Correlation of the antiseptic resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii and the antiseptic resistance gene qacE Δ 1 located in class Ⅰ integron

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摘要 Inthepastdecade,usesofantisepticsanddisinfectantsinhospitalsandotherhealthcarecentersarerathercommon,butthechancetodevelopresistancetoantisepticsanddisinfectantsisalsoincreased.Acinetobacterbaumanniiisoneoftheopportunisticbacteriainvolvinginthenosocomialinfection.Inthepresentstudy,thecorrelationoftheantisepticresistanceinA.baumanniiandtheantisepticresistancegeneqacEΔ1wasinvestigatedbymeansofdeterminationofMICs.Meanwhile,theMICsofglutaraldehyde,chlorhexidine,benzalkoniumbromide,iodophorandtrichloroisocyanurateto80clinicalisolatesofA.baumanniiweredetectedbytubedilutionassayandtheresistancegenesintI1andqacEΔ1intheseisolateswereamplifiedbyPCRandverifiedbyDNAsequencer.ItwasfoundthattheMIC50forthese5antisepticstestedwere32,8,8,4and1μg/mlrespectively,andthedetectionratesofintI1andqacEΔ1genewere60.0%and77.6%respectively.Inaddition,55%ofthe80isolatessimultaneouslypossessedbothintllandqacEΔ1gene,andthepercentageofantisepticresistanceofA.baumanniicarringbothgenestobenzalkoniumbromidewerehigherthanthatwithoutthesetwogenes,however,therewasnosignificantdifferencebetweenintllandqacEΔ1gene.Theresultinbactericidalefficiencyassayindicatedthatchlorhexidinecouldstillproducerapidandstrongbactericidaleffectatconcentrationof1MICafter10minexposure.TheseresultssuggestthattheantisepticresistanceofA.baumanniitovariousantisepticsiscorrelatedwiththepresenceoftheantisepticresistancegenesqacEΔ1inbacteria,thuswarningthattheincreaseoftheantisepticresistanceshouldnotbeignoredandtherelativehighconcentrationorprolongedapplicationtimeisrequiredtoachieveasufficientbactericidaleffect.
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出版日期 2006年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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