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Molecular characterization of carbapenem-resistant serotype K1 hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 harbouring bla NDM-1 and bla OXA-48 carbapenemases in Iran.

Microbial Pathogenesis 2020 September 18
Carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-hvKp) has been increasingly reported and is now recognized as a public health concern. The aim of this study was to investigate the molecular epidemiology of CR-hvKp strains that were isolated from an Iranian hospital. A total of 74 non-duplicated carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae (CR-Kp) were collected from patients' clinical or surveillance cultures. Resistance/virulence genes were identified by PCR and sequencing. String test, capsular genotyping, conjugation assays, PCR-based replicon typing, pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and were performed. All 74 CR-Kp isolates were carbapenemase producers, which co-carried multiple resistance genes such as blaCTX-M-15 , blaTEM-1 , blaSHV-type , qnrB1, and qnrS1. The most common carbapenemase gene was blaOXA-48 (67/74 90.5%), followed by blaNDM-1 (18/74 24.3%), and blaNDM-7 (3/74 4%). The blaOXA-48 and blaNDM-1 were found on IncL/M and IncFII conjugative plasmids, respectively. Of 74 CR-Kp isolates, 49 were positive for string test. Capsular genotyping revealed that 34 and 10 CR-Kp strains belonged to the K1 and K2 serotypes, respectively. rmpA was the most prevalent virulence gene detected in 64.8% of the isolates. Fifty two strains were identified as CR-hvKp. PFGE typing showed 5 different clusters with two major clusters B (39 isolates, 52.7%) associated with sequence type 11 (ST11), and A (21 isolates, 28.4%) associated with ST893. Furthermore, ST147, ST392, and ST15 carbapenemase producers have also been sporadically identified. One isolate belonging to ST11 was resistant to colistin and were negative for mcr-1-2-3 genes. Insertional inactivation of mgrB due to IS elements was observed in the colistin-resistant isolate. Our findings suggest that ST11 CR-hvKP strain has a clonal distribution in our hospital. Therefore, immediate implementation of infection-control measures may be the best way to prevent the spread of these clones.

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