Novel plasmid-mediated beta-lactamase (TEM-10) conferring selective resistance to ceftazidime and aztreonam in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae.
AUTOR(ES)
Quinn, J P
RESUMO
Two clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae from seriously ill patients in Chicago, Ill., have been identified as resistant to ceftazidime and aztreonam but susceptible to other cephalosporins. This unusual antibiogram was shown to be due to a novel plasmid-mediated beta-lactamase which readily hydrolyzed ceftazidime and aztreonam in addition to penicillins such as piperacillin and carbenicillin. This enzyme and its attendant resistance were transferred to Escherichia coli by conjugation on a 50-kilobase plasmid. Isoelectric focusing revealed a single beta-lactamase band with a molecular weight of 29,000 and an isoelectric point of 5.57 in the resistant isolates and transconjugants. The beta-lactamase inhibitors clavulanic acid and sulbactam restored beta-lactam susceptibility in the resistant isolates. Fifty percent inhibitory concentrations of clavulanic acid and sulbactam were 4.4 and 940 nM, respectively. DNA hybridization studies indicated that this enzyme, designated TEM-10, is related to well-established TEM-type beta-lactamases. However, the TEM-10 enzyme was inhibited by p-chloromercuribenzoate, in contrast to TEM-2 beta-lactamase. On the basis of substrate and inhibition profiles, the TEM-10 enzyme could be easily discriminated from TEM-5 and RHH-I beta-lactamases.
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