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ANNALS OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND ANTIMICROBIALS
卷 21, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12941-022-00537-z
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Para-Aminosalicylic Acid; Critical Concentration; Drug Susceptibility Testing
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资金
- Capital's Funds for Health Improvement and Research [2020-1-1041]
- Beijing Hospitals Authority Ascent Plan [DFL20191601]
- Beijing Hospitals Authority Clinical Medicine Development of Special Funding [ZYLX202122]
This study aimed to establish the critical concentration of para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) on the Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) 960 and determine its resistance mechanism. Results showed that 4 mu g/ml was an appropriate critical concentration to distinguish wild-type and resistotype isolates, and PAS resistance was mainly caused by mutations in thyA and folC genes.
Background & Objectives Accurate determination of antimicrobial resistance profiles is of great importance to formulate optimal regimens against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Although para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) has been widely used clinically, the reliable testing methods for PAS susceptibility were not established. Herein, we aimed to establish critical test concentration for PAS on the Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) 960 in our laboratory settings. Methods A total of 102 clinical isolates were included in this study, including 82 wild-type and 20 resistotype isolates. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined by MGIT 960. Whole-genome sequencing was used to identify the mutation patterns potentially conferring PAS resistance. Sequence alignment and structure modelling were carried out to analyze potential drug-resistant mechanism of folC mutant. Results Overall, the Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) distribution demonstrated excellent separation between wild-type and resistotype isolates. The wild-type population were all at least 1 dilution below 4 mu g/ml, and the resistotype population were no lower than 4 mu g/ml, indicating that 4 mu g/ml was appropriate critical concentration to separate these two populations. Of 20 mutant isolates, 12 (60.0%) harbored thyA mutations, 2 (10%) had a mutation on upstream of dfrA, and the remaining isolates had folC mutations. Overall, thyA and folC mutations were scattered throughout the whole gene without any one mutation predominating. All mutations within thyA resulted in high-level resistance to PAS (MIC > 32 mu g/ml); whereas the MICs of isolates with folC mutations exhibited great diversity, ranged from 4 to > 32 mu g/ml, and sequence and structure analysis partially provided the possible reasons for this diversity. Conclusions We propose 4 mu g/ml as tentative critical concentration for MGIT 960. The major mechanism of PAS resistance is mutations within thyA and folC in MTB isolations. The whole-gene deletion of thyA locus confers high-level resistance to PAS. The diversity of many distinct mutations scattered throughout the full-length folC gene challenges the PCR-based mutation analysis for PAS susceptibility.
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