Transfer of plasmid and chromosomal glycopeptide resistance determinants occurs more readily in the digestive tract of mice than in vitro and exconjugants can persist stably in vivo in the absence of glycopeptide selection

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作者
Dahl, Kristin Hegstad [1 ]
Mater, Denis D. G.
Flores, Maria Jose
Johnsen, Pal Jarle
Midtvedt, Tore
Corthier, Gerard
Sundsfjord, Arnfinn
机构
[1] Univ Tromso, Dept Microbiol & Virol, N-9001 Tromso, Norway
[2] Univ Hosp N Tromso, Dept Microbiol & Infect Control, Reference Ctr Detect Antimicrobial Resistance, Tromso, Norway
[3] INRA, Unite Ecol & Physiol Syst Digest, Jouy En Josas, France
[4] Karolinska Inst, Lab Med Microbial Ecol, S-10401 Stockholm, Sweden
关键词
vanA; vanB; vancomycin; Enterococcus;
D O I
10.1093/jac/dkl530
中图分类号
R51 [传染病];
学科分类号
100401 ;
摘要
Objectives and methods: The transferability of vanA and vanB glycopeptide resistance determinants with a defined plasmid (n = 9) or chromosomal (n = 4) location between Enterococcus faecium strains of human and animal origins was compared using filter mating (in vitro) and germ-free mice (in vivo) as experimental models. Moreover, the stability of exconjugants in vivo in the absence of antibiotic selection was examined. Results: Higher transfer rates were observed in vivo for four of six vanA and five of six vanB donor strains. For plasmid-encoded resistance, several log higher transfer frequencies were observed in vivo for some strains. Moreover, the in vivo model supported transfer of plasmid-encoded vanB (1 x 10(-7) exconjugants/donor) when repeated in vitro experiments were negative (estimated < 1 x 10(-9) exconjugants/donor). Readily detectable transfer of plasmid-located vanA and vanB as well as large chromosomal (> 200 kb) vanB elements was observed after 24 h. The number of plasmid-mediated vanA exconjugants generally decreased markedly after 3 days. However, exconjugants containing a plasmid harbouring the vanA transposon Tn1546 linked to the post-segregational killing system omega-epsilon-zeta persisted stably in vivo in the absence of glycopeptides for more than 20 days. Conclusions: The overall results support the notion that the in vitro model underestimates the transfer potential. Rapid transfer of vanA plasmids from poultry- and pig-derived strains to human faecal E. faecium shows that even transiently colonizing strains may provide a significant reservoir for transfer of resistance genes to the permanent commensal flora. Newly acquired resistance genes may be stabilized and persist in new populations in the absence of antibiotic selection.
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