• 1. Clinical Laboratory, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, P. R. China;
  • 2. Clinical Laboratory, Dayi County People’s Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan 611330, P. R. China;
WANG Qun, Email: 1123354045@qq.com
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Objective To analyze the drug-resistant phenotype and genotype characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) in a traditional Chinese medicine hospital from 2016 to 2018, to provide guidance for clinical rational drug use and effective anti-infection treatment.Methods A total of 2 901 Enterobacteriaceae bacteria strains isolated from January 2016 to December 2018 were selected, and CRE strains were screened by microdilution test and Kirby-Bauer methods. CRE strains with successful seed preservation and detailed clinical data were selected for carbapenemase phenotype confirmation test, drug-resistant gene amplification, and sequencing comparison.Results The 101 CRE strains collected between 2016 and 2018 were mainly Klebsiella pneumonia (73.27%, 74/101) and Escherichia coli (14.85%, 15/101), and the specimens were mainly from sputum (63.37%, 64/101) and catheter urine (11.88%, 12/101). The phenotypic test results of carbapenemase showed that 94 strains were positive in modified Hodge test, with a positive rate of 93.07%, 96 strains were positive in Carba NP test, with a positive rate of 95.05%, and 98 strains were positive in modified carbapenem inactivation method test, with a positive rate of 97.03%. Drug-resistant genes were detected in 92 (91.01%) of the 101 CRE strains, sequencing results showed that 66 (65.35%) carried blaKPC-2 gene, 4 (3.96%) carried blaKPC-19 gene, 9 (8.91%) carried blaNDM-1 gene, and 13 (12.87%) carried blaNDM-5 gene. No CRE strains carrying two resistance genes were detected. Among them, Klebsiella pneumoniae strains mainly carried blaKPC-2 gene (82.43%, 61/74), and Escherichia coli strains mainly carried blaNDM-5 gene (86.67%, 13/15), which were consistent with the main epidemic genotype in China.Conclusions In recent three years, the CRE strains in this hospital mainly included Klebsiella pneumoniae with blaKPC-2 gene and Escherichia coli with blaNDM-5 gene. According to the results of this test, we can reasonably select antimicrobial agents in combination with the drug sensitivity report from the microbial laboratory, so as to delay the growth of drug-resistant strains and prevent hospital transmission of multidrug-resistant bacteria.

Citation: WANG Fang, WANG Qun, XIN Lihua, ZHANG Qiongfang, LI Rui, WU Bo, REN Ran, ZHANG Qing. Analysis of drug-resistant phenotypes and drug-resistant genes of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a traditional Chinese medicine hospital. West China Medical Journal, 2020, 35(8): 912-917. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.202005354 Copy

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