TY - JOUR
T1 - Italian nationwide survey on Pseudomonas aeruginosa from invasive infections: activity of ceftolozane/tazobactam and comparators, and molecular epidemiology of carbapenemase producers
AU - Giani, Tommaso
AU - Arena, Fabio
AU - Pollini, Simona
AU - Di Pilato, Vincenzo
AU - D'Andrea, Marco Maria
AU - De Angelis, Lucia Henrici
AU - Bassetti, Matteo
AU - Rossolini, Gian Maria
AU - Vismara, C.
AU - Luzzaro, F.
AU - Cavallo, R.
AU - Dusi, P. A.
AU - Pagani, E.
AU - Sarti, M.
AU - Farina, C.
AU - Rigoli, R.
AU - Scarparo, C.
AU - Pecile, W. P.
AU - Cusi, M. G.
AU - Mencacci, A.
AU - Manso, E.
AU - Spanu, Teresa
AU - Labonia, M.
AU - Tassi, V.
AU - Amato, G.
AU - Stefani, S.
AU - Giraldi, C.
AU - Rassu, M.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Objectives: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major cause of severe healthcare-associated infections and
often shows MDR phenotypes. Ceftolozane/tazobactam is a new cephalosporin/b-lactamase inhibitor combination
with potent activity against P. aeruginosa. This survey was carried out to evaluate the susceptibility of
P. aeruginosa, circulating in Italy, to ceftolozane/tazobactam and comparators and to investigate the molecular
epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing strains.
Methods: Consecutive non-replicate P. aeruginosa clinical isolates (935) from bloodstream infections and lower
respiratory tract infections were collected from 20 centres distributed across Italy from September 2013 to
November 2014. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by broth microdilution and results were
interpreted according to the EUCAST breakpoints. Isolates resistant to ceftolozane/tazobactam were investigated
for carbapenemase genes by PCR, and for carbapenemase activity by spectrophotometric assay. WGS
using an Illumina platform was performed on carbapenemase-producing isolates.
Results: Ceftolozane/tazobactam was the most active molecule, retaining activity against 90.9% of
P. aeruginosa isolates, followed by amikacin (88.0% susceptibility) and colistin (84.7% susceptibility). Overall,
48 isolates (5.1%) were positive for carbapenemase genes, including blaVIM (n"32), blaIMP (n"12) and blaGES-5
(n"4), while the remaining ceftolozane/tazobactam-resistant isolates tested negative for carbapenemase production.
Carbapenemase producers belonged to 10 different STs, with ST175 (n"12) and ST621 (n"11) being
the most common lineages. Genome analysis revealed different trajectories of spread for the different carbapenemase
genes.
Conclusions: Ceftolozane/tazobactam exhibited potent in vitro activity against P. aeruginosa causing invasive
infections in Italy. Carbapenemase production was the most common mechanism of resistance to ceftolozane/
tazobactam.
AB - Objectives: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major cause of severe healthcare-associated infections and
often shows MDR phenotypes. Ceftolozane/tazobactam is a new cephalosporin/b-lactamase inhibitor combination
with potent activity against P. aeruginosa. This survey was carried out to evaluate the susceptibility of
P. aeruginosa, circulating in Italy, to ceftolozane/tazobactam and comparators and to investigate the molecular
epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing strains.
Methods: Consecutive non-replicate P. aeruginosa clinical isolates (935) from bloodstream infections and lower
respiratory tract infections were collected from 20 centres distributed across Italy from September 2013 to
November 2014. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by broth microdilution and results were
interpreted according to the EUCAST breakpoints. Isolates resistant to ceftolozane/tazobactam were investigated
for carbapenemase genes by PCR, and for carbapenemase activity by spectrophotometric assay. WGS
using an Illumina platform was performed on carbapenemase-producing isolates.
Results: Ceftolozane/tazobactam was the most active molecule, retaining activity against 90.9% of
P. aeruginosa isolates, followed by amikacin (88.0% susceptibility) and colistin (84.7% susceptibility). Overall,
48 isolates (5.1%) were positive for carbapenemase genes, including blaVIM (n"32), blaIMP (n"12) and blaGES-5
(n"4), while the remaining ceftolozane/tazobactam-resistant isolates tested negative for carbapenemase production.
Carbapenemase producers belonged to 10 different STs, with ST175 (n"12) and ST621 (n"11) being
the most common lineages. Genome analysis revealed different trajectories of spread for the different carbapenemase
genes.
Conclusions: Ceftolozane/tazobactam exhibited potent in vitro activity against P. aeruginosa causing invasive
infections in Italy. Carbapenemase production was the most common mechanism of resistance to ceftolozane/
tazobactam.
KW - CETOZOLANE-TAZOBACTAM
KW - CETOZOLANE-TAZOBACTAM
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/154599
U2 - 10.1093/jac/dkx453
DO - 10.1093/jac/dkx453
M3 - Article
SN - 1460-2091
VL - 2018/73
SP - 664
EP - 671
JO - Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
JF - Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
ER -