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Worldwide distribution and environmental origin of the Adelaide imipenemase (AIM-1), a potent carbapenemase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Carbapenems are potent broad-spectrum β-lactam antibiotics reserved for the treatment of serious infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa . The surge in P. aeruginosa resistant to carbapenems is an urgent threat, as very few treatment options remain. Resistanc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8767344/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34919514 http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000715 |
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author | Amsalu, Anteneh Sapula, Sylvia A. Whittall, Jonathan J. Hart, Bradley J. Bell, Jan M. Turnidge, John Venter, Henrietta |
author_facet | Amsalu, Anteneh Sapula, Sylvia A. Whittall, Jonathan J. Hart, Bradley J. Bell, Jan M. Turnidge, John Venter, Henrietta |
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description | Carbapenems are potent broad-spectrum β-lactam antibiotics reserved for the treatment of serious infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa . The surge in P. aeruginosa resistant to carbapenems is an urgent threat, as very few treatment options remain. Resistance to carbapenems is predominantly due to the presence of carbapenemase enzymes. The assessment of 147 P . aeruginosa isolates revealed that 32 isolates were carbapenem non-wild-type. These isolates were screened for carbapenem resistance genes using PCR. One isolate from wastewater contained the Adelaide imipenemase gene (bla (AIM-1)) and was compared phenotypically with a highly carbapenem-resistant clinical isolate containing the bla (AIM-1) gene. A further investigation of wastewater samples from various local healthcare and non-healthcare sources as well as river water, using probe-based qPCR, revealed the presence of the bla (AIM-1) gene in all the samples analysed. The widespread occurrence of bla (AIM-1) throughout Adelaide hinted at the possibility of more generally extensive spread of this gene than originally thought. A blast search revealed the presence of the bla (AIM-1) gene in Asia, North America and Europe. To elucidate the identity of the organism(s) carrying the bla (AIM-1) gene, shotgun metagenomic sequencing was conducted on three wastewater samples from different locations. Comparison of these nucleotide sequences with a whole-genome sequence of a P. aeruginosa isolate revealed that, unlike the genetic environment and arrangement in P. aeruginosa , the bla (AIM-1) gene was not carried as part of any mobile genetic elements. A phylogenetic tree constructed with the deduced amino acid sequences of AIM-1 suggested that the potential origin of the bla (AIM-1) gene in P. aeruginosa might be the non-pathogenic environmental organism, Pseudoxanthomonas mexicana . |
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spelling | pubmed-87673442022-01-19 Worldwide distribution and environmental origin of the Adelaide imipenemase (AIM-1), a potent carbapenemase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Amsalu, Anteneh Sapula, Sylvia A. Whittall, Jonathan J. Hart, Bradley J. Bell, Jan M. Turnidge, John Venter, Henrietta Microb Genom Research Articles Carbapenems are potent broad-spectrum β-lactam antibiotics reserved for the treatment of serious infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa . The surge in P. aeruginosa resistant to carbapenems is an urgent threat, as very few treatment options remain. Resistance to carbapenems is predominantly due to the presence of carbapenemase enzymes. The assessment of 147 P . aeruginosa isolates revealed that 32 isolates were carbapenem non-wild-type. These isolates were screened for carbapenem resistance genes using PCR. One isolate from wastewater contained the Adelaide imipenemase gene (bla (AIM-1)) and was compared phenotypically with a highly carbapenem-resistant clinical isolate containing the bla (AIM-1) gene. A further investigation of wastewater samples from various local healthcare and non-healthcare sources as well as river water, using probe-based qPCR, revealed the presence of the bla (AIM-1) gene in all the samples analysed. The widespread occurrence of bla (AIM-1) throughout Adelaide hinted at the possibility of more generally extensive spread of this gene than originally thought. A blast search revealed the presence of the bla (AIM-1) gene in Asia, North America and Europe. To elucidate the identity of the organism(s) carrying the bla (AIM-1) gene, shotgun metagenomic sequencing was conducted on three wastewater samples from different locations. Comparison of these nucleotide sequences with a whole-genome sequence of a P. aeruginosa isolate revealed that, unlike the genetic environment and arrangement in P. aeruginosa , the bla (AIM-1) gene was not carried as part of any mobile genetic elements. A phylogenetic tree constructed with the deduced amino acid sequences of AIM-1 suggested that the potential origin of the bla (AIM-1) gene in P. aeruginosa might be the non-pathogenic environmental organism, Pseudoxanthomonas mexicana . Microbiology Society 2021-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8767344/ /pubmed/34919514 http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000715 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Amsalu, Anteneh Sapula, Sylvia A. Whittall, Jonathan J. Hart, Bradley J. Bell, Jan M. Turnidge, John Venter, Henrietta Worldwide distribution and environmental origin of the Adelaide imipenemase (AIM-1), a potent carbapenemase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
title | Worldwide distribution and environmental origin of the Adelaide imipenemase (AIM-1), a potent carbapenemase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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title_full | Worldwide distribution and environmental origin of the Adelaide imipenemase (AIM-1), a potent carbapenemase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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title_fullStr | Worldwide distribution and environmental origin of the Adelaide imipenemase (AIM-1), a potent carbapenemase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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title_full_unstemmed | Worldwide distribution and environmental origin of the Adelaide imipenemase (AIM-1), a potent carbapenemase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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title_short | Worldwide distribution and environmental origin of the Adelaide imipenemase (AIM-1), a potent carbapenemase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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title_sort | worldwide distribution and environmental origin of the adelaide imipenemase (aim-1), a potent carbapenemase in pseudomonas aeruginosa |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8767344/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34919514 http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000715 |
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