Molecular Epidemiology of Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Norway and Sweden Shows Import of International Clones and Local Clonal Expansion

Author:

Samuelsen Ørjan1,Toleman Mark A.2,Sundsfjord Arnfinn13,Rydberg Johan4,Leegaard Truls M.5,Walder Mats6,Lia Astrid7,Ranheim Trond E.8,Rajendra Yashas9,Hermansen Nils O.10,Walsh Timothy R.2,Giske Christian G.9

Affiliation:

1. Reference Centre for Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

2. Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

3. Department of Microbiology and Virology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

4. Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital of Lund, Lund, Sweden

5. Institute of Medical Microbiology, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

6. Medical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

7. Department of Microbiology, Vestfold Hospital, Tønsberg, Norway

8. Department of Microbiology, Centre for Laboratory Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway

9. Karolinska-Institutet-MTC, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Stockholm, Sweden

10. Department of Microbiology, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Abstract

ABSTRACT Scandinavia is considered a region with a low prevalence of antimicrobial resistance. However, the number of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria is increasing, including metallo-β-lactamase (MBL)-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa . In this study MBL-producing P. aeruginosa isolates identified in Norway ( n = 4) and Sweden ( n = 9) from 1999 to 2007 were characterized. Two international clonal complexes (CC), CC111 ( n = 8) and CC235 ( n = 2), previously associated with MBL-producing isolates, were dominant. CC111 isolates (ST111/229; serotype O12; bla VIM-2 ) included clonally related isolates identified in Skåne County, Sweden ( n = 6), and two isolates associated with importation from Greece and Denmark. In all CC111 isolates, bla VIM-2 was located in integron In 59.2 or In 59 variants. The two CC235 isolates (ST235/ST230; serotype O11; bla VIM-4 ) were imported from Greece and Cyprus, were possibly clonally related, and carried bla VIM-4 in two different integron structures. Three isolates imported from Ghana (ST233; serotype O6; bla VIM-2 ), Tunisia (ST654; serotype O11; bla VIM-2 ), and Thailand (ST260; serotype O6; bla IMP-14 ) were clonally unrelated. ST233 was part of a new CC (CC233) that included other MBL-producing isolates, while ST654 could also be part of a new CC associated with MBL producers. In the isolates imported from Ghana and Tunisia, bla VIM-2 was part of unusual integron structures lacking the 3′ conserved segment and associated with transposons. The bla VIM gene was found to be located on the chromosome in all isolates. Known risk factors for acquisition of MBL were reported for all patients except one. The findings suggest that both import of successful international clones and local clonal expansion contribute to the emergence of MBL-producing P. aeruginosa in Scandinavia.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology

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