Artículo
First national survey of antibiotic susceptibility of the Bacteroides fragilis group: emerging resistance to carbapenems in Argentina
Fernández Canigia, Liliana; Litterio, Mirta; Legaria, María C.; Castello, Liliana; Predari, Silvia C.; Di Martino, Ana; Rossetti, Adelaida; Rollet, Raquel; Carloni, Graciela; Bianchini, Hebe; Cejas, Daniela
; Radice, Marcela Alejandra
; Gutkind, Gabriel Osvaldo
; Anaerobe Surveillance Team
Fecha de publicación:
01/2012
Editorial:
American Society for Microbiology
Revista:
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
ISSN:
0066-4804
e-ISSN:
1098-6596
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
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Resumen
The antibiotic susceptibility rates of 363 clinical Bacteroides fragilis group isolates collected from 17 centers in Argentina during the period from 2006 to 2009 were as follows: piperacillin-tazobactam, 99%; ampicillin-sulbactam, 92%; cefoxitin, 72%; tigecycline, 100%; moxifloxacin, 91%; and clindamycin, 52%. No metronidazole resistance was detected in these isolates during this time period. Resistance to imipenem, doripenem, and ertapenem was observed in 1.1%, 1.6%, and 2.3% of B. fragilis group strains, respectively. B. fragilis species showed a resistance profile of 1.5% to imipenem, 1.9% to doripenem, and 2.4% to ertapenem. This is the first report of carbapenem resistance in Argentina. The cfiA gene was present in 8 out of 23 isolates, all of them belonging to the B. fragilis species and displaying reduced susceptibility or resistance to carbapenems (MICs ≥ 4 μg/ml). Three out of eight cfiA-positive isolates were fully resistant to carbapenems, while 5 out of 8 isolates showed low-level resistance (MICs, 4 to 8 μg/ml). The inhibition by EDTA was a good predictor of the presence of metallo-β-lactamases in the fully resistant B. fragilis strains, but discrepant results were observed for low-level resistant isolates. B. fragilis was more susceptible to antimicrobial agents than other Bacteroides species. Bacteroides vulgatus species was the most resistant to ampicillin-sulbactam and piperacillin-tazobactam, and B. thetaiotaomicron/ovatus strains showed the highest level of resistance to carbapenems, with an unknown resistance mechanism. B. vulgatus and the uncommon non-Bacteroides fragilis species were the most resistant to moxifloxacin, showing an overall resistance rate of 15.1%.
Palabras clave:
Bacteroides Fragilis Group
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Emerging Resistance to Carbapenems
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Articulos de OFICINA DE COORDINACION ADMINISTRATIVA HOUSSAY
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Citación
Fernández Canigia, Liliana; Litterio, Mirta; Legaria, María C.; Castello, Liliana; Predari, Silvia C.; et al.; First national survey of antibiotic susceptibility of the Bacteroides fragilis group: emerging resistance to carbapenems in Argentina; American Society for Microbiology; Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy; 56; 3; 1-2012; 1309-1314
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