An evaluation of clonal relationship by PFGE method in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, examining integron presence and antibiotic resistance
Introduction: This study aims to investigate the presence of class 1, 2, and 3 integrons in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, evaluate the relationship between integrons and antibiotic resistance and determine the clonal relationship between isolates by PFGE method. Methodology: A total of 188 A....
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Introduction: This study aims to investigate the presence of class 1, 2, and 3 integrons in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, evaluate the relationship between integrons and antibiotic resistance and determine the clonal relationship between isolates by PFGE method.
Methodology: A total of 188 A. baumannii strains between February 2020 and March 2023 were included in the study. The antibiotic susceptibility was assessed per the recommendations of “The European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing”. Integrons have been identified by polymerase chain reaction. The clonal relationship between isolates was evaluated with PFGE.
Results: Integron carriage was observed in 45.7% of isolates. Of these, 44.1% carried class 0.5% carried class 2, and 2 (1.1%) carried both classes of integrons. Among the integron positive isolates, the rate of only class 1 integron was 96.5% (83/86), the rate of only class 2 was 1.2% (1/86), and the rate of only two integron classes together was 2.3% (2/86). In the presence of class 1 integrons, the MDR and XDR phenotypes were found to be high (p = 0.005, p = 0.029). PFGE method detected 26 clusters and 177 pulsotypes on the dendrogram. When the clusters are evaluated separately within themselves, in all of the isolates in the Y and Z clusters (100%), class 1 integron positivity was observed in cluster A at 52.2%, cluster J at 42.1%, and cluster N at 22.2%.
Conclusions: Class 1 integron positivity observed in all of the isolates in the two clusters suggests the likelihood of clonal transfer alongside the horizontal transfer.
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| spelling | doaj-art-ef3577163855481dbb7cfe141796f1bf2025-08-20T02:14:11ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802024-12-01181210.3855/jidc.20021An evaluation of clonal relationship by PFGE method in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, examining integron presence and antibiotic resistanceSedef Zeliha Öner0Hatice Er1Ahmet Çalışkan2Melek Demir3Hande Şenol4İlknur Kaleli5Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, TurkeyDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Beyşehir State Hospital, Konya, TurkeyDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, TurkeyDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, TurkeyDepartment of Biostatistics, Pamukkale University, Denizli, TurkeyDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey Introduction: This study aims to investigate the presence of class 1, 2, and 3 integrons in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, evaluate the relationship between integrons and antibiotic resistance and determine the clonal relationship between isolates by PFGE method. Methodology: A total of 188 A. baumannii strains between February 2020 and March 2023 were included in the study. The antibiotic susceptibility was assessed per the recommendations of “The European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing”. Integrons have been identified by polymerase chain reaction. The clonal relationship between isolates was evaluated with PFGE. Results: Integron carriage was observed in 45.7% of isolates. Of these, 44.1% carried class 0.5% carried class 2, and 2 (1.1%) carried both classes of integrons. Among the integron positive isolates, the rate of only class 1 integron was 96.5% (83/86), the rate of only class 2 was 1.2% (1/86), and the rate of only two integron classes together was 2.3% (2/86). In the presence of class 1 integrons, the MDR and XDR phenotypes were found to be high (p = 0.005, p = 0.029). PFGE method detected 26 clusters and 177 pulsotypes on the dendrogram. When the clusters are evaluated separately within themselves, in all of the isolates in the Y and Z clusters (100%), class 1 integron positivity was observed in cluster A at 52.2%, cluster J at 42.1%, and cluster N at 22.2%. Conclusions: Class 1 integron positivity observed in all of the isolates in the two clusters suggests the likelihood of clonal transfer alongside the horizontal transfer. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/20021Acinetobacter baumanniiintegronsantibiotic resistanceclonal relationshipPFGE |
| spellingShingle | Sedef Zeliha Öner Hatice Er Ahmet Çalışkan Melek Demir Hande Şenol İlknur Kaleli An evaluation of clonal relationship by PFGE method in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, examining integron presence and antibiotic resistance Journal of Infection in Developing Countries Acinetobacter baumannii integrons antibiotic resistance clonal relationship PFGE |
| title | An evaluation of clonal relationship by PFGE method in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, examining integron presence and antibiotic resistance |
| title_full | An evaluation of clonal relationship by PFGE method in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, examining integron presence and antibiotic resistance |
| title_fullStr | An evaluation of clonal relationship by PFGE method in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, examining integron presence and antibiotic resistance |
| title_full_unstemmed | An evaluation of clonal relationship by PFGE method in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, examining integron presence and antibiotic resistance |
| title_short | An evaluation of clonal relationship by PFGE method in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, examining integron presence and antibiotic resistance |
| title_sort | evaluation of clonal relationship by pfge method in acinetobacter baumannii isolates examining integron presence and antibiotic resistance |
| topic | Acinetobacter baumannii integrons antibiotic resistance clonal relationship PFGE |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/20021 |
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