RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 P645 Peruvian gonococcal strains reveal novel NG-MAST types and false-positive β-lactamase isolates with <em>bla</em>
<sub>tem</sub> gene mutations
JF Sexually Transmitted Infections
JO Sex Transm Infect
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP A284
OP A285
DO 10.1136/sextrans-2019-sti.713
VO 95
IS Suppl 1
A1 Adriana Le Van
A1 Nazia Rahman
A1 Nelson Dozier
A1 Patrick Mc Gann
A1 James Regeimbal
A1 Andrea Mccoy
A1 Olusegun Soge
A1 Eric Garges
A1 Ann Jerse
YR 2019
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/95/Suppl_1/A284.3.abstract
AB Background The Global Emerging Infectious Surveillance Program of the U.S. Department of Defense, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch supports a repository for Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) clinical isolates recovered from routine care at U.S. Military Treatment Facilities in the continental US (CONUS) and at several overseas (OCONUS) labs though collaborative surveillance projects. Here we report the use of phenotypic data in conjunction with molecular typing and whole genome sequencing (WGS) of GC to describe the antimicrobial resistance trends from isolates collected from three geographically different clinics in Lima, Callao and Iquitos, Peru.Methods Putative GC collected from patients between 2012 and 2015 were confirmed as GC using standard biochemical and serological methods. Susceptibility to eight different antibiotics was determined by Etest. β-lactamase (ßL) activity was determined by nitrocefin hydrolysis. NG-MAST types were determined by standard methods and WGS analysis.Results Sixty eight out of 90 isolates examined were confirmed as GC. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing showed a high level of resistance to ciprofloxacin (70%) and lower percentages of resistant strains to other common antibiotics. Although 63% percent of isolates were β-lactamase positive by the nitrocefin test, only 70% of these isolates were PenR. The other 30% had reduced susceptibility to Pen (PenRS). Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) revealed mutations in the bla TEM-1B gene for these PenRS isolates. These isolates were collected from different clinics, but showed genetic relatedness based on nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based analysis. Several novel NG-MAST types were detected among the isolates.Conclusion These findings highlight the high prevalence of multidrug resistant GC in Peru. The identification of NG-MAST types not identified in surveillance reports from Europe or the United States is important. Further, WGS allowed us to discern false positive β-lactamase isolates by detecting mutations in the bla TEM genes observed in PenRS isolates and showed the clonally relatedness of these isolates.Disclosure No significant relationships.