Aminoglycoside-Resistance Mechanisms in Multidrug-Resistant <Emphasis Type="Italic">Staphylococcus </Emphasis><Emphasis Type="Italic">aureus</Emphasis> Clinical Isolates |
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| Authors: | R Kelmani Chandrakanth S Raju S A Patil |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Biotechnology, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, 585 106, Karnataka, India;(2) Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India;(3) Department of Neuromicrobiology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, 650 029, Karnataka, India |
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| Abstract: | Aminoglycoside resistance in six clinically isolated Staphylococcus aureus was evaluated. Genotypical examination revealed that three isolates (HLGR-10, HLGR-12, and MSSA-21) have aminoglycoside-modifying
enzyme (AME) coding genes and another three (GRSA-2, GRSA-4, and GRSA-6) lacked these genes in their genome. Whereas isolates
HLGR-10 and HLGR-14 possessed bifunctional AME coding gene aac(6′)-aph(2′′), and aph(3′)-III and showed high-level resistance to gentamycin and streptomycin, MSSA-21 possessed aph(3′)-III and exhibited low resistance to gentamycin, streptomycin, and kanamycin. The remaining three isolates (GRSA-2, GRSA-4, and
GRSA-6) exhibited low resistance to all the aminoglycosides because they lack aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme coding genes
in their genome. The transmission electron microscopy of the three isolates revealed changes in cell size, shape, and septa
formation, supporting the view that the phenomenon of adaptive resistance is operative in these isolates. |
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