Prevalent Dominant ST191/195/208 Strains in Bloodstream Infections Have High Drug Resistance and Mortality.

BACKGROUND

Different sequence types of (AB) have their own epidemiological characteristics, drug resistance, and toxicity.

METHODS

AB bloodstream infection (BSI) in the First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Zhejiang University from January 2012 to December 2017 were classified by multilocus sequence typing. Clinical data of patients were retrospectively analyzed, drug resistance and toxicity were respectively studied by drug sensitivity and complement killing tests.

RESULTS

247 unduplicated AB strains were collected, and ST191/195/208, the main epidemic dominant strain, accounted for 70.9%. Patients with ST191/195/208 on infection had higher white blood cell (10.8 vs 8.9, = 0.004), neutrophil% (89.5 vs 86.9, = 0.005), neutrophil count (9.5 vs 7.1, = 0.021), D-dimer (6.7 vs 3.8, = 0.000), total bilirubin (27.0 vs 21.5, = 0.038), pronatriuretic peptide (324 vs 164, = 0.042), C-reactive protein (82.5 vs 56.3, = 0.048), clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS; 7.33 ± 2.30 vs 6.50 ± 2.72, = 0.045), and acute physiology and chronic health evaluation-II (APACHE-II; 19.620 ± 5.1850 vs 17.648 ± 6.1251, = 0.011). Patients with ST191/195/208 had more complications, including pulmonary infection ( = 0.041), septic shock ( = 0.009), and multiple organ failure ( = 0.019). Patients with ST191/195/208 had higher 3 day mortality (24.6% vs 13.9%, = 0.043), 14 day mortality (46.8% vs 26.8%, = 0.003), and 28 day mortality (55.0% vs 32.4%, = 0.001). ST191/195/208 strains had higher drug resistance to most antibiotics, and higher survival rate at 90% normal serum concentration ( < 0.001).

CONCLUSION

ST191/195/208 strains predominate in the hospital and prevails in patients with severe infections with increased multidrug antimicrobial resistance and excessive mortality compared to any other AB stains.