Bibliographic citations
Quispe, R., (2009). Caracterización molecular de los genes asociados a la resistencia antimicrobiana en Bartonella bacilliformis [Tesis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/3115
Quispe, R., Caracterización molecular de los genes asociados a la resistencia antimicrobiana en Bartonella bacilliformis [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; 2009. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/3115
@misc{renati/473094,
title = "Caracterización molecular de los genes asociados a la resistencia antimicrobiana en Bartonella bacilliformis",
author = "Quispe Gaspar, Ruth Liliám",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos",
year = "2009"
}
--- Bartonella bacilliformis is the causative agent of Carrion's disease. Currently in Peru are still present cases and are reported failures in treatment. There is very little research on antimicrobial susceptibility, nor has been standardized a test of sensitivity to the bacteria. Also, are not yet known resistance mechanisms and the sequences of genes associated with them in circulating native strains of Bartonella bacilliformis. Therefore, the objective was molecularly characterize the genes associated with antimicrobial resistance in isolates circulating in endemic areas to assess whether present or not mutations in these genes. Susceptibility testing was standardized using the strain of B. bacilliformis CIP 57.18 placing commercial antibiotic discs: ciprofloxacin (CIP, 5 µg), rifampin (RD, 30 µg), erythromycin (E, 15 µg), gentamicin (CN, 15 µg), doxycycline (DO, 30 µg), chloramphenicol (30 µg), nalidixic acid (NA, 5 µg) and levofloxacin (LVX, 5 µg). All strains tested showed resistance to nalidixic acid but sensitive to ciprofloxacin, except for strain USM-LMM-002 that presented reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. The analysis of the proteins encoded by gyrA and parC genes involved in resistance to these antibiotics, determined that both have an aminoacid difference (Ser83 by Ala) in the QRDR region in relation to the GyrA and ParC of E. coli. Interestingly, the Ala83 in GyrA and ParC only provides resistance to nalidixic acid and not to ciprofloxacin, being necessary the accumulation of mutations in gyrA for ciprofloxacin resistance. For other antibiotics, the strains were sensitive and sequencing of genes (rpoB, and 16S ribosomal L4) associated with such resistance, there was no mutation. Constitutive resistance to nalidixic acid is a property of B. bacilliformis, and would be a good indicator of susceptibility to fluoroquinolones but this resistance is not related to resistance to other fluoroquinolones. In addition, sensitivity to other antibiotics such as doxycycline, rifampicin, chloramphenicol and gentamicin might suggest alternatives in the treatment of this disease, although clinical trials are needed.
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