Volume 23, Number 9—September 2017
Research Letter
Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae and Nonfermentative Bacteria, the Philippines, 2013–2016
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John Mark Velasco , Maria Theresa Valderama, Trent Peacock1, Nirdnoy Warawadee, Kathyleen Nogrado, Fatima Claire Navarro, Domingo Chua, Srijan Apichai, Ruekit Sirigade, Louis R. Macareo, and Brett Swierczewski
Abstract
During 2013–2016, we isolated blaNDM- and blaVIM-harboring Enterobacteriaceae and nonfermentative bacteria from patients in the Philippines. Of 130 carbapenem-resistant isolates tested, 45 were Carba NP–positive; 43 harbored blaNDM, and 2 harbored blaVIM. Multidrug-resistant microbial pathogen surveillance and antimicrobial drug stewardship are needed to prevent further spread of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase variants.
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae can efficiently hydrolyze carbapenems and most β-lactam drugs. Since the identification of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) in 2008 (1), there has been great concern regarding the spread of the Ambler class B metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs). Confirmed infections with MBL-positive bacteria are rarely identified in the Philippines, but blaIMP-harboring Enterobacteriaceae were reported in 2014 (2), an Escherichia coli (sequence type [ST] 131) isolate harboring blaNDM-1was reported in 2014 (3), and 2 Klebsiella pneumoniae (ST626 and ST903) isolates harboring blaNDM-1 and blaNDM-7 genes were reported in 2016 (4).
We performed isolate identification and antimicrobial drug susceptibility testing by using the MicroScan WalkAway 40 plus System (Beckman Coulter, Brea, CA, USA) on 1,516 gram-positive and gram-negative isolates from patients admitted to various wards in the V. Luna Medical Center, a tertiary-care military hospital in Manila, the Philippines, during August 2013–April 2016. To better assess the distribution of carbapenem resistance and the underlying molecular mechanisms of resistance, we selected gram-negative isolates with imipenem or meropenem (or both) MICs of >8 μg/mL. We used microbroth dilution susceptibility testing (5) to select and verify 130 gram-negative nonrepeat isolates (i.e., each isolate was tested once) and then tested the isolates for carbapenemase production by using the Carba NP test as previously described (6). We tested all isolates with a Carba NP–positive result for blaNDMand blaKPC by using a multiplex real-time PCR assay as previously described (7,8); isolates with PCR-negative results were further tested, using the Xpert Carba-R PCR test with the GeneXpert IV System (both from Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA), for the presence of blaNDM, blaKPC, blaVIM, blaIMP-1, and blaOXA-48.
Of the 130 bacterial isolates tested, 45 (35%) had positive Carba NP test results and 43 (33%) harbored blaNDM; 25 (58%) of the blaNDM-carrying isolates were identified as K. pneumoniae (Technical Appendix[PDF - 82 KB - 2 pages]Table). None of the isolates was positive for blaKPC. Two Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates that had positive Carba NP test results were negative for blaNDM and blaKPC but positive for blaVIM. During the collection period, we also tested 8 environmental samples collected from the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit and obstetrics and gynecology wards; 3 (38%) of the 8 isolates were positive for blaNDM and identified as K. pneumoniae (Technical Appendix[PDF - 82 KB - 2 pages]Table).
We report the identification of blaNDM-positive bacterial isolates in several genera of Enterobacteriaceae and nonfermentative bacteria in the Philippines. This finding is particularly significant because NDM-like enzymes have a broad range of activity against most β-lactam antimicrobial drugs and are often associated with serious clinical infections (9). A higher risk for plasmid-mediated transfer of NDM-1 exists through conjugation between different gram-negative bacterial strains (10), and NDM-1 can spread rapidly via nosocomial transmission or community-acquired infection. Furthermore, although limited in number, the environmental samples in this study were also positive for blaNDM, which suggests the possibility of nosocomial transmission and local circulation.
We conducted multiplex real-time PCR testing only for blaNDM, blaKPC, blaVIM, blaIMP-1, and blaOXA-48 and did not investigate clonality; thus, further investigation into other carbapenemase genes should be conducted. In addition, further experiments should be performed to characterize the plasmids carrying the carbapenemase genes. Strengthening of multidrug-resistant microbial pathogen surveillance and antimicrobial drug stewardship is urgently needed to better characterize drug-resistance patterns and improve early detection and containment strategies in developing countries.
Dr. Velasco is the regional clinical investigator of the Department of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences. His primary research interests include detection and control of emerging pathogens, epidemiology of respiratory and arthropodborne viruses, and microbial typing of multidrug-resistant bacteria.
Acknowledgments
We thank Bryony Soltis and the Bacteriology Section and Department of Research and Training of V. Luna Medical Center, Armed Forces of the Philippines Health Service Command, for their support.
This study was funded by a grant from the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center–Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System.
The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the US Government.
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Cite This Article1Current affiliation: US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
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