Title
Whole-Genome Analysis of a High-Risk Clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 Carrying Both mcr-1 and bla<inf>NDM-1</inf>Genes in Peru
Date Issued
01 February 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Ruggiero M.
Cerdeira L.
Esposito F.
Fontana H.
Lincopan N.
Gutkind G.
DI Conza J.
Publisher(s)
Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
Abstract
The increasing prevalence and dissemination of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales represent a serious concern for public health. We studied the genetic features of a multidrug-resistant isolate of high-risk clone ST147 Klebsiella pneumoniae coharboring mcr-1 and blaNDM-1 recovered from a human clinical urine sample in 2017 in Peru. Whole-genome sequencing and conjugation assays identified mcr-1 and blaNDM-1 genes on two different conjugative plasmids, which belong to IncI2 and IncFIB/HI1B incompatibility groups, respectively. The presence of blaCTX-M-15 (in the studied isolate, located on the chromosome) and mutations in GyrA S83I and ParC S80I were detected, as expected for ST147. In addition, other β-lactamases (blaTEM-26 and blaOXA-1) and PMQR (qnrE2 and aac(6′)-Ib-cr) among several resistance determinants were identified. The coexistence not previously described of these genes in the same high-risk clone is a cause for serious concern that supports the need for implementation of genomic surveillance studies.
Start page
171
End page
179
Volume
28
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Sistema respiratorio
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85124635240
PubMed ID
Source
Microbial Drug Resistance
ISSN of the container
10766294
Sponsor(s)
E.G.-E. is PhD student at UBA under a fellowship from the PRONABEC, Ministerio de Educación, Perú (RJ No. 142 – 2017-MINEDU-VMGI-PRONABEC-OBPOST). G.G. and J.D.C. are members of CONICET.
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