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Establishment and Characterization of UTI and CAUTI in a Mouse Model
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ピエロネフライトスにおける尿病原性Escherichia coliの分散型多剤耐性クローン群である
James R Johnson1, Amee R Manges, Timothy T O'Bryan
1Medical Service, Minneapolis VA Medical Center and Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. johns007@tc.umn.edu
Lancet (London, England)
|July 10, 2002
まとめ
クローン群A (CGA) のEscherichia coliは,尿路感染症の1つの原因であり,広範囲に広がっており,ピエロネフライトと膀炎の両方の症例においてコトリモクサゾール耐性に関連しています.
科学分野:
- 微生物学 微生物学とは
- 感染症 感染症は感染症です.
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
背景:
- 尿路感染症 (UTI) の抗生物質耐性については,懸念が高まっている.
- Escherichia coliにおけるコートリモクサゾール耐性は,急性ピエロネフライトの治療失敗の重要な要因である.
- ピエロネフリスにおけるコトリモクサゾール耐性大腸菌の特定のクローン起源は,ほとんど未定義のままである.
研究 の 目的:
- 急性ピエロネフリスを引き起こすEscherichia coliにおけるコトリモクサゾール耐性のクローンベースを調査する.
- 尿路感染症における抗生物質耐性に関連した特定のE. coliクローンの有病率と拡散を決定する.
主な方法:
- 分子および血清学的分析は,急性ピエロネフライトス (1994年-1996年) を患った女性からエシェリキア・コライ菌の尿を分離した170個に実施された.
- 単離体は,そのクローングループによって特徴付けられ,クローングループA (CGA) に焦点を当てました.
- CGA単離物の地理的分布と歴史的関係が調査されました.
主要な成果:
- ピエロネフライトス単離体の12% (7%) がクローン群A (CGA) に属していた.
- 29 (34%) のコトリモクサゾール耐性単離のうち10個がCGA.として特定されました.
- CGA単離体は,アメリカ全土で地理的に多様であり,英国の歴史的な疫病クローン (O15:K52:H1) と関連していた.
結論:
- クロナルグループAは,急性ピエロネフライトスにおけるコトリモクサゾール耐性への重要な貢献者であり,急性膀炎におけるその役割を反映しています.
- CGAは広範囲に広がり,持続しており,尿路感染症の治療に対する継続的な課題となっています.
- 抗生物質耐性のクローン流行病学を理解することは,尿路感染症の効果的な管理に不可欠です.
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