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Określono częstość występowania szczepów wytwarzających 16S rRNA me- tylazę ArmA wśród pałeczek z rodziny Enterobacteriaceae wyosobnionych z materiału klinicznego od ludzi w jednym z warszawskich szpitali. Wśród 270 izolatów pałeczek Enterobacteriaceae wyosobnionych od 259 pacjentów wykryto 19 izolatów (7,0%) opornych przynajmniej na dwa spośród wybranych aminoglikozydów (gentamicyna, amikacyna, kanamycyna). U tych izolatów testem PCR poszukiwano genów związanych z wytwarzaniem 16S rRNA metylaz ArmA, RmtB i RmtC. Gen armA wykryto u sześciu (2,2%) izolatów należących do gatunków Enterobacter cloacae (n=4), Klebsiella pneumoniae (n=1) i Proteus mirabilis (n=1). Izolaty te charakteryzowały się wartościami MIC w zakresie 128-1024 µg/ml dla wszystkich badanych aminoglikozydów z grupy 4,6-dwupodstawionych 2-deoksystreptamin.
EN
Resistance to gentamicin, amikacin and kanamycin was screened in 270 clinical isolates of En- terobacteriaceae originated from April 19 to May 19, 2010 in a regular hospital in Warsaw, Poland. Most of the isolated bacteria were considered pathogenic. Nineteen isolates (7%) were simultaneously resistant to two or three of the tested aminoglycosides. MICs of the three aminoglycosides ranged form 128 to 1024 mcg/ml for six isolates. These isolates were suspected to produce 16S rRNA methylase. Genes encoding for three methylases reported in Europe: ArmA, RmtB and RmtC were searched by PCR. The armA gene was detected in all of the six isolates. This group encompassed Enterobacter cloacae (n=4), Klebsiella pneumoniae (n=1) and Proteus mirabilis (n=1). Five isolates of this group carried the blaCTX-M gene for CTX-M type ESBL. The remaining isolate E. cloacae DM0340 was ESBL negative and lacked blaCTXM that may suggest an altered genetic environment of the armA gene in this isolate. Our results showed that 2.2% of the tested isolates produced 16S rRNA methylase ArmA. This finding may argue for a high incidence of ArmA producing Enterobacteriaceae in Poland when compared to reports from other European countries.