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Prevalence of silver resistance determinants and extended-spectrum β-lactamases in bacterial species causing wound infection: First report from Bangladesh.


ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of silver is rapidly rising in wound care and silver-containing dressings are widely used along with other antibiotics, particularly β-lactams. Consequently, concerns are being raised regarding the emergence of silver-resistance and cross-resistance to β-lactams. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the phenotypic and genotypic profiles of silver-resistance and extended-spectrum β-lactamases in isolates from chronic wounds.

Methods

317 wound swab specimens were collected from tertiary hospitals of Dhaka city and analysed for the microbial identification. The antibiotic resistance/susceptibility profiles were determined and phenotypes of silver resistant isolates were examined. The presence of silver-resistance (sil) genes (silE, silP, and silS) and extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) (CTX-M-1, NDM-1, KPC, OXA-48, and VIM-1) were explored in isolated microorganisms.

Results

A total of 501 strains were isolated with Staphylococcus aureus (24%) as the predominant organism. In 29% of the samples, polymicrobial infections were observed. A large proportion of Enterobacterales (59%) was resistant to carbapenems and a significantly high multiple antibiotic-resistance indexes (>0.2) were seen for 53% of organisms (P < 0.001). According to molecular analysis, the most prevalent types of ESBL and sil gene were CTX-M-1 (47%) and silE (42%), respectively. Furthermore, phenotypic silver-nitrate susceptibility testing showed significant minimum-inhibitory-concentration patterns between sil-negative and sil-positive isolates. We further observed co-occurrence of silver-resistance determinants and ESBLs (65%).

Conclusions

Notably, this is the first-time detection of silver-resistance along with its co-detection with ESBLs in Bangladesh. This research highlights the need for selecting appropriate treatment strategies and developing new alternative therapies to minimize microbial infection in wounds.

SUBMITTER: Safain KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10006487 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Prevalence of silver resistance determinants and extended-spectrum β-lactamases in bacterial species causing wound infection: First report from Bangladesh.

Safain Kazi Sarjana KS   Islam Mohammad Sazzadul MS   Amatullah Jumanah J   Mahmud-Un-Nabi Mohammad Al MA   Bhuyan Golam Sarower GS   Rahman Jakia J   Sarker Suprovath Kumar SK   Islam Md Tarikul MT   Sultana Rosy R   Qadri Firdausi F   Mannoor Kaiissar K  

New microbes and new infections 20230223


<h4>Background</h4>The use of silver is rapidly rising in wound care and silver-containing dressings are widely used along with other antibiotics, particularly β-lactams. Consequently, concerns are being raised regarding the emergence of silver-resistance and cross-resistance to β-lactams. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the phenotypic and genotypic profiles of silver-resistance and extended-spectrum β-lactamases in isolates from chronic wounds.<h4>Methods</h4>317 wound swab specimens w  ...[more]

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