PER-7, an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase with increased activity toward broad-spectrum cephalosporins in Acinetobacter baumannii

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 May;55(5):2424-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01795-10. Epub 2011 Mar 7.

Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii isolate AP2 was recovered from a bronchial lavage sample of a patient hospitalized in Paris, France. A. baumannii AP2 was resistant to all β-lactams, including carbapenems, and expressed the extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) PER-7, which differs from PER-1 by 4 amino acid substitutions. Compared to PER-1, PER-7 possessed higher-level hydrolytic activities against cephalosporins and aztreonam. The blaPER-7 gene was chromosomally located and associated with a mosaic class 1 integron structure. Additionally, isolate AP2 expressed the carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase OXA-23 and the 16S RNA methylase ArmA, conferring high-level resistance to aminoglycosides.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / enzymology*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / genetics
  • Cephalosporins / pharmacology*
  • Chromosomes, Bacterial / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Cephalosporins
  • beta-Lactamases