Experimental and Clinical Studies on Fluoroquinoloneinsusceptible Escherichia coli Isolated from Patients with Urinary Tract Infections from 1994 to

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2009 63 5 263 272 Experimental and Clinical Studies on Fluoroquinoloneinsusceptible Escherichia coli Isolated from Patients with Urinary Tract Infections from 1994 to 2007 a a* a a a a,b a a b

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2009 265 PCR primers and conditions used in the direct sequence method Primer specificity Primer sequences Product length bp Initial denaturation PCR conditions Cycling Cycle Final extension DNA gyrase A gene (gyra) Topoisomerase IV gene (parc) F: 5ʼ GAGGAAGAGCTGAAGAGCTCC 3ʼ 1st PCR 376 1 min, 94 ; 1 min, 55 ; 1 min, 72 25 7 min, 72 R: 5ʼ CGAGATCGGCCATCAGTTC 3ʼ 5 min, 94 2nd PCR F: 5ʼ GAGGAAGAGCTGAAGAGCTCC 3ʼ 30 sec, 95 ; 4 min, 60 30 F: 5ʼ AAACCTGTTCAGCGCCGCATT 3ʼ 1st PCR 395 1 min, 94 ; 1 min, 55 ; 1 min, 72 25 7 min, 72 R: 5ʼ GTGGTGCCGTTAAGCAAA 3ʼ 5 min, 95 2nd PCR F: 5ʼ AAACCTGTTCAGCGCCGCATT 3ʼ 30 sec, 95 ; 4 min, 60 30 Number of patients 15 12 9 6 3 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 (%) 25 20 15 10 5 (year) Annual changes in the incidence of UTI due to fluoroqui nolone insusceptible E. coli. lines: Number of patients with UTI due to fluoroquinolone insusceptible E. coli. Percentage of fluoroquinolone insuscep tible E. coli among the total isolated E. coli.

266 63 5 100 80 60 40 20 0 125 0 25 0 5 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 Cumulative percentages of fluoroquinolone insusceptible E. coli strains at MICs (µg ml) of several antibiotics except fluoro quinolones. The MIC 90 values of ampicillin, cefazoline, cefozo pran, imipenem, minocycline and gentamycin were 64, 8, 0.5, 0.5, 32 and 32µg ml, respectively. lines: ampicillin cefazolin cefozopran imipenem minocycline gentamycin A 128 5 13 18 6 1 1 1 1 64 17 3 1 1 1 2 6 6 32 2 1 3 5 5 2 3 10 16 3 2 2 12 2 6 11 3 8 3 12 13 1 1 14 3 4 4 13 4 5 3 2 1 0 5 4 2 0 5 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 0 5 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 0 5 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 D 128 2 1 64 1 1 6 5 1 32 8 11 1 1 10 18 17 7 1 16 19 8 6 1 2 8 3 4 2 2 8 4 3 1 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 6 0 5 8 25 16 15 0 5 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 0 5 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 0 5 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 Correlations between MICs (μg ml) of ofloxacin (horizontal) and other fluoroquinolones (vertical) for fluoroquinolone insusceptible E. coli strains (n 79). A, norfloxacin; B, levofloxacin; C, sparfloxacin; D, ciprofloxacin; E, tosufloxacin; F, sitafloxacin. MICs of tosufloxacin ( 64 µg ml) could not be measured due to insolubility. B E C F

2009 267 Backgrounds of the patients with UTI due to fluoroqui nolone insusceptible E. coli (n 89) Sex: male female 42 47 Age: median SD (range) 63 19 (8 to 86) Outpatient Inpatient 58 31 Catheterization 26 89 (29.2%) Self catheterization 14 89 (15.7%) Repeated UTI: yes no 66 22 (unclear: 1) Underlying diseases of the patients with complicated UTI (n 82) Neurogenic bladder 32 (39.0%) Malignancy 22 (26.8%) Fistula (vagina, rectum) 11 (13.4%) Others 17 (20.7%) Administration of the antimicrobial agent before bacterial isolation Prescribed for the last 2 years 68 89 (76.4%) Prescription of fluoroquinolones 48 68 (70.6%) Just before isolation (for last 2 weeks) 26 89 (29.2%) Prescription of fluoroquinolones 20 26 (76.9%) No prescription 21 89 (23.6%) Number of patients 50 40 30 20 10 0 A B C D E F G H I Decisive treatments and outcomes. A, cephems; B, fluoroquinolones; C, penicillins; D, penems; E, carbapenems; F, minocycline; G, sulfamethoxazole trimethoprim; H, aminoglyco sides; I; none. bars: cure, light symptom, no change, naturally disappeared, unclear.

268 63 5 Backgrounds of the patients with UTI due to fluoroquinolone insusceptible E. coli Year Sex Age Underlying diseases Biofilm OD570 Major amino acid replacements MIC (µg ml) GyrA ParC Ofloxacin Sitafloxacin Levofloxacin A 2002 F 77 Neurogenic bladder 0 S83L, D87G S80R 128 2 128 2007 F 71 None 0.073 S83L, D87N S80I 64 2 16 B 1998 F 18 Urethral stricture 0.783 S83L 32 0.5 16 2006 M 70 Bladder stone 2.673 S83L, D87N S80I, E84V 8 0.5 4 A: Two strains of E. coli which MIC of sitafloxacin was 2µg ml. B: Two strains of E. coli with strong capabilities of biofilm formation.

2009 269 Correlations between amino acid replacements and MICs of ofloxacin GyrA (83, 87) ParC (80, 84) MICs of ofloxacin (μg ml) 0.5 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 Susceptible Insusceptible (, ) (, ) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (, ) (, ) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 (, ) (, ) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (, ) (, ) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 (, ) (, ) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 (, ) (, ) 0 0 3 5 9 8 5 0 1 (, ) (, ) 0 0 0 14 17 7 4 0 0 Total number of strain 4 5 3 21 27 17 9 0 1 9 78 0 8 0 6 570 0 4 0 2 0 81 40 64 13 Biofilm forming capabilities of E. coli strains. A, Group I is fluoroquinolone insusceptible E. coli (mean SD: 0.084 0.314). Group II is fluoroquinolone susceptible E. coli (mean SD: 0.029 0.050). The p value was 0.19; B, Group III is fluoroquinolone insus ceptible E. coli strains for which the MICs of sitafloxacin were 0.5µg ml (mean SD: 0.024 0.345). Group IV is fluoroquinolone insus ceptible E. coli strains for which the MICs of sitafloxacin were over 1µg ml (mean SD: 0.029 0.045). The p value was 0.93.

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