Characterization of a high-affinity iron transport system in Acinetobacter baumannii.

Analysis of a clinical isolate of Acinetobacter baumannii showed that this bacterium was able to grow under iron-limiting conditions, using chemically defined growth media containing different iron chelators such as human transferrin, ethylenediaminedi-(o-hydroxyphenyl)acetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid, and 2,2'-bipyridyl. This iron uptake-proficient phenotype was due to the synthesis and secretion of a catechol-type siderophore compound. Utilization bioassays using the Salmonella typhimurium iron uptake mutants enb-1 and enb-7 proved that this siderophore is different from enterobactin. This catechol siderophore was partially purified from culture supernatants by adsorption chromatography using an XAD-7 resin. The purified component exhibited a chromatographic behavior and a UV-visible light absorption spectrum different from those of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid and other bacterial catechol siderophores. Furthermore, the siderophore activity of this extracellular catechol was confirmed by its ability to stimulate energy-dependent uptake of 55Fe(III) as well as to promote the growth of A. baumannii bacterial cells under iron-deficient conditions imposed by 60 microM human transferrin. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis showed the presence of iron-regulated proteins in both inner and outer membranes of this clinical isolate of A. baumannii. Some of these membrane proteins may be involved in the recognition and internalization of the iron-siderophore complexes.     

鲍曼不动杆菌烈性噬菌体的分离与纯化

利用柱层析方法,纯化鲍曼不动杆菌（Acinetobacter baumannii）烈性噬菌体AB1。首先采用聚乙二醇6000沉淀方法,初步分离裂解液中的噬菌体,噬菌体纯度由6.1×1010 pfu/mg提高到37×1010 pfu/mg,噬菌体回收率为58.8%,蛋白质去除率为90.6%;噬菌体粗提样品经Sepharose 4B凝胶过滤层析柱进一步纯化,纯度提高到73×1010 pfu/mg,噬菌体回收率为95.7%,蛋白质去除率为48.1%;收集的噬菌体样品最后经DEAE-52阴离子交换层析柱处理,噬菌体纯度为40×1010 pfu/mg,回收率为50.8%,蛋白去除率15.6%。内毒素分析结果显示,Sepharose 4B凝胶过滤层析纯化的噬菌体样品中,内毒素含量为443.8 EU/mg,而DEAE-52阴离子交换层析纯化的噬菌体样品中,内毒素含量为544.4 EU/mg。实验结果显示,PEG沉淀方法与Sepharose 4B凝胶过滤方法能够有效地提高噬菌体纯度,而DEAE-52阴离子交换层析则不能提高噬菌体的纯度,也无法有效地去除样品中的内毒素。     

鲍曼不动杆菌耐药表型与基因型分析

目的了解杭州市第一人民医院临床分离的鲍曼不动杆菌菌株分布及其对常用抗菌药物的耐药性和耐药基因分布。方法分析2015年1月至12月杭州市第一人民医院常规细菌分离培养的鲍曼不动杆菌的分布情况以及耐药性,从中筛选出40株多重耐药菌株(MDR-AB),并采用聚合酶链式反应(PCR)检测相关耐药基因。结果共检出1 112株鲍曼不动杆菌,其中以痰液标本的分离率最高82.37%(916/1 112),其次为洁尿8.99%(100/1 112)。临床分布以ICU为主61.60%(685/1 112),其次为老年干部病房11.60%(129/1 112)以及呼吸内科9.98%(111/1 112)。鲍曼不动杆菌对21种常用抗菌药物的耐药率中以替加环素耐药率最低9.8%(109/1 112),其次为阿米卡星25.2%(280/1 112);对头孢西丁、头孢美唑、阿莫西林/克拉维酸耐药率最高分别为99.7%(1 109/1 112)、100.0%(1 112/1 112)、98.8%(1 099/1 112)。40株MDR-AB菌株耐药基因Tem、SHV、CTX-M-9、OXA-23、aac(3)-II、aac(6′)-Ⅰ、aac(6′)-II、ant(3″)-Ⅰ、ant(2″)-Ⅰ、ParC、GyrA、tetA、tetR检出率分别为65.0%、72.5%、70.0%、72.5%、2.5%、55.0%、87.5%、55.0%、40.0%、92.5%、87.5%、15.0%、12.5%。结论本院鲍曼不动杆菌耐药情况严重,耐药机制复杂。     

黄酮化合物对耐药性鲍曼不动杆菌抑菌作用研究

为探索中药黄酮化合物对耐药性鲍曼不动杆菌的抑菌效果。研究通过微量肉汤稀释法,考察40种中药及天然来源的黄酮化合物对三株耐药性鲍曼不动杆菌菌株的体外抑菌作用,测试其最低抑菌浓度与最低杀菌浓度;采用结晶紫染色法进一步测定目标化合物对鲍曼不动杆菌生物被膜形成的能力;探索黄酮联合头孢哌酮/舒巴坦对鲍曼不动杆菌的抑菌效果。研究表明,黄酮单体对于鲍曼不动杆菌具有不同程度的体外抑菌作用。其中部分具有轻微作用,其最小抑菌浓度仅为0.5 mg/mL;黄芩素和汉黄芩苷具有显著的抑菌作用,其最小抑菌浓度分别为0.062 5和0.125 mg/mL;同时,黄芩素对鲍曼不动杆菌生物被膜形成具有明显的抑制作用。此外,黄芩素和头孢哌酮/舒巴坦联合作用于耐药鲍曼不动杆菌与单用黄芩素或头孢哌酮/舒巴坦比较,浓度有所降低。综上,黄芩素对耐药性鲍曼不动杆菌有较好的体外抑菌效果,这为治疗耐药性鲍曼不动杆菌引发的感染的治疗提供新思路和方向。     

鲍曼不动杆菌基因分型技术的研究进展

鲍曼不动杆菌为非发酵糖类革兰阴性杆菌,具有强大的获得耐药性和克隆传播的能力,广泛分布于医院环境,是医院内感染的重要病原菌之一。因此,建立精准、高效的鲍曼不动杆菌基因分型技术,是开展其医院内感染流行病学研究和临床防控的重要工具。本文就近年来鲍曼不动杆菌基因分型技术的研究进展进行综述,并分析比较多种基因分型技术的原理、优点、局限性及应用范围。     

鲍曼不动杆菌遗传操作系统研究进展

鲍曼不动杆菌作为一种医院内感染的病原菌,因其易于引起各类感染且耐药性强而受到广泛关注。快速改造鲍曼不动杆菌基因组的工具可有效促进其耐药机制的研究。本文就近些年来适用于鲍曼不动杆菌的遗传操作方法进行了总结,包括各种外源基因转入方法(电转化、自然转化、接合转移)和基因改造技术(等位基因交换、DNA重组工程、转座突变),并对鲍曼不动杆菌的基因组编辑方法的改进作了初步展望。     

鲍曼不动杆菌的耐药机制研究进展

鲍曼不动杆菌是临床常见感染菌,耐药性日益增强。其多重耐药性与可长期存活性将导致菌膜的形成,而这种可以抵抗抗菌素治疗的菌膜有着复杂的机构,在复杂结构中起到形成菌膜、维持菌膜稳定性的两个重要组成部分为胞外多糖(EPS)和菌膜相关性蛋白(the biofilm-associated protein,Bap),促使鲍曼不动杆菌躲避宿主免疫系统的攻击,因此针对鲍曼不动杆菌的治疗也愈发困难。     

Genome sequence of Acinetobacter baumannii MDR-TJ

Acinetobacter baumannii is a pathogenic species of bacteria, identified as an aerobic gram-negative bacterium, that is resistant to most antibiotics. In this study, the MDR-TJ strain was isolated at the Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, China, and was found to be resistant to penicillin, cephalosporins, aminoglycosides, quinolones, and also imipenem. The genome sequence of Acinetobacter baumannii strain MDR-TJ was determined by using a combination of 454 pyrosequencing and paired-end sequencing performed with the Roche Genome Sequencer FLX system to generate a scaffolded assembly.     

鲍曼不动杆菌噬菌体的研究进展

鲍曼不动杆菌能引起严重的院内感染,近年来鲍曼不动杆菌的耐药性越来越强,给治疗和控制感染带来极大困难。噬菌体可在宿主菌内复制并可破坏宿主菌,而对动植物没有毒性。因此,噬菌体以其特有的自然特征有望成为较好的抗菌制剂,作为一种新兴的治疗方法,已经越来越受到人们的关注,对噬菌体展开广泛和深入的研究具有重要的基础意义和潜在的临床应用价值。     

鲍曼不动杆菌血流感染的研究进展

近年来随着抗生素的广泛应用、免疫抑制剂的使用以及侵入性操作的增加,多重耐药、泛耐药甚至全耐药鲍曼不动杆菌日益增多,鲍曼不动杆菌引起的血流感染也呈不断上升趋势,给临床抗感染治疗带来极大的困难,导致临床预后差、病死率高,大大延长了患者的住院时间,造成医疗资源的浪费。了解鲍曼不动杆菌血流感染的危险因素、研究其耐药机制、尽早采取有效的干预措施、合理的应用抗生素、研究新型的治疗策略对预防和治疗鲍曼不动杆菌血流感染至关重要。本文就鲍曼不动杆菌血流感染的危险因素、耐药性、治疗、预后及预防进行综述,为临床预防和治疗提供一定的参考依据。     

金属离子铁和锌对鲍曼不动杆菌的抗菌作用机制研究进展

由于抗菌药物的开发周期越来越长,远远赶不上细菌耐药的发展速度,临床鲍曼不动杆菌多重耐药与泛耐药现象日益严重。因此,人们越来越关注对抗菌药物以外的抗菌物质的开发,尤其是从生存条件方面来研究抑制耐药菌活性的方法,如金、银、铜等金属离子对鲍曼不动杆菌的作用。本文主要综述铁、锌等金属离子及其螯合物对鲍曼不动杆菌的抗菌作用。铁、锌等金属离子通过与一系列酶的协同作用,调控外排泵或影响生物膜形成及其黏附性等来抑制细菌生长。此外,一些非必需金属如金、银、钯等对鲍曼不动杆菌也具有很强的毒性,有良好的抗菌和降低耐药率的效果,可作为医疗留置器械的抗菌涂层等来预防感染。     

鲍曼不动杆菌的基因分型及耐药性分析

目的分析上海某综合性医院不同科室来源的鲍曼不动杆菌菌株的同源性及耐药状况,了解鲍曼不动杆菌院内感染流行情况。方法采用重复序列PCR技术（REP-PCR）,对51株临床分离的鲍曼不动杆菌菌株进行基因分型,并用纸片扩散法进行药敏试验。结果51株鲍曼不动杆菌分为13个基因型,其中A型16株,为主要流行型别;C型、D型各6株;M型有5株;E型、F型和G型各3株;B型、H型和K型各2株;I型、J型、L型各1株。药敏试验结果显示分离出的菌株对常用抗菌药呈现出多重耐药的现象。其中对阿米卡星和亚胺培南的耐药性最低,均为33.3%;对头孢唑啉耐药性最高,为100%。结论鲍曼不动杆菌基因的同源性分析表明,该院存在着以A型鲍曼不动杆菌为主的感染流行,估计该型菌株可能以克隆株的形式播散。鲍曼不动杆菌的耐药性很强,应加强其耐药性监测,合理使用抗菌药物。     

Effect of aminoglycosides on surface hydrophobicity of Acinetobacter baumannii

Effects of amikacin, gentamicin, netilmicin and tobramycin at subinhibitory concentrations (sub-MICs) (11/4, 1/8, 1/16 or 1/32 of their MICs) on the cell surface hydrophobicity of two Acinetobacter baumannii strains (7194 and 16265) were evaluated. Hydrophobicity was determined by two different methods - by adherence of bacteria to hydrocarbon (xylene) and by aggregation of bacteria in ammonium sulphate solutions at various concentrations. The adherence of A. baumannii strains to xylene decreased, mainly, after treatment with netilmicin at 1/4, 1/8 or 1/16 of the MIC (to 6.4%, 17.0% or 24.5% of the control value) (strain 7194) and after treatment with amikacin and gentamicin at 1/4 of their MICs (to 58.4% or 54.4%) (strain 16265). A decrease in surface hydrophobicity of exposed strains under these conditions was shown in salting-out test, too. Tobramycin reduced hydrophobic properties of A. baumannii strains at all tested sub-MICs to only a small extent.     

Inhibition of gene expression and growth of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii by antisense peptide nucleic acids

Acinetobacter baumannii causes common and severe community- and hospital-acquired infections. The increasing emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and pan-drug resistant A. baumannii has limited the therapeutic options, highlighting the need for new therapeutic strategies. The goal of this study was to investigate whether antisense peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) could mediate gene-specific inhibition effects in MDR A. baumannii. We described a screening strategy based on computational prediction and dot hybridization for identifying potential inhibitory PNAs, and evaluated the in vitro growth inhibition potency of two PNAs conjugated to the (KFF)₃K peptide (pPNA1 and pPNA2), both of which targeted the growth essential gene gyrA of A. baumannii. Both pPNAs showed strong inhibition effects on bacterial growth and gyrA mRNA expression in a dose-dependent manner. The lowest inhibitory and bactericidal concentration were 5 and 10 μM, respectively. Combination of the two pPNAs showed superimposed effect other than synergistic effect. Control PNAs without (KFF)₃K peptide conjugation or with mismatched antisense sequence had no inhibition effects on bacterial growth or mRNA expression. Our study suggests that anti-gyrA pPNAs can efficiently inhibit gene expression and bacterial growth, and has the potential as a new therapeutic option for MDR A. baumannii.     

粘菌素对耐碳青霉烯类抗生素鲍曼不动杆菌的抗菌作用

感染耐碳青霉烯的鲍曼不动杆菌(CR-Ab)常与高发病率和死亡率相关联,而可供选择的治疗方案有限,大多基于与粘菌素联用。长期用药导致CR-Ab对粘菌素也产生一定抗性。为了评估含有或不含有粘菌素的不同抗菌组合对从CR-Ab感染患者收集的CR-Ab临床分离株的体外抗菌活性,本研究从本院就诊的患者中收集CR-Ab菌株,通过常量肉汤稀释法(MBD)测定最低抑菌浓度(MICs),通过定性(棋盘法)和定量(即杀菌测试)方法评估各组药物协同活性。结果发现所有菌株均是碳青霉烯类抗性的,且其中两株菌对粘菌素有抗性。棋盘法结果表明含粘菌素的组合在不同处理时间下具有完全协同作用,粘菌素+万古霉素和粘菌素+利福平表现出最高的协同增效作用;不含粘菌素的组合则在35.7%的菌株中观察到完全协同作用。杀菌测试表明粘菌素+美罗培南、粘菌素+替加环素和美罗培南+替加环素组合对粘菌素敏感和低粘菌素抗性的菌株具有杀菌和协同作用,而只有粘菌素+万古霉素和粘菌素+利福平组合表现出持久的杀菌活性。     

694株鲍曼不动杆菌的耐药性分析

目的了解大连市友谊医院临床分离的鲍曼不动杆菌的分布及耐药状况,为临床治疗鲍曼不动杆菌感染提供参考。方法对该院2007年至2009年住院患者送检的标本中分离到的694株鲍曼不动杆菌的分布及药敏结果做回顾性分析。结果鲍曼不动杆菌2007年检出112株（7．1％）,2008年检出210（11．3％）株,2009年检出372（14．7％）株;在所有临床送检的标本中,痰标本中的检出率最高,占88．7％;在对13种抗生素的药敏试验中,对美罗培南最为敏感,其次对头孢哌酮／舒巴坦较为敏感。结论鲍曼不动杆菌的检出率逐年增高,耐药率也逐年增高。     

Genome Sequence of Acinetobacter baumannii TYTH-1

Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged recently as a major cause of health care-associated infections due to the extent of its antimicrobial resistance and its propensity to cause large nosocomial outbreaks. Here we report the genome sequence of Acinetobacter baumannii TYTH-1 isolated in Taiwan during 2008.