
pmid: 25243757
Two hundred clinical isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia were examined for the presence of class 1 integron and for the susceptibility to 12 different antimicrobials and detergents. The prevalence of class 1 integron in S. maltophilia isolates was 11%. The class 1 integron-positive isolates exhibited a higher resistance to kanamycin, tobramycin, and trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole (SXT) than the class 1 integron-negative ones. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), amplifying the variable region of the class 1 integron, showed the existence of six different amplicon sizes, indicating that there are at least six different class 1 integrons distributed in the 23 class 1 integron-positive isolates. Sequence analysis of six representative PCR amplicons revealed that qacK , aac(6′)-Ib′ , qacK-aac(6′)-Ib , qacK-aac(6′)-Ib-aac(6′)-Ib , and qacL-aadB-cmlA-aadA2 were identified in the 550-, 800-, 1,200-, 1,800, and 3,600-bp amplicons, respectively. The sequence analysis of the 150-bp PCR amplicon demonstrated no additional resistance-associated genes except the basic genetic elements of class 1 integron. The impact of class 1 integron acquisition on the antimicrobials susceptibility was assayed by isogenic integron deletion mutant construction and the susceptibility test. The most significant contribution of the class 1 integron acquisition to S. maltophilia is the increased resistance to SXT.
Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Male, Base Sequence, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Molecular Sequence Data, Colony Count, Microbial, Middle Aged, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field, Integrons, Genes, Bacterial, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial, Humans, Female, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections, Phylogeny, Aged
Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Male, Base Sequence, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Molecular Sequence Data, Colony Count, Microbial, Middle Aged, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field, Integrons, Genes, Bacterial, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial, Humans, Female, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections, Phylogeny, Aged
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