Detection and genetic characterization of β-lactamases in Prevotella interrnedia and Prevotella nigrescens isolated from oral cavity infections and peritonsillar abscesses
Detection and genetic characterization of β-lactamases in Prevotella interrnedia and Prevotella nigrescens isolated from oral cavity infections and peritonsillar abscesses
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10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.01.007
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发表时间:
2015-06-01
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2.3
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Radice, Marcela
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Fernandez-Canigia, Liliana;Cejas, Daniela;Radice, Marcela
A prospective analysis on beta-lactam resistance mechanisms and beta-lactamase prevalence was conducted on Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens recovered from patients with chronic periodontitis and peritonsillar abscesses. Both phenotypic and genotypic methods were performed to characterize the beta-lactamases, their coding genes and their genetic contexts. Overall, beta-lactamase production was observed in 64% (16/25) P. intermedia and 23.8% (5/21) P. nigrescens (p < 0.01). Besides higher beta-lactamase production rates were observed in P. intennedia (8/16) than in P. nigrescens (2/16) recovered from chronic periodontitis, almost all isolates from peritonsillar abscesses were producers (8/9 and 3/3, respectively). cfxA, but not cepA and cblA, was detected in those isolates, which were previously categorized as beta-lactamase producers. CNA producing isolates displayed higher beta-lactam MICs than non-producers in both species. The most frequent allele was cfxA2, followed by cfxA3 and a new allelic variant named cfxA6. The analysis of the downstream flanking region in the three cfxA variants revealed the association with mobA of Tn4555, suggesting their localization in a mobilizable element. beta-lactam resistance and cfxA carriage prevalence seems to be not only related to the bacterial species but also to the infection site. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.