Resistance to apramycin in two enterobacterial clinical isolates: detection of a 3-N-acetyltransferase IV

J Chemother. 1990 Aug;2(4):241-3. doi: 10.1080/1120009x.1990.11739023.

Abstract

Considering the possible role of farm animals in the contamination of human consumers by plasmid-mediated apramycin-resistant enterobacteria strains, this type of resistance should be tested more systematically in human isolates. Very recently we isolated in Zaragoza one apramycin-resistant Escheria coli strain obtained from the blood of a hospitalized patient; this clinical isolate produced a plasmid-mediated 3-N-aminoglycoside acetyltransferase IV. We describe also the isolation in Madrid of one multiresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical strain. This isolate harbored a single plasmid and carried determinants for apramycin, gentamicin, tobramycin, hygromycin B, streptomycin, and ampicillin, which could be transferred en bloc to E. coli K-12 J62. Extracts from donor and transconjugant strains carrying pUZ6776 plasmid produce acetyltransferase activity AAC(3)-IV and double phosphotransferase activity (HPH and APH(3'')).

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetyltransferases / metabolism*
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology
  • Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
  • Nebramycin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Nebramycin / pharmacology
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Species Specificity

Substances

  • Nebramycin
  • apramycin
  • Acetyltransferases
  • aminoglycoside N(3')-acetyltransferase