New Variants of Pseudomonas <i>aeruginosa</i> High-Risk Clone ST233 Associated with an Outbreak in a Mexican Paediatric Hospital

Recent multidrug resistance in <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> has favoured the adaptation and dissemination of worldwide high-risk strains. In June 2018, 15 <i>P. aeruginosa</i> strains isolated from patients and a contaminated multi-dose meropenem vial were characterized to a...

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Main Authors: Pamela Aguilar-Rodea, Elia L. Estrada-Javier, Verónica Jiménez-Rojas, Uriel Gomez-Ramirez, Carolina G. Nolasco-Romero, Gerardo E. Rodea, Benjamín Antonio Rodríguez-Espino, Sandra Mendoza-Elizalde, Cesar Arellano, Beatriz López-Marcelino, Daniela de la Rosa Zamboni, Ana Estela Gamiño-Arroyo, Rosalia Mora-Suárez, Margarita Torres García, Isabel Franco Hernández, Israel Parra-Ortega, Guillermina Campos-Valdez, Norma Velázquez-Guadarrama, Irma Rosas-Pérez
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author Pamela Aguilar-Rodea
Elia L. Estrada-Javier
Verónica Jiménez-Rojas
Uriel Gomez-Ramirez
Carolina G. Nolasco-Romero
Gerardo E. Rodea
Benjamín Antonio Rodríguez-Espino
Sandra Mendoza-Elizalde
Cesar Arellano
Beatriz López-Marcelino
Daniela de la Rosa Zamboni
Ana Estela Gamiño-Arroyo
Rosalia Mora-Suárez
Margarita Torres García
Isabel Franco Hernández
Israel Parra-Ortega
Guillermina Campos-Valdez
Norma Velázquez-Guadarrama
Irma Rosas-Pérez
author_facet Pamela Aguilar-Rodea
Elia L. Estrada-Javier
Verónica Jiménez-Rojas
Uriel Gomez-Ramirez
Carolina G. Nolasco-Romero
Gerardo E. Rodea
Benjamín Antonio Rodríguez-Espino
Sandra Mendoza-Elizalde
Cesar Arellano
Beatriz López-Marcelino
Daniela de la Rosa Zamboni
Ana Estela Gamiño-Arroyo
Rosalia Mora-Suárez
Margarita Torres García
Isabel Franco Hernández
Israel Parra-Ortega
Guillermina Campos-Valdez
Norma Velázquez-Guadarrama
Irma Rosas-Pérez
author_sort Pamela Aguilar-Rodea
collection DOAJ
description Recent multidrug resistance in <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> has favoured the adaptation and dissemination of worldwide high-risk strains. In June 2018, 15 <i>P. aeruginosa</i> strains isolated from patients and a contaminated multi-dose meropenem vial were characterized to assess their association to an outbreak in a Mexican paediatric hospital. The strains were characterized by antibiotic susceptibility profiling, virulence factors’ production, and biofilm formation. The clonal relationship among isolates was determined with pulse-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) sequencing. Repressor genes for the MexAB-OprM efflux pump were sequenced for haplotype identification. Of the strains, 60% were profiled as extensively drug-resistant (XDR), 33% as multidrug-resistant (MDR), and 6.6% were classified as sensitive (S). All strains presented intermediate resistance to colistin, and 80% were sensitive to aztreonam. Pyoverdine was the most produced virulence factor. The PFGE technique was performed for the identification of the outbreak, revealing eight strains with the same electrophoretic pattern. ST235 and ten new sequence types (STs) were identified, all closely related to ST233. ST3241 predominated in 26.66% of the strains. Twenty-five synonymous and seventeen nonsynonymous substitutions were identified in the regulatory genes of the MexAB-OprM efflux pump, and <i>nalC</i> was the most variable gene. Six different haplotypes were identified. Strains from the outbreak were metallo-β-lactamases and phylogenetically related to the high-risk clone ST233.
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spelling doaj.art-3be733a319f94ea092f921033990f27b2023-11-30T22:01:31ZengMDPI AGMicroorganisms2076-26072022-07-01108153310.3390/microorganisms10081533New Variants of Pseudomonas <i>aeruginosa</i> High-Risk Clone ST233 Associated with an Outbreak in a Mexican Paediatric HospitalPamela Aguilar-Rodea0Elia L. Estrada-Javier1Verónica Jiménez-Rojas2Uriel Gomez-Ramirez3Carolina G. Nolasco-Romero4Gerardo E. Rodea5Benjamín Antonio Rodríguez-Espino6Sandra Mendoza-Elizalde7Cesar Arellano8Beatriz López-Marcelino9Daniela de la Rosa Zamboni10Ana Estela Gamiño-Arroyo11Rosalia Mora-Suárez12Margarita Torres García13Isabel Franco Hernández14Israel Parra-Ortega15Guillermina Campos-Valdez16Norma Velázquez-Guadarrama17Irma Rosas-Pérez18Área de Genética Bacteriana, Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoÁrea de Genética Bacteriana, Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoÁrea de Genética Bacteriana, Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoÁrea de Genética Bacteriana, Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoÁrea de Genética Bacteriana, Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoÁrea de Genética Bacteriana, Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoLaboratorio de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Nefrología y Metabolismo Mineral Óseo, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoÁrea de Genética Bacteriana, Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoÁrea de Genética Bacteriana, Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoÁrea de Genética Bacteriana, Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoSubdirección de Atención Integral al Paciente, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoDepartamento de Epidemiología, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoDepartamento de Epidemiología, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoDepartamento de Epidemiología, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoDepartamento de Laboratorio Clínico, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoDepartamento de Laboratorio Clínico, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoÁrea de Genética Bacteriana, Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoÁrea de Genética Bacteriana, Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City 06720, MexicoLaboratorio de Aerobiología, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, MexicoRecent multidrug resistance in <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> has favoured the adaptation and dissemination of worldwide high-risk strains. In June 2018, 15 <i>P. aeruginosa</i> strains isolated from patients and a contaminated multi-dose meropenem vial were characterized to assess their association to an outbreak in a Mexican paediatric hospital. The strains were characterized by antibiotic susceptibility profiling, virulence factors’ production, and biofilm formation. The clonal relationship among isolates was determined with pulse-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) sequencing. Repressor genes for the MexAB-OprM efflux pump were sequenced for haplotype identification. Of the strains, 60% were profiled as extensively drug-resistant (XDR), 33% as multidrug-resistant (MDR), and 6.6% were classified as sensitive (S). All strains presented intermediate resistance to colistin, and 80% were sensitive to aztreonam. Pyoverdine was the most produced virulence factor. The PFGE technique was performed for the identification of the outbreak, revealing eight strains with the same electrophoretic pattern. ST235 and ten new sequence types (STs) were identified, all closely related to ST233. ST3241 predominated in 26.66% of the strains. Twenty-five synonymous and seventeen nonsynonymous substitutions were identified in the regulatory genes of the MexAB-OprM efflux pump, and <i>nalC</i> was the most variable gene. Six different haplotypes were identified. Strains from the outbreak were metallo-β-lactamases and phylogenetically related to the high-risk clone ST233.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/10/8/1533<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>multidrug resistancehigh-risk clonesST233ST235outbreak
spellingShingle Pamela Aguilar-Rodea
Elia L. Estrada-Javier
Verónica Jiménez-Rojas
Uriel Gomez-Ramirez
Carolina G. Nolasco-Romero
Gerardo E. Rodea
Benjamín Antonio Rodríguez-Espino
Sandra Mendoza-Elizalde
Cesar Arellano
Beatriz López-Marcelino
Daniela de la Rosa Zamboni
Ana Estela Gamiño-Arroyo
Rosalia Mora-Suárez
Margarita Torres García
Isabel Franco Hernández
Israel Parra-Ortega
Guillermina Campos-Valdez
Norma Velázquez-Guadarrama
Irma Rosas-Pérez
New Variants of Pseudomonas <i>aeruginosa</i> High-Risk Clone ST233 Associated with an Outbreak in a Mexican Paediatric Hospital
Microorganisms
<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>
multidrug resistance
high-risk clones
ST233
ST235
outbreak
title New Variants of Pseudomonas <i>aeruginosa</i> High-Risk Clone ST233 Associated with an Outbreak in a Mexican Paediatric Hospital
title_full New Variants of Pseudomonas <i>aeruginosa</i> High-Risk Clone ST233 Associated with an Outbreak in a Mexican Paediatric Hospital
title_fullStr New Variants of Pseudomonas <i>aeruginosa</i> High-Risk Clone ST233 Associated with an Outbreak in a Mexican Paediatric Hospital
title_full_unstemmed New Variants of Pseudomonas <i>aeruginosa</i> High-Risk Clone ST233 Associated with an Outbreak in a Mexican Paediatric Hospital
title_short New Variants of Pseudomonas <i>aeruginosa</i> High-Risk Clone ST233 Associated with an Outbreak in a Mexican Paediatric Hospital
title_sort new variants of pseudomonas i aeruginosa i high risk clone st233 associated with an outbreak in a mexican paediatric hospital
topic <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>
multidrug resistance
high-risk clones
ST233
ST235
outbreak
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/10/8/1533
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