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Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Mexico: report of seven non-clonal cases in a pediatric hospital

Abstract

Background

Carbapenemases-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) are a worldwide public health emergency. In Mexico, reports of CPE are limited, particularly in the pediatric population. Here, we describe the clinical, epidemiological, and molecular characteristics of seven consecutive cases in a third-level pediatric hospital in Mexico City over a four-month period during 2016.

Results

The Enterobacteriaceae identified were three Escherichia coli strains (producing OXA-232, NDM-1 and KPC-2), two Klebsiella pneumoniae strains (producing KPC-2 and NDM-1), one Klebsiella oxytoca strain producing OXA-48 and one Enterobacter cloacae strain producing NDM-1. The majority of patients had underlying disesases, three were immunocompromised, and three had infections involved the skin and soft tissues. Half patients died as a result of CPE infection.

Conclusions

This study represents the first report of E. coli ST131-O25b clone producing NDM-1 in Latin America. In addition, this study is the first finding of K. oxytoca producing OXA-48 and E. coli producing OXA-232 in Mexican pediatric patients.

Background

Currently, antimicrobial resistance is considered a global public health problem of highest priority, and the emergence of CPE is increasing. This situation is especially alarming due to the ease of dispersion of these resistance mechanisms, the difficulty in choosing adequate antimicrobial therapy, and the increase in mortality and hospital stay lengths caused by infections with these pathogens [1]. The mortality of patients infected with CPE varies from 26% to 44% [2] and can reach as high as 85% in patients with CPE bloodstream infections [3].

Carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae is largely mediated by the presence of enzymes known as carbapenemases, which have the capacity to inactivate beta-lactam antibiotics, including third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins and carbapenems. The most common carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae are the VIM, IMP, KPC, NDM and OXA types [4].

The frequency of CPE isolation varies among regions of the world. In the U.S., the CPE frequency from 1999 to 2012 was 0.08%, and species of Enterobacter were the most common isolates (0.57%) [5]. The Antimicrobial Surveillance Program SENTRY, carried out in 18 European countries from 2010 to 2013, evaluated 14,286 Enterobacteriaceae isolates and found that 2% were CPE, with a frequency varying from 0.1% (Ireland) to 17.3% (Poland). The most common CPE species were K. pneumoniae (86.4%) and E. cloacae (7.9%), and the most frequent carbapenemases found in this study were KPC 2/3 (85.4%), VIM (12.5%), and IMP-19 (2.1%) [6]. The equivalent program in Latin America, which included 11 countries during 2011–2014, revealed that 4.3% of isolates of Enterobacteriaceae were CPE, with the highest frequencies reported in Brazil (9%) and Argentina (6.3%). In Mexico, the reported frequencies of CPE were 0.7% [7].

In the National Institute of Pediatrics (INP) we performed a retrospective analysis of Enterobacteriaceae isolates collected during February 2013–January 2015, based on antimicrobial susceptibility testing and molecular tests, and we only identified four E. cloacae isolates producing VIM-2.

In April 2016, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department detected a CPE in a patient with sepsis and neutropenic colitis. In the next months, six additional CPE were reported in the INP.

In this study, we describe the clinical, epidemiological and molecular data from a series of consecutive infection cases caused by seven CPE during a four-month period.

Methods

Study site

The INP is a public teaching-hospital with 243 beds, and is one of the largest pediatric reference centers in Mexico.

Clinical aspects

Over a four-month period (April–July 2016), seven non-clonal Enterobacteriaceae isolates causing different clinical infections were obtained. The resistance profiles of these bacteria suggested that they were carbapenemases producers.

We reviewed the medical file from each patient to collect clinical and epidemiological data such as: demographic characteristics, underlying medical condition, previous antibiotic treatment, surgical procedure, mechanical ventilation, stay in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and number of clinical departments during hospitalization, among others. Acquisition of the different infections was determined to be healthcare-associated infections according to the definitions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [8]. For this study, a case was defined as the appearance of at least one infection by a CPE that was clinically and microbiologically documented.

Microbiological methods

The identification and susceptibility profiles of the isolates were performed using the Phoenix® BD system (Becton Dickinson, Sparks, MD, U.S.). The production of extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) and carbapenemases was confirmed phenotypically using the combined disk method and the CarbaNP test, respectively. We determined the minimum inhibitory concentration to colistin according to the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) [9].

Beta-lactamase typing

We extracted DNA from each isolate using the QIAamp® DNA Mini kit (QIAGEN, Hilden, Germany). We detected beta-lactamases by PCR amplification of blaCTX-M-1, blaCTX-M-2, blaCTX-M-9, blaSHV, blaTEM, blaLAT, blaDHA, blaVIM, blaIMP, blaNDM, blaKPC and blaOXA-48 genes using a GenAmp PCR System 9700 thermal cycler (Applied Biosystems Foster City, CA, USA). AmpliTaq Gold® 360 MasterMix (Applied Biosystems) was used for all reactions; the primers and amplification conditions were described previously [10,11,12]. The amplified fragments were purified using the QIAquick PCR purification kit (QIAGEN), and each product obtained was sequenced using a 3500 XL System (Applied Biosystems). We determined the beta-lactamase subtype using the BLAST bioinformatic tool.

Multilocus sequence typing

Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was performed on the E. coli, K. pneumoniae, and E. cloacae isolates [13,14,15]. We amplified trpA, pabB and rfb genes using conditions previously described, to detect the O25b-ST131 clone for all E. coli isolates [16].

Results

Bacterial isolates and detection of beta-lactamases

We identified three strains of E. coli, two of K. pneumoniae, one of Klebsiella oxytoca, and one of E. cloacae. All isolates were carbapenem resistant but showed differences in their susceptibility profiles to other antibiotic families, no resistance to colistin was observed in any isolate (Table 1). The confirmatory test for ESBL detection was positive for two isolates (C1 and C2). Coexistence of other beta-lactamases, including TEM-1, SHV-1 (non-ESBL), SHV-12, and CTX-M-15 (ESBL), was found in five isolates, two isolates with CTX-M-15 and NDM-1 were negative for ESBL test (Table 2). None isolate possessed genes encoding enzymes of the CTX-M-2, CTX-M-9, DHA, or LAT type.

Table 1 Resistance profile of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae
Table 2 Genotype characteristics of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

Phenotypic tests, carbapenemases detection and MLST

Five isolates were positive for the CarbaNP test. However, carbapenemase production was not detected using this technique in isolates producing OXA-type enzymes. Four carbapenemase types were detected: NDM-1, KPC-2, OXA-48 and OXA-232 in the seven isolates studied (Table 1). The sequence types (ST) of the E. coli isolates were ST2003 (C1), ST457 (C3), and ST131 (C5); K. pneumoniae isolates were ST5 (C3) and ST76 (C2), and E. cloacae ST182 (C6) (Table 2).

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics

These isolates were obtained from six patients, one of whom had an infection with two isolates (C3), both producing KPC-2. With the exception of one female, all patients were male. The average age was 6.7 years (range 4 months - 16 years). Five patients had an underlying disease and three, were immunocompromised (C1, C4 and C5). Three patients presented skin and soft tissue infections (C2, C3 and C6). All deaths occurred in patients who CPE was isolated in blood. All of them had an intra-abdominal source of infection and secondary sepsis (Table 3).

Table 3 Characteristics of patients with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

Before sampling for CPE screening, all patients had been hospitalized with an average of 41 days (range 8 to 157 days); therefore, all infections were considered to be healthcare-associated. Only two patients were admitted to an institution other than INP in the 30 days prior to infection (C2 and C6). Five patients required admission to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), mechanical ventilation, and central venous catheter placement, whereas four patients received total parenteral nutrition. Five patients had surgery prior to CPE isolation (Table 3).

Regarding prior use of antimicrobials, all patients received third or fourth generation cephalosporins, whereas all patients were treated with carbapenems. CPE were isolated in one patient (C6) while receiving meropenem.

Only two patients (C1 and C6) received treatment with colistin days prior to the isolation of CPE (Table 3).

Discussion

In this report, we describe the consecutive emergence of seven CPE isolates in a third-level pediatric hospital: three E. coli producing NDM-1, KPC-2 and OXA-232, two K. pneumoniae producing KPC-2 and NDM-1, one K. oxytoca producing OXA-48, and one E. cloacae producing NDM-1. These pathogens with these carbapenemases appear for the first time in our institution. Previous to this report, we did not have an active screening to detect colonizing patients. In this study, all infections were considered primary cases. None patient had secondary cases due to the control measures that were taken, such as strictly supervised hand washing, staff training, restriction of personnel in contact with the patients, isolation of the patients in private rooms, exhaustive cleaning and decontamination of physical areas, and alerts on their conditions in the medical records of the discharged patients for future admissions.

Worldwide, K. pneumoniae, E. coli and Enterobacter spp. are the most frequent species of Enterobacteriaceae producing carbapenemases [6, 7]. To date, K. oxytoca has rarely been associated with carbapenemase production [17]. In Mexico, K. oxytoca has been related to VIM-2 production [18]; in other Latin American countries, production of other carbapenemases, including KPC-2 [19], IMP-4 [20], and VIM-4, have also been reported [21].

Descriptions of CPE with KPC-2 in Mexico are limited. From 2010 to 2014, KPC-2 and KPC-3-producing isolates of K. pneumoniae were reported [22, 23]. In one patient, we found two isolates that produce KPC-2, one K. pneumoniae strain and another E. coli strain (C3). This study is the first report of KPC-2-producing E. coli in pediatric patients in Mexico; this isolate belongs to ST457. In Australia, E. coli ST457 has been described with CMY-1 and CTX-M-15, isolated from dog feces and extra-intestinal infections [24] and in Korea with OXA-232 in healthy individuals colonized [25].

The first report of NDM-1 in Mexico was registered in 2012, and the first cases were associated with an outbreak of a Providencia rettgeri clone [26]. In Mexico, E. coli (ST617), E. cloacae (ST182), and K. pneumoniae (ST22) isolates from adult patients [27] and K. pneumoniae (ST22) isolates from pediatric patients [28] have also been found to produce NDM-1. In the present series, NDM-1 was the enzyme most commonly found. This study is the first report of E. coli (C5) and E. cloacae (C6) producing NDM-1 in pediatric patients in Mexico.

For C5, the isolation of NDM-1-producing E. coli belonging to clone ST131-O25b was obtained from a urinary tract infection (UTI). The ST131 clone is considered the most predominant pathogenic lineage of this species in extra-intestinal infections and is associated with resistance to fluoroquinolones and dissemination of the beta-lactamase CTX-M [29]. There are reports in Mexico of E. coli ST131-O25b causing UTI healthcare-associated and community acquired; these infections have been associated with CTX-M-15, but not NDM-1 [30]. NDM production by E. coli ST131 is rare but has been reported in clinical and environmental isolations in countries such as India, Vietnam, Serbia, Philippines [31] and U.S. [32, 33]. This is the first report of NDM-1-producing E. coli ST131-O25b in Latin America.

Patient C6, who was infected with NDM-1-producing E. cloacae, received colistin for the treatment of fasciitis and presented a favorable therapeutic outcome. This isolate belonged to ST182, this clone has been described in our country recently involved in a hospital outbreak during 2014–2015 [34].

We identified an OXA-48-producing K. oxytoca isolate with susceptibility to third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins but resistance to carbapenems. This pattern is characteristic of isolates producing this enzyme. Moreover, the coexistence of ESBL in the same isolate may lead to the suspicion of another type of carbapenemase [35]. Using the CarbaNP test, we did not detect carbapenemase activity in this isolate, as was previously described; therefore, this test is not recommended for the detection of the OXA-type enzyme phenotype [36]. Five isolates of OXA-48-producing K. oxytoca were reported in 2010 in Turkey [37]; however, in contrast to the strain isolated from C4, these strains produce other ESBL, including SHV, TEM, CTX-M, and VEB. One OXA-48-producing K. oxytoca isolate was reported in Israel with susceptibility to ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, gentamicin and meropenem but resistance to imipenem and ertapenem [38].

The first report of OXA-48 enzymes produced by E. coli in our country was described in a cohort of patients at risk of being CPE fecal carriers, and three K. pneumoniae and 13 E. coli isolates producing OXA-232 alone or in combination with other SHV and CTX-M-15 type beta-lactamases were obtained from this cohort [39]. Later, the same group reported that the most common carbapenemase in their hospital was OXA-232, mainly in E. coli and K. pneumoniae; infections by these microorganisms were associated with prior use of beta-lactams with beta-lactamase inhibitors and third-generation cephalosporins [40]. The E. coli with OXA-232 isolate (C1) belongs to ST2003 and additionally produces CTX-M-15. Although this ST has been associated with the production of other enzymes, such as KPC-2 and CTX-M-55 [41], there are no reports of OXA-232 production. The OXA-232 enzyme has also been found in E. coli ST457 and ST131 [25] and coexists in E. coli and K. pneumoniae isolates that produce other carbapenemases, such as NDM-1 [42, 43].

The two patients who suffered from CPE infections with OXA-type enzymes had leukemia as an underlying illness, the origin of these infections was abdominal, and both patients died (Table 3). The mortality reported by Enterobacteriaceae producing OXA-48-like enzymes reaches 50% [44]. This study represents the first report of OXA-48-producing K. oxytoca and OXA-232-producing E. coli in Mexican pediatric patients. Performing MLST for K. oxytoca was not possible.

The presence of other beta-lactamase enzymes was commonly reported in CPE, notably non-ESBL TEM and SHV, CTX-M-15, SHV-12, CMY and DHA subtypes, and sometimes other carbapenemases, such as VIM and IMP [16, 45,46,47]. We detected non-ESBL enzymes (TEM-1 and SHV-1) as well as ESBL (CTX-M-15 and SHV-12) in four isolates, but none produced enzymes of the CMY and DHA types or the other CTX-M subtypes. CTX-M-15 has also been found in CPE that produce NMD-1 [27]. However, CTX-M-15 and SHV-12 are the most commonly detected ESBL in other third-level hospitals in Mexico [30]. In two isolates, E. coli and E. cloacae with NDM-1 (case 5 and 6, respectively) we found CTX-M-15, but we could not phenotypically detect the production of ESBL, according to the literature this can be explained because the NDM type enzymes are not inhibited by clavulanic acid, which can intervene in the interpretation of the ESBL test, when NDM and CTX-M-15 co-exist in the same isolate [48]. A variety of risk factors have been considered in the acquisition of CPE, such as prior, recurrent, or prolonged hospitalization, the use of antimicrobials, immunosuppression, the presence of central venous catheters, intensive care unit (ICU) admission and recent surgery [49]. The majority of patients in this series had these risk factors.

The mortality in this study was high, because half patients died. This finding is similar to other reports in the literature; the mortality of patients with CPE infection reached 44% [2]. In our series, all patients with documented CPE with bloodstream infection died. Mortality can reach 85% in cases of bloodstream infection [3]. All cases were controlled, and no secondary cases appeared. The emergence of these CPE isolates was an institutional alarm because all cases were healthcare-associated infections; because we do not have a surveillance program for the detection of CPE carriers in the INP. Four patients among six had recurrent or prolonged hospitalization in our hospital, considered a risk factor. However, two cases (C2 and C6) were patients who came from other hospitals and in whom an infection was detected earlier (8 and 9 days, respectively). Therefore, these patients may have been colonized prior to admission at our institution. The role of CPE colonization at the intestinal level is well documented and allows cross-transmission and dissemination in healthcare institutions [49, 50]. CPE as the cause of outbreaks is a growing problem that is reported at a global level. Therefore, establishing screening programs for the early identification of these pathogens through rectal swabs of these patients is important [50], as is the implementation of prevention and control measures to avoid dissemination of these pathogens [49, 50].

Conclusions

This study reports the clinical, epidemiological and molecular characteristics of seven consecutive CPE cases. We report the finding of Enterobacteriaceae isolates producing carbapenemases not previously detected in Mexican pediatric patients. Finally, this is the first report of an NDM-1-producing E. coli ST131-O25b clone in Latin America.

The monitoring, surveillance, and control of CPE should be reinforced due to the ease of resistance cross-transmission among these pathogens, the possibility of dissemination, and the limited therapeutic possibilities.

Abbreviations

3GC:

third generation cephalosporins

AB:

antibiotics

AK:

amikacin

AML-M2:

acute myeloid leukemia M2

AMP/SULB:

ampicillin/sulbactam

AZT:

aztreonam

BLAST:

Basic Local Alignment Serach Tool

CAZ:

ceftazidime

CBP:

carbapenemases

CFZ:

cefazolin

CIP:

ciprofloxacin

CLSI:

Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute

CMY-1:

cephamycin AmpC beta-lactamase

COL:

colistin

CPE:

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

CRO:

ceftriaxone

CTX:

cefotaxime

CTX-M:

Cefotaximase–München

CVC:

central venous catheter

CXM:

cefuroxime

DHA:

Dhahran Hospital, Saudi Arabia AmpC beta-lactamase

DI:

Clinical department in which the isolate was obtained

Dx:

diagnosis

ERT:

ertapenem

ESBL:

extended spectrum beta-lactamases

FEP:

cefepime

FOX:

cefoxitin

GE:

gentamicin

ICU:

intensive care unit

IMP:

imipenem

IMP:

imipenemase

INP:

National Institute of Pediatrics

IR:

intrinsic resistance

KPC-2:

Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase

KTWS:

Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome

LAT:

latamoxef AmpC beta-lactamase

LEV:

levofloxacin

LOS:

length of in-hospital stay

MEM:

meropenem

MIC:

minimum inhibitory concentration

MLST:

Multilocus Sequence Typing

MV:

mechanical ventilation

ND:

not determined

ND:

number of clinical departments during hospitalization

NDM-1:

New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase

NIT:

nitrofurantoin

OXA-232:

oxacillinase-232

OXA-48:

oxacillinase-48

PICU:

pediatric intensive care unit

PIDD:

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department

preB-ALL:

pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia

PTZ:

piperacillin/tazobactam

SHV:

Sulfhydryl variable beta-lactamaase

SSI:

surgical site infection

ST:

sequence types

SXT:

trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole

TE:

tetracycline

TEM:

Temoneira beta-lactamase

TOB:

tobramycin

TPN:

total parenteral nutrition

Tx:

treatment

UTI:

urinary tract infection

VEB:

Vietnamese extended-spectrum beta-lactamases

VIM:

Verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase

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We thank to MsC Silvestre Ortega Peña for support in microbiological methods.

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We appreciate the support provided by the National Council for Science and Technology (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología) through the Health Sector Fund (Fondo Sectorial de Salud FOSSIS) in project 2012–1-181041 and the Federal Budget Research Funds (Fondos de Presupuesto Federal para Investigación) 2016 of the INP. They had none role in the design of the study and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data and in writing the manuscript.

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Aquino-Andrade, A., Merida-Vieyra, J., Arias de la Garza, E. et al. Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Mexico: report of seven non-clonal cases in a pediatric hospital. BMC Microbiol 18, 38 (2018). https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.1186/s12866-018-1166-z

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