JAC Advance Access originally published online on July 26, 2006
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2006 58(3):665-668; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl309
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Molecular characterization of plasmids encoding CTX-M-15 ß-lactamases from Escherichia coli strains in the United Kingdom
1 Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring and Reference Laboratory, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK 2 Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Shrewsbury, UK
Received 2 May 2006; returned 14 June 2006; revised 30 June 2006; accepted 7 July 2006
*Corresponding author. Tel: +44-208-327-7236; Fax: +44-208-327-6264; E-mail: edi.karisik{at}hpa.org.uk
Objectives: The UK, like other countries worldwide, has a growing problem with CTX-M ß-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli. Five major clonally related strains have been identified among CTX-M-15 producers. We characterize here the plasmids from clonal strains A and D.
Methods: Plasmids were extracted and transformed into E. coli DH5
; conjugative mating was attempted on agar. MICs were determined by agar dilution. ß-Lactamases were typed by isoelectric focusing; antibiotic resistance genes and integrons were identified by PCR and sequenced. Plasmid incompatibility groups were determined by replicon PCR.
Results: blaCTX-M-15 was carried by a 150 kb plasmid in strain A and a 70 kb plasmid in strain D. Conjugative transfer of cefotaxime resistance was only achieved from strain D; plasmids from both strains were transferred by transformation. The plasmid from strain A additionally carried blaTEM-1 (variably), blaOXA-1, aac(6')-Ib-cr and tet(A), as well as a class 1 integron with the gene cassettes aadA5 and dfr17; the plasmid from strain D carried blaTEM-1 consistently, also blaOXA-1, aac(6')-Ib-cr, aac3-IIa and tet(A). Both plasmids belonged to incompatibility group FII.
Conclusions: blaCTX-M-15 was plasmid-mediated in both strains A and D and was linked to other antibiotic resistance genes including aac(6')-Ib-cr, which encodes an acetyltransferase, not previously found in Europe, acting on both aminoglycosides and some fluoroquinolones. Although the plasmids from the two strains differed in size, both were related and conferred similar multi-drug resistance phenotypes, suggesting that they may share a similar genetic scaffold. Both shared features with plasmids encoding CTX-M-15 ß-lactamases in E. coli from Canada and India.
Keywords: ESBLs , multi-drug resistance , aminoglycoside acetyltransferase
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