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An Analysis of the Antibiotic Resistance Genes of Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii

다제내성 Acinetobacter baumannii 의 항생제 내성 유전자 분석

  • Lim, Jina (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Gyusang (MAKRI (Military National Defense) KIA Recovery and Identification), Department of Identification) ;
  • Choi, Yeonim (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Songho College) ;
  • Kim, Jongbae (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Yonsei University)
  • 임진아 (연세대학교 임상병리학과) ;
  • 이규상 (국방부 유해발굴감식단 감식과) ;
  • 최연임 (송호대학교 임상병리과) ;
  • 김종배 (연세대학교 임상병리학과)
  • Received : 2016.07.31
  • Accepted : 2016.09.05
  • Published : 2016.09.30
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Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is prevalent in hospital environments and is an important opportunistic pathogen of nosocomial infection. It is known that this pathogen cause herd infection in hospitals, and the mortality rate is remarkably higher for patients infected with this pathogen and already have other underlying diseases. Herein, we investigated the antibiotic resistance rate and the type of resistance genes in 85 isolates of multi-drug resistant A. baumannii from the samples commissioned to laboratory medicine in two university hospitals-in hospital A and hospital B-located in Cheonan and Chungcheong provinces, respectively, in Korea. As a result, $bla_{OXA-23-like}$ and $bla_{OXA-51-like}$ were detected in 82 stains (96.5%). These 82 strains of $bla_{OXA-23-like}$ producing A. baumannii were confirmed with the ISAba1 gene found at the top of the $bla_{OXA-23-like}$ genes by PCR, inducing the resistance against carbapenemase. The armA, AME gene that induces the resistance against aminoglycoside was detected in 34 strains out of 38 strains from Hospital A (89.5%), and in 40 strains out of 47 strains from Hospital B (85.1%), while AMEs were found in 33 strains out of 38 strains from Hospital A (70.2%) and in 44 strains out of 47 strains in Hospital B (93.6%). Therefore, it was found that most multi-drug resistant A. baumannii from the Cheonan area expressed both acethyltransferase and adenyltransferase. This study investigated the multi-drug resistant A. baumannii isolated from Cheonan and Chungcheong provinces in Korea, and it is thought that the results of the study can be utilized as the basic information to cure multi-drug resistant A. baumannii infections and to prevent the spread of drug resistance.

Acinetobacter baumannii는 병원환경에 광범위하게 분포하고 있으며, 원내감염의 중요한 원인균으로 병원에서 집단감염 일으키고, 중증의 기저질환을 가진 환자에게 감염되면 감염환자의 사망률이 다른 환자에 비해 월등히 높은 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구는 충청남도 천안시에 소재한 대학병원 두 곳의 진단검사의학과에 의뢰된 가검물에서 분리한 다제 내성 A. baumannii 85주의 항생제 내성률과 내성유전자 양상에 대해 조사하였다. Carbapenemase와 Class B ${\beta}$-lactamase의 생성균주를 선별하기 위하여 modified Hodge test (MHT)와 IMP-EDTA double-disk synergy test를 실시하였다. 항생제 내성을 유발하는 carbapenemases, 16S rRNA methylases, aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes (AMEs)을 확인하기 위하여 PCR을 시행 하였으며, A. baumannii가 분리된 두 대학병원간 분리균주의 유전학적인 근연도를 확인하기 위해 REP-PCR을 시행하였다. 실험결과 3균주를 제외한 82균주(96.5%)에서 $bla_{OXA-23-like}$과 $bla_{OXA-51-like}$이 검출되었다. $bla_{OXA-23-like}$ 유전자가 검출된 균주에서는 $bla_{OXA-23-like}$ 유전자 상부에 ISAba1 유전자가 확인되어 carbapenemase에 대한 내성을 유도하는 것으로 확인 되었다. Aminoglycoside에 대한 내성을 유발하는 16S rRNA methylase 유전자인 armA는 A병원에서 분리한 38균주 중 34균주(89.5%)에서, B병원에서 분리한 47균주 중 40균주(85.1%)에서 확인되었고, aminoglycoside modifying emzyme 유전자는 A병원 유래 38 균주 중 33 균주(70.2%)에서, B병원 유래 47균주 중 44 균주(93.6%)에서 aac(3)-IIa/ant(2")-Ia/aac(6')-Ib가 확인됨에 따라 천안지역에서 분리되는 대부분의 다제 내성 A. baumannii 균주는 acethyltransferase와 adenyltransferase를 동시에 발현하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 본 실험 결과는 충청남도 천안시에서 분리된 MDR A. baumannii를 대상으로 한 보고서로서, 항생제 내성유형과 내성 유전자의 분포를 확인하여 MDR A. baumannii 균주에 의한 감염증의 치료 지침과 내성세균 확산 방지를 위해 필요한 기초 자료로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

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