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JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
Volume 20, Issue -, Pages 266-271Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2019.08.018
Keywords
Colistin resistance; mcr-8 gene; Real-time-PCR assay; Diagnostic tool; TaqMan probe
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- French Governmentunder the Investissements d'avenir (reference: Fondation Mediterranee Infection) [10-IAHU-03]
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Objectives: We aimed to develop here a specific real-time PCR assay with TaqMan (R) probe to detect efficiently bacterial strains harboring the new plasmid mediated-colistin resistance mcr-8 gene. Methods: Specific primers and probe for mcr-8 gene were designed from sequences alignment of all mcr genes variants. Specificity of the designed primers and probe were first checked par BlastN analysis and by in silico PCR. The analytical sensitivity and specificity tests were performed in vitro on a panel of 290 genomic DNA of Gram-negative bacteria and 250 metagenomic DNA from human stool samples. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) was performed here using MiSeq technology. Results: Designed primers and probe were 100% specific tomcr-8 gene by BlastN and in silico PCR analysis. Real-time PCR screening of a collection of clinical isolates resulted to one positive Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate (KP95). WGS confirmed that this isolate harbored the mcr-8 gene and other resistance genes such as bla(OXA-48), bla(CTX-M-15) beta-lactamases. Our real-time PCR was highly sensitive on a 10-fold dilution serie from a calibrated inoculum at 10(8) CFU/mL with a limit of detection at 55 CFU/mL. Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, we propose here, the first real-time PCR assay targeting mcr-8 gene with high specificity and sensitivity, able to detect mcr-8 gene in less than 2 h from any DNA sample. This real-time PCR assay allowed the first description of a clinical K. pneumoniae strain harboring the mcr-8 gene in Algeria. (C) 2019 International Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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