Carbapenem-hydrolyzing GES-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in Acinetobacter baumannii

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Jan;55(1):349-54. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00773-10. Epub 2010 Oct 18.

Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii isolate AP was recovered from a bronchial lavage of a patient hospitalized in Paris, France. A. baumannii AP was resistant to all β-lactams, including carbapenems, and produced the extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) GES-14, which differs from GES-1 by two substitutions, Gly170Ser and Gly243Ala. Cloning of the bla(GES-14) gene followed by its expression in Escherichia coli showed that GES-14 compromised significantly the efficacy of all β-lactams, including cephalosporins, aztreonam, and carbapenems. The carbapenemase activity of purified GES-14 was confirmed by kinetic studies. The bla(GES-14) gene was located into a class 1 integron structure and located onto a ca. 95-kb self-transferable plasmid. This study identified a very broad-spectrum β-lactamase in A. baumannii.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / enzymology*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / genetics
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Carbapenems / metabolism*
  • Carbapenems / pharmacology
  • Clavulanic Acid / pharmacology
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Models, Genetic
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Penicillanic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Penicillanic Acid / pharmacology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Tazobactam
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Carbapenems
  • Clavulanic Acid
  • Penicillanic Acid
  • beta-Lactamases
  • Tazobactam

Associated data

  • GENBANK/HM451497