Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To analyze the genotypes and virulence factors of
Escherichia coli in the gallbladder infection of patients with acute severe cholecystitis after interventional treatment.
METHODS Totally 60 samples of
E .coli strains isolated from patients with gallbladder infection after interventional therapy for acute severe cholecystitis in Qingdao Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine between Oct. 2019 and Aug. 2021 were collected. VITEK-2 automatic bacterial identification and drug sensitivity test card were used for strain identification and drug sensitivity test, and multiple polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect the virulence factors genes of strains (adhesin-like virulence factors of
papGallele II (Internal),
Pap EFand
papC, siderophore protein-like virulence factors of
fyuA and
iutA, pathogenic island-like virulence factor of PAI, toxin-like virulence factors of
cvaC and
cnf1 (CNF), and protectin-like virulence factors of kpsM II and K5), and Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the relationship between virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance.
RESULTS The sensitivity rates of
E. coli to both Meropenem and Cefepime were 100.00%, and the resistance rates to ampicillin, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim, piperacillin, levofloxacin, cefuroxime and gentamicin were 86.67%, 85.00%, 78.33%, 66.67%, 56.67% and 53.33%, respectively. The multidrug resistance rate of≥3 kinds of antibacterial drugs reached 51.67% (31/60). All 10 virulence factor genes were detected, and the detection rates of
papGallele II (Internal),
PapEF,
papC,
fyuA,
iutA,
PAI, cvaC,
cnf1, kpsM II and
K5 were 100.00%, 46.67%, 61.67%, 48.33%, 100.00%, 63.33%, 46.67%, 100.00%, 100.00% and 48.33%, respectively. Logistic regression analysis showed that the drug resistance of
Escherichia coli to levofloxacin was associated with virulence factor
iutA, and the drug resistance to sulfamthoxazole/trimethoprim was associated with
papGallele II (Internal) (
P<0.05).
CONCLUSION Escherichia coli strains isolated from patients with gallbladder infection after interventional therapy for acute severe cholecystitis were resistant to ampicillin, sulfamthoxazole/trimethoprim, piperacillin, levofloxacin, cefuroxime and gentamicin to varying degrees and highly susceptible to Meropenem and Cefepime, all of which carried virulence genes of
papGallele II,
iutA,
cnf1 and
kpsM II, and the resistance mechanism might be related to the expressions of relevant virulence genes.