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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2005, p. 1198-1204, Vol. 43, No. 3
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1198-1204.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Molecular Characterization of an Epidemic Clone of Panantibiotic-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

A. Deplano,1* O. Denis,1 L. Poirel,2 D. Hocquet,3 C. Nonhoff,1 B. Byl,4 P. Nordmann,2 J. L. Vincent,5 and M. J. Struelens1

Department of Microbiology,1 Infection Control,4 Intensive Care Unit, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium,5 Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Faculté de Médecine, Paris,2 Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Jean Minjoz, Besançon, France3

Received 15 September 2004/ Returned for modification 20 October 2004/ Accepted 13 November 2004

We describe the molecular characterization of a multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clone causing an outbreak in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary-care university hospital. Analysis included antimicrobial susceptibility profile, O-serotyping, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and amplified fragment length polymorphism. Resistance mechanisms were characterized, including production of naturally occurring and acquired ß-lactamases, porin expression, and efflux pump systems. Eighteen patients were colonized or infected with multiresistant P. aeruginosa. Multiresistant P. aeruginosa was panresistant to penicillins, cephalosporins, carbapenems, aminoglycosides, and fluoroquinolones and remained susceptible only to colistin. Sixteen isolates (89%) belonged to serotype O:11, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis type A1, and amplified fragment length polymorphism type A. Resistance characterization of this epidemic clone showed an overexpression of the chromosomal cephalosporinase AmpC combined with decreased expression of porin OprD and the absence of metallo-ß-lactamase or extended-spectrum beta-lactamase. An upregulation of the MexXY efflux system due to an agrZ mutation in the mexZ repressor was detected. This epidemic clone was restricted to the ICU and was not found elsewhere in hospital. Contamination of the ICU environment and the hands of an ICU nurse with this clone suggests possible hand-borne transmission. Implementation of contact precautions effectively controlled transmission of the epidemic clone. This study illustrates the ability of multiresistant P. aeruginosa to cause an outbreak with significant morbidity and mortality and underscores the need to identify clonal outbreaks, which require targeted infection control measures.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Erasme, 808, route de Lennik. 1070 Bruxelles. Belgium. Phone: 00 32 2 555 69 71. Fax: 00 32 2 555 31 10. E-mail: Ariane.deplano{at}ulb.ac.be.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2005, p. 1198-1204, Vol. 43, No. 3
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1198-1204.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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