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ArticleMedicine2021

Analysis of antibiotic sensitivity and resistance genes of Bordetella pertussis in Chinese children.

XiaoJuan Lin, Jun Zou, Kaihu Yao, Lijun Li, Lili Zhong

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Article in Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

XiaoJuan LinDepartment of Pediatrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respirology, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha.
Jun ZouDepartment of Pediatrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respirology, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha.
Kaihu YaoMicrobiology Laboratory of Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Lijun LiMicrobiology Laboratory of Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Lili ZhongDepartment of Pediatrics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respirology, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha.
Hunan Provincial People's Hospital · CN

Funding

Scientific research project of Hunan Provincial Health Commission B2019049
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo understood the pathogen detection status and clinical characteristics of suspected pertussis in children and to observe the drug sensitivity and drug resistance genes of Bordetella pertussis (B. pertussis).

methodsThree hundred fifty-one cases were collected and their nasopharyngeal swab samples were analyzed by culture and fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The susceptibility to erythromycin, clindamycin, ampicillin, levofloxacin, and sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim were tested by E-test for the positive strains, and the susceptibility to erythromycin was also tested for the KB disk diffusion method. The 23S rRNA gene of the positive strains was amplified and sequenced, and statistical analysis was performed in conjunction with clinical data.

resultsThe positive rate of bacterial culture was 16.8% (59/351), and the positive rate of PCR was 62.4% (219/351). Two cases were positive about bacterial culture and negative for PCR. There were 221 confirmed cases of pertussis. The E-test results showed that the rate of the sensitivity of the 55 strains of pertussis to erythromycin and clindamycin was 50.9% (28/55), the minimum antibiotic concentration50 (MIC50) and MIC90 values were 0.094/>256 and 0.75/>256 mg/L, respectively, and the MIC50/MIC90 to ampicillin, levofloxacin, and sulfamethoxazole were 0.125/0.19, 0.38/0.5, and 0.125/0.25 mg/L, respectively. The KB disk diffusion method showed 27 of the 55 strains 49.1% (27/55) was resistant to erythromycin; all of the resistant strains had the 23S rRNA gene A2047G mutation, and their MIC of erythromycin was >256 mg/L.

conclusionThe diagnosis of pertussis by a fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction method is more sensitive than that of bacterial culture. The resistance of B. pertussis to erythromycin was prominent. All of the strains of B. pertussis resistant to erythromycin in our center had the A2047G mutation of the 23S rRNA gene.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBordetella pertussisChildChild, PreschoolChinaCulture TechniquesDrug Resistance, BacterialErythromycinFemaleHumansInfantMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMolecular TypingMutationPolymerase Chain ReactionAnti-Bacterial AgentsErythromycinRNA, Ribosomal, 23S

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