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Nationwide Surveillance and Molecular Characterization of Critically Drug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria: Results of the Research University Network Thailand Study

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00675-21

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drug resistance; Gram-negative bacteria; surveillance; bla gene; Thailand

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  1. Mahidol University under the Research University Network (RUN) Initiative

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The study found a serious situation of drug resistance among Gram-negative bacilli in Thailand, including important resistant strains like E. coli, K. pneumoniae, and A. baumannii. It highlights the urgent need for strict control measures to address this issue.
A large-scale surveillance is an important measure to monitor the regional spread of antimicrobial resistance. We prospectively studied the prevalence and molecular characteristics of clinically important Gram-negative bacilli, including Escherichia colt, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii complex (ABC), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, from blood, respiratory tract, urine, and sterile sites at 47 hospitals across Thailand. Among 187,619 isolates, 93,810 isolates (50.0%) were critically drug resistant, of which 12,915 isolates (13.8%) were randomly selected for molecular characterization. E. colt was most commonly isolated from all specimens, except the respiratory tract, in which ABC was predominant. Prevalence of extendedspectrum cephalosporin resistance (ESCR) was higher in E. coil (425%) than K. pneumoniae (32.0%), but carbapenem-resistant (CR)-K. pneumoniae (17.2%) was 4.5-fold higher than CR-E. coli (3.8%). The majority of ESCR/CR-E. coli and K. pneumoniae isolates carried bla(CTX-M) (64.6% to 82.1%). bla(NDM) and bla(OXA-48-like) were the most prevalent carbapenemase genes in CR-E. coli/CR-K. pneumoniae (74.9%/52.9% and 22.4%/54.1%, respectively). In addition, 12.9%/23.0% of CR-E. coli/CR-K. pneumoniae cocarried bla(NDM) and bla(OXA-48-like). Among ABC isolates, 41.9% were extensively drug resistant (XDR) and 35.7% were multidrug resistant (MDR), while P. aeruginosa showed XDR/MDR at 6.3%/16.5%. A. baumannii was the most common species among ABC isolates. The major carbapenemase gene in MDR-A. baumannii/XDR-A. baumannii was bla(OXA-23-like) (85.8%/93.0%), which had much higher rates than other ABC species. bla(IMP), bla(VIM ) bla(OXA-40-like), and bla(OXA-58-like) were also detected in ABC at lower rates. The most common carbapenemase gene in MDR/XDR-P. aeruginosa was bla(IMP) (29.0%/30.6%), followed by bla(VIM) (9.5%/25.3%). The findings reiterate an alarming situation of drug resistance that requires serious control measures.

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