Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To analyze the clinical manifestations of
Ochrobactrum anthropi infection in children with septicemia and its molecular characteristics of drug resistance.
METHODS Totally 98 strains of clinical isolates of
Ochrobactrum anthropi from children with septicemia admitted to Henan Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital between Jan. 2018 and Dec. 2020 were collected, the clinical characteristics of the children were analyzed, and the drug resistance was analyzed by drug sensitivity, AmpC enzyme was detected by three-dimensional test and the drug resistance genes were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
RESULTS Among 98 children with septicemia of
Ochrobactrum anthropi, 64.29% were males and 35.71% were females. Most of children were 1-3 years old, accounting for 63.27%. Fever (91.84%) was the most common clinical manifestation, followed by poor spirit (52.04%). Among the laboratory indicators, elevated aspartate aminotransferase was the most common (68.37%), followed by leukocytosis (56.12%). The sensitive rates of 98 strains of Ochrobactrum anthropi were 100.00% to meropenem, and more than 90% to Imipenem, amikacin, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin and amikacin, and more than 80% to compound sulfamethoxazole and gentamicin. The drug resistance rates were 100.00% to aztreonam, more than 90% to ampicillin, piperacillin/tazobactam, cefazolin, cefaclor and ceftazidime, and more than 80% to cefotetan. 90 strains (91.84%) of 98 strains of ochrobactrum anthropi were AmpC enzyme-producing strains. Among the nine durg-resistant genes, the detection rate of AmpC was 91.84%, and the detection rates of
DHA-1,
aac(3)-II,
aac(6')-II,
TEM and
SHV were 11.22%, 1.02%, 2.04%, 5.10% and 3.06%, respectively, while
aac(3)-I,
aac(6')-I and PER were not detected.
CONCLUSION Most of the children with septicemia of Ochrobactrum anthropi were under 3 years of age. The clinical manifestations are mainly fever and poor spirit, with elevated alanine aminotransferase and leukocytosis as the most common laboratory indicators, and resistance to multiple β-lactams antibacterial drugs, which was mainly associated with the
AmpC gene.