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Table 1 Common MDR bacterial agents of epidemiological importance causing severe infections in hospitals (H) and communities (C)

From: Whole-genome sequencing targets drug-resistant bacterial infections

Bacterial agent

Diseases

Resistance

Example of main resistance determinants revealed in whole sequenced genomes

Escherichia coli (H, C)

UTI, BSI

β-Lactams (cephalosporins)

ampC, 2 copies of bla T [74]

Quinolones (fluoroquinolones)

gyrA (Ser83Leu,Asp87Asn), parC (Ser80Ile,Glu84Gly) [74, 188]

Klebsiella pneumonia (H, C)

UTI, BSI, pneumonia

β-Lactams (cephalosporins, carbapenems)

bla SHV-75 , bla SHV-60 , bla KPC-2 , bla TEM-1 , bla TEM-12 , bla P1 , bla CTX-M [132, 145]

Quinolones (fluoroquinolones)

qnrA1, qnrB4, oqxAB, gyrA (Ser 83Phe), parC (Ala339Gly, Asp641Tyr) [209]

Amynoglycosides

armA, aph [209]

Colistin

IS1 insertion in the mgrB [95, 209]

Staphylococcus aureus (H, C)

WSI, BSI

β-Lactams (methicillin)

mecC [157]

Aminoglycosides

aadD [258]

Mupirocines

ileS-2 [258]

Mercury resistance

mer operon [258]

Antiseptic resistance

qacA [258]

Streptococcus pneumonia (C)

Pneumonia, meningitis, otitis

β-Lactams

pbp2a, pbp2b, pbp2x, spr1238 [56]

Tetracycline

rpsJ, patA, patB [153]

Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica, Typhimurium, Choleraesuis (C)

Salmonellosis, foodborne diarrhea, BS

β-Lactams

bla OXA-30 , ampC, bla TEM-1 , bla TEM-67 [31, 91]

Quinolones (fluoroquinolones)

gyrA (Ser83Leu), parC (Ser80Leu), acrAB-tolC [31]

Aminoglycosides

2 copies aadA1, 3 copies aadA3, aac3, aph, strA, strB, sat-1 [91, 109]

Shigella spp. (C)

“Bacillary dysenteria”

β-Lactams

bla TEM-1 , bla OXA-1 [257]

  

Fluoroquinolones

mutated parC and gyrA [257]

Aminoglycosides

aadA1, aadA2, sat-1 [257]

Neisseria gonorrhoeae (C)

Gonorrhea

β-Lactams (3rd gen. cephalosporins)

mtrR (G45D, A39T), mtrCDE (del1327932), penB (G101K, A102D), penA (mosaic) [54, 83, 240]

Tetracycline

rpsJ (V57M), tetM including its promoter, penB [54]

Coagulase-negative Staphylococci spp. (CoNS) (H, C)

SSI, endocarditis, and BSI

β-Lactams

blaZ, mecC [25, 173, 184]

Enterobacter aerogenes (H)

SSI and BSI

β-Lactams

bla TEM-24 , 2 copies ampC, 3 copies M-bla, 4 copies bla [48]

Quinolones

gyrA (Thr83Ile), parC (Ser80Ile) [47, 48]

Aminoglycosides

aadA1, aac(6′) [47, 48]

Rifampicin

rpoB (Asp252Tyr) [47, 48]

Acinetobacter baumannii (H, C)

BSIs, VAP, HAP, SSI, CA-UTI, ventilator-associated pneumonia

β-Lactams (3rd gen. cephalosporins)

bla class A, ISAba1, bla OXA-23, bla OXA-10 , bla OXA-69 , bla ampC , bla OXA-23 , bla OXA-66 , bla ADC (Nigro et al. 2013 [173]); [2, 76, 83, 173, 195, 240]), ampC, bla OXA-51 -like [74], bla TEM-1 [2], 5 copies M-bla, 2 copies ampC, bla OXA-82 [204]

Amynoglycosides

Modified armA, aac(3′), aac(3)-la, aac(6ʹ), aac(2ʹ)-Ib, aadA1, aadAB, aphA1, aph(3′), aph6, strAB [2, 71, 204, 254, 265] adeT, aadA2 [204]

Quinolones

gyrA (Ser83Leu), parC (Ser80Leu) [2, 71, 204]

BSIs, VAP, HAP, SSI, CA-UTI, ventilator-associated pneumonia

Colistin

pmrB [90]

Tetracyclines

tetAR, adeB [2, 265], bcr [204]

Chloramphenicol

cmlA, cmlA5, cat [71], catB6 [265], catB8 [254], cmr [204]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (H, C)

BSIs, VAP, HAP, SSI, CA-UTI, cystic fibrosis (CF)

β-Lactams (3rd gen. cephalosporins)

blaI MP-1 , oprD [163] ampCDR [124]

Quinolones

gyrA (Thr83Ile), parC (Ser87Leu) [247]

Aminoglycosides

aac(6′) [163], aph, ant(4′)-IIb, strAB [247], aacA29a/aacA29b [124]

Colistin

pmrAB, phoPQ [247]

Wide range of antibacterial agents

mexAB-oprM, mexXY, mexCD-oprJ, mexEF-oprN, mexHI-opmD, mexR, nfxB, mexT, mexG [124]

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (H, C)

Tuberculosis

Rifampicin

rpoB (S450L) [52]

Isoniazid

katG (P7 frameshift), ptrBa, fadD15, ppsB, atsH [88]

Fluoroquinolone ethambutol amikacin para-aminosalicylic acid

gyrB (T500N), embB (D1024N), rrs(A514C, A1401G), thyA (P17L) [52]

  1. BSI bloodstream infection, SSI surgical-site infection, CA-UTI catheter-associated urinary tract infection, VAP ventilator-associated pneumonia, HAP hospital-acquired pneumonia, WSI wound stream infection, UTI urinary tract infection