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Abstract

A meticillin-resistant (MRSA) strain with additional β-lactam-inducible aminoglycoside resistance was previously reported by a group at the Kitasato University in Japan. In addition to gentamicin, the ‘Kitasato strain’ was resistant to arbekacin (ABK), which is primarily used as an anti-MRSA aminoglycoside. No further studies regarding the spread of MRSA strains with the newly identified resistance mechanism have been reported to date. To obtain epidemiological data on MRSA strains with the antagonistic resistance and to analyse their genetic features, we examined the emergence of β-lactam-inducible ABK-resistant MRSA strains at our university hospital using longitudinal analysis. Among the 396 isolates, 35 (8.8 %) were found to be ABK-resistant MRSA strains (the resistance being induced by β-lactams). Moreover, based on the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles, the clonality of those MRSA strains changed at different time periods. In the Kitasato strain, the antagonistic mechanism was clearly demonstrated by the integration of transposable elements; a Tn-IS hybrid structure that contained an aminoglycoside resistance gene cointegrated into a region downstream of the β-lactamase gene. In most of the MRSA strains detected in our study, the antagonistic interaction was explained by the same mechanism as that found in the Kitasato strain. Interestingly, sequence analysis showed that all of our strains carried IS insertion sites which were different from those of the Kitasato strain. This study shows that MRSA strains with the additional antagonistic resistance are not uncommon and have been increasingly disseminating in clinical settings.

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