Klebsiella Pneumoniae Associated with SHV-11 Hyperproduction
Annals of Microbiology, 58 (4) 727-730 (2008) Cefotaxime and ceftriaxon resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae associated with SHV-11 hyperproduction Nahed BEN ACHOUR1*, Paola Sandra MERCURI2, Chrifa BELHADJ1, Mohamed BEN MOUSSA3, Moreno GALLENI2, Omrane BELHADJ1 1Laboratoire de Biochimie et de Technobiologie, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire, 2092 EL Manar II, Tunisie; 2Laboratoire de Macromolécules Biologiques, Centre d’Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Liège, 4000 Sart-Tilman, Belgique; 3Service de Bactériologie, Hôpital Militaire de Tunis, Tunisie Received 30 May 2008 / Accepted 23 September 2008 Abstract - Klebsiella pneumoniae ML0306 was isolated from a patient in the intensive care unit of the Military hospital of Tunis in Tunisia. The strain was resistant to β-lactams, aminoglycosides, quinolones, phenicols and tetracyclines. Crude extract from the iso- late showed a broad-substrate profile by hydrolyzing benzylpenicillin, ampicillin, cloxacilline, cephalothin, cefotaxime and ceftriaxone but not ceftazidime, cefoxitin, cefpirome, imipinem and aztreonam. The isolate was identified as a producer of pI 7.6 β-lactamase. Sequencing of the β-lactamase gene showed that it coded for a penicillinase SHV-11. This is the first description of this enzyme in Tunisia. The gene encoding this enzyme was located on the chromosome and a 50 kb conjugative plasmid. The overproduction of SHV- 11 was involved in the wading of the hydrolytic spectrum of the strain. Key words: β-lactamases; SHV-11; penicillinase; specific activity; overproduction. INTRODUCTION Klebsiella pneumoniae ML0306 was identified using an API 20 E system (bio-Mérieux, Marcy l’Etoile, France). Biochemical Resistance to antibiotics may be caused by several mechanisms, and serological typing of this strain was done at the Laboratory but the most important of which is the production of β-lactamase of Bacteriology, Military Hospital, Tunisia.
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