.
大肠杆菌序列类型13(ST131)是耐多药肠外感染的一个新兴病因,有重要的系统发育亚群,尤其是H30和H30Rx亚克隆,具有独特的耐药谱以及可能的临床关联。为了阐明这些ST131亚克隆的本地流行情况及其与抗菌药物耐药性、生态来源和毒力特征的关联,我们对明尼苏达大学医学中心 - 美景传染病与诊断实验室(位于明尼阿波利斯,明尼苏达州,为三个相邻机构——一家儿童医院以及低 acuity 和高 acuity 的成人机构服务)2013年7月和8月连续收集的233株大肠杆菌临床分离株进行了广泛的特征分析。ST131占研究分离株的26%(比任何其他克隆群都多),在各机构中的分布相似,并且与环丙沙星耐药性和超广谱β-内酰胺酶(ESBL)产生密切相关。H30和H30Rx亚克隆占大多数ST131分离株,并导致了ST131与氟喹诺酮耐药性和ESBL产生的关联。与ST131本身不同,这些亚克隆在不同医院的分布存在差异,在高 acuity 成人机构中最为普遍,而在儿童医院中不存在。ST131及其亚克隆的毒力基因谱具有独特性,且比其他氟喹诺酮耐药或产ESBL的分离株更广泛。在ST131内,bla CTX-M-15仅限于H30Rx分离株,其他bla CTX-M变体则存在于非Rx H30分离株中。脉冲场凝胶电泳显示全球分布的脉冲型占优势,且无局部暴发模式。这些发现通过记录总体流行率高但按机构显著隔离、与氟喹诺酮耐药性和特定ESBL变体的强关联以及可能赋予比其他耐药大肠杆菌更具适应性优势的独特毒力基因关联,有助于阐明H30和H30Rx ST131亚克隆的流行病学、生态学和细菌相关性。