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Shi Q, Hu H, Yu Q, Huang W, Wang Y, Quan J, Zhou J, Weng R, Zhang P, Meng Y, Liu H, Jiang Y, Yu Y, Du X. Chromosomal integration and plasmid fusion occurring in ST20 carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates coharboring blaNDM-1 and blaIMP-4 induce resistance transmission and fitness variation. Emerg Microbes Infect 2024; 13:2339942. [PMID: 38584569 PMCID: PMC11022923 DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2024.2339942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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To investigate the epidemiology of ST20 carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) in China, and further explore the genomic characteristics of blaIMP-4 and blaNDM-1 coharboring isolates and plasmid contributions to resistance and fitness. Seven ST20 CRKP isolates were collected nationwide, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed. Antimicrobial resistance genes, virulence genes, and plasmid replicons were identified via whole-genome sequencing, and clonality assessed via core-genome multilocus sequence typing. Furthermore, we found four dual-metallo-β-lactamases (MBL)-harbouring isolates, the gene location was detected by Southern blotting, and plasmid location analysis showed that blaIMP-4 was located on a separate plasmid, a self-conjugative fusion plasmid, or the bacterial chromosome. These isolates were subjected to long-read sequencing, the presence of blaIMP-4 in different locations was identified by genomic comparison, and transposon units were detected via inverse PCR. We subsequently found that blaIMP-4 on the fusion plasmid and bacterial chromosome was formed via intact plasmid recombination by the IS26 and ltrA, respectively, and the circular transposon unit was related to cointegration, however, blaIMP-4 in different locations did not affect the gene stability. The blaNDM-1-harbouring plasmid contributed to the increased resistance to β-lactams and shortened survival lag time which was revealed in plasmid cured isolates. In summary, the K. pneumoniae ST20 clone is a high-risk resistant clone. With the use of ceftazidime/avibactam, MBL-positive isolates, especially dual-MBL-harbouring isolates, should be given additional attention.
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- Qiucheng Shi
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Center for General Practice Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Center of Laboratory Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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Li Y, Xie C, Zhang Z, Liu J, Chang H, Liu Y, Qin X. Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from hospitalized patients in different regions of China. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2024; 14:1380678. [PMID: 38817445 PMCID: PMC11137252 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1380678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
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Introduction The increasing incidence of Klebsiella pneumoniae and carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) has posed great challenges for the clinical anti-infective treatment. Here, we describe the molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance profiles of K. pneumoniae and CRKP isolates from hospitalized patients in different regions of China. Methods A total of 219 K. pneumoniae isolates from 26 hospitals in 19 provinces of China were collected during 2019-2020. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests, multilocus sequence typing were performed, antimicrobial resistance genes were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Antimicrobial resistance profiles were compared between different groups. Results The resistance rates of K. pneumoniae isolates to imipenem, meropenem, and ertapenem were 20.1%, 20.1%, and 22.4%, respectively. A total of 45 CRKP isolates were identified. There was a significant difference in antimicrobial resistance between 45 CRKP and 174 carbapenem-sensitive Klebsiella pneumoniae (CSKP) strains, and the CRKP isolates were characterized by the multiple-drug resistance phenotype.There were regional differences among antimicrobial resistance rates of K. pneumoniae to cefazolin, chloramphenicol, and sulfamethoxazole,which were lower in the northwest than those in north and south of China.The mostcommon sequence type (ST) was ST11 (66.7% of the strains). In addition, we detected 13 other STs. There were differences between ST11 and non-ST11 isolates in the resistance rate to amikacin, gentamicin, latamoxef, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, aztreonam, nitrofurantoin, fosfomycin, and ceftazidime/avibactam. In terms of molecular resistance mechanisms, the majority of the CRKP strains (71.1%, 32/45) harbored blaKPC-2, followed by blaNDM (22.2%, 10/45). Strains harboring blaKPC or blaNDM genes showed different sensitivities to some antibiotics. Conclusion Our analysis emphasizes the importance of surveilling carbapenem-resistant determinants and analyzing their molecular characteristics for better management of antimicrobial agents in clinical use.
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- Yan Li
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Liaoning Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Shenyang, China
- Center of Clinical Laboratory and Quality Control, Health Service Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Liaoning Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Liaoning Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Liaoning Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Shenyang, China
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- Center of Clinical Laboratory and Quality Control, Health Service Center of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Liaoning Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- Liaoning Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Shenyang, China
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Chu X, Ning L, Fang Y, Jia H, Wang M. Risk Factors and Predictive Nomogram for Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Children in a Grade 3 First-Class General Hospital in Central China. Infect Drug Resist 2024; 17:41-49. [PMID: 38197067 PMCID: PMC10775694 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s437742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024] Open
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Background This study determined risk factors for Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP)in children admitted to a grade 3 first-class general hospital and developed an individualized line graph predictive model. Methods The clinical data of 185 children infected with Klebsiella pneumoniae from January 2015 to December 2019 were analyzed retrospectively. Patients were grouped according to carbapenem resistance: CRKP group (50 cases) and CSKP (carbapenem-sensitive Klebsiella pneumoniae) group (135 cases). Risk factors for CRKP in children were screened by logistic regression analysis. The predictive model was established using R software and validated using the Bootstrap method. Results Age (odds ratio [OR]=0.104, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.026-0.408), intensive care unit admission (OR =2.829, 95% CI: 1.138-7.030), mechanical ventilation (OR =7.510, 95% CI: 3.140-17.961), surgery history (OR =5.005, 95% CI: 1.507-16.618) and glucocorticoid (OR =0.235, 95% CI: 0.099-0.557) were independent risk factors for CRKP in children (P < 0.05), The total risk score of each factor was 362.5, and the risk rate was 0.1-0.9. In receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis, the area under the curve of CRKP predicted by the total risk score was 0.872 (95% CI=0.844-0.901; P < 0.001). The correction curve indicated that the consistency between the observed value and the predicted value was good. Discussion and Conclusion This study successfully established a model based on the risk factors, with high accuracy and good predictive value for CRKP in children. Hospitals should take necessary preventive measures against the risk factors for drug-resistant bacteria, such as optimizing the configuration of ICU space, timely isolation of infected children, and adequate disinfection of ICU equipment. Which may reduce CRKP infection rate.
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- Xinmin Chu
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People’s Republic of China
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Pharmaceutical Preparations and Clinical Pharmacy, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People’s Republic of China
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Pharmaceutical Preparations and Clinical Pharmacy, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infection Office, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People’s Republic of China
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Pharmaceutical Preparations and Clinical Pharmacy, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People’s Republic of China
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Pu W, Fan L, Zhang Y, You D, Li M, Ma L. Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Osteoarthritis in Two Preterm Infants Treated With Ceftazidime-avibactam. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2023; 42:1124-1127. [PMID: 37725810 DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000004092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND The emergence of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) poses a major threat to global public health. CRKP infections are challenging to treat owing to the limited number of antibiotic species, especially in preterm infants. Ceftazidime-avibactam (CAZ-AVI) is a novel antibiotic with activity against CRKP. At present, there have been no reports of using CAZ-AVI to treat osteoarthritis in premature infants. METHODS We describe 2 preterm infants with CRKP osteoarthritis treated with CAZ-AVI in a tertiary children's hospital in China. Clinical characteristics, laboratory and microbiologic data, treatment and follow-up information were retrospectively collected and analyzed. RESULTS The 2 cases were both premature infants who contracted sepsis and CRKP osteoarthritis. Meropenem and polymyxin B were initially chosen for the first infant. CAZ-AVI was then used due to persistent infection. The second infant was commenced immediately on CAZ-AVI after receipt of antimicrobial susceptibility on the 4th day after admission. Both recovered with CAZ-AVI (50 mg/kg q8h) and surgical incision and drainage. Neither had a joint deformity or limb length discrepancy at 36 and 34 months, respectively. CONCLUSIONS This is the first report on the use of CAZ-AVI to treat CRKP osteoarthritis in premature infants. Successful treatment depends on prompt recognition of the pathogen and treatment with a combination of antibiotics with or without surgery. Further study is needed to determine the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of CAZ-AVI for treating preterm infants with serious CRKP osteoarthritis.
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- Weicong Pu
- From the Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, China
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Hu Y, Yang Y, Feng Y, Fang Q, Wang C, Zhao F, McNally A, Zong Z. Prevalence and clonal diversity of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae causing neonatal infections: A systematic review of 128 articles across 30 countries. PLoS Med 2023; 20:e1004233. [PMID: 37339120 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Klebsiella pneumoniae is the most common pathogen causing neonatal infections, leading to high mortality worldwide. Along with increasing antimicrobial use in neonates, carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae (CRKP) has emerged as a severe challenge for infection control and treatment. However, no comprehensive systematic review is available to describe the global epidemiology of neonatal CRKP infections. We therefore performed a systematic review of available data worldwide and combined a genome-based analysis to address the prevalence, clonal diversity, and carbapenem resistance genes of CRKP causing neonatal infections. METHODS AND FINDINGS We performed a systematic review of studies reporting population-based neonatal infections caused by CRKP in combination with a genome-based analysis of all publicly available CRKP genomes with neonatal origins. We searched multiple databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Ovid MEDLINE, Cochrane, bioRxiv, and medRxiv) to identify studies that have reported data of neonatal CRKP infections up to June 30, 2022. We included studies addressing the prevalence of CRKP infections and colonization in neonates but excluded studies lacking the numbers of neonates, the geographical location, or independent data on Klebsiella or CRKP isolates. We used narrative synthesis for pooling data with JMP statistical software. We identified 8,558 articles and excluding those that did not meet inclusion criteria. We included 128 studies, none of which were preprints, comprising 127,583 neonates in 30 countries including 21 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) for analysis. We found that bloodstream infection is the most common infection type in reported data. We estimated that the pooled global prevalence of CRKP infections in hospitalized neonates was 0.3% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.2% to 0.3%). Based on 21 studies reporting patient outcomes, we found that the pooled mortality of neonatal CRKP infections was 22.9% (95% CI, 13.0% to 32.9%). A total of 535 neonatal CRKP genomes were identified from GenBank including Sequence Read Archive, of which 204 were not linked to any publications. We incorporated the 204 genomes with a literature review for understanding the species distribution, clonal diversity, and carbapenemase types. We identified 146 sequence types (STs) for neonatal CRKP strains and found that ST17, ST11, and ST15 were the 3 most common lineages. In particular, ST17 CRKP has been seen in neonates in 8 countries across 4 continents. The vast majority (75.3%) of the 1,592 neonatal CRKP strains available for analyzing carbapenemase have genes encoding metallo-β-lactamases and NDM (New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase) appeared to be the most common carbapenemase (64.3%). The main limitation of this study is the absence or scarcity of data from North America, South America, and Oceania. CONCLUSIONS CRKP contributes to a considerable number of neonatal infections and leads to significant neonatal mortality. Neonatal CRKP strains are highly diverse, while ST17 is globally prevalent and merits early detection for treatment and prevention. The dominance of blaNDM carbapenemase genes imposes challenges on therapeutic options in neonates and supports the continued inhibitor-related drug discovery.
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- Ya Hu
- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Division of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Chengdu, China
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Chengdu, China
- Center for Pathogen Research, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Chengdu, China
- Center for Pathogen Research, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Division of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Division of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Division of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Division of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Chengdu, China
- Center for Pathogen Research, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Chen Y, Sha L, Li W, Zhou L, Pei B, Bian X, Ji Y, Liu Y, Wang L, Yang H. Rapid quantitative detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae in infants with severe infection disease by point-of-care immunochromatographic technique based on nanofluorescent microspheres. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1144463. [PMID: 36845192 PMCID: PMC9945336 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1144463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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Background: Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP, K. pneumoniae) is one of the most important nosocomial pathogens that cause severe respiratory infections. As evolutionary high-toxic strains with drug resistance genes increase year by year, the infections caused by it are often accompanied by high mortality, which may be fatal to infants and can cause invasive infections in healthy adults. At present, the traditional clinical methods for detecting K. pneumoniae are cumbersome and time-consuming, and the accuracy and sensitivity are not high. In this study, nanofluorescent microsphere (nFM)-based immunochromatographic test strip (ICTS) quantitative testing platform were developed for point-of-care testing (POCT) method of K. pneumoniae. Methods: 19 clinical samples of infants were collected, the genus-specific gene of mdh was screened from K. pneumoniae. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) combined with nFM-ICTS based on magnetic purification assay (PCR-ICTS) and strand exchange amplification (SEA) combined with nFM-ICTS based on magnetic purification assay (SEA-ICTS) were developed for the quantitative detection of K. pneumoniae. The sensitivity and specificity of SEA-ICTS and PCR-ICTS were demonstrated by the existing used classical microbiological methods, the real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR (RTFQ-PCR) and PCR assay based on agarose gel electrophoresis (PCR-GE). Results: Under optimum working conditions, the detection limits of PCR-GE, RTFQ-PCR, PCR-ICTS and SEA-ICTS are 7.7 × 10-3, 2.5 × 10-6, 7.7 × 10-6, 2.82 × 10-7 ng/μL, respectively. The SEA-ICTS and PCR-ICTS assays can quickly identify K. pneumoniae, and could specifically distinguish K. pneumoniae samples from non-K. pneumoniae samples. Experiments have shown a diagnostic agreement of 100% between immunochromatographic test strip methods and the traditional clinical methods on the detection of clinical samples. During the purification process, the Silicon coated magnetic nanoparticles (Si-MNPs) were used to removed false positive results effectively from the products, which showed of great screening ability. The SEA-ICTS method was developed based on PCR-ICTS, which is a more rapid (20 min), low-costed method compared with PCR-ICTS assay for the detection of K. pneumoniae in infants. Only need a cheap thermostatic water bath and takes a short detection time, this new method can potentially serve as an efficient point-of-care testing method for on-site detection of pathogens and disease outbreaks without fluorescent polymerase chain reaction instruments and professional technicians operation.
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- Ying Chen
- School of Medical Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Medical Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Medical Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Medical Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Suqian First People’s Hospital, Suqian, China
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- School of Medical Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Nanjing Nanoeast Biotech Co., Ltd., Nanjing, China
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- School of Medical Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xuzhou First People’s Hospital, Xuzhou, China,*Correspondence: Li Wang, ; Huan Yang,
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- School of Medical Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China,*Correspondence: Li Wang, ; Huan Yang,
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Zhang Y, Li W, Tian X, Sun R, Zhou S, Jia L, Sun J, Liao XP, Liu YH, Yu Y. Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Recovered from a Single Hospital in China, 2013 to 2017. Infect Drug Resist 2022; 15:7679-7690. [PMID: 36582450 PMCID: PMC9793792 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s393155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Objective Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) have become an increasingly common cause of healthcare-related infections and present a serious challenge to clinical treatment. This study examined the phenotypic, genotypic characterization, clinical, and microbiological data of CRE in the Huizhou Municipal Central Hospital. Methods We conducted a phenotypic susceptibility evaluation and whole genome sequence analysis for 52 CRE strains isolated from 37 patients and 2 medical device-related samples during 2013-2017 to characterize risk factors, antimicrobial resistance profiles, dominant clones and hospital transmission. Results Long-term hospitalization, treatment time with antibiotics and use of invasive devices were linked to the risk of CRE infection. The carbapenem resistance genes (CRGs) we found included blaNDM (82.7%), blaIMP (19.2%) and blaKPC (3.8%), Escherichia coli (44.2%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (44.2%) were the dominant species we identified, and the type of CRG carried by isolates was highly correlated with species. The coexistence of CRGs with a variety of other antibiotic resistance genes leads to an increased prevalence of high resistance levels for CRE to β-lactams and other antibiotic classes such as aminoglycosides and fluoroquinolones. These isolates were sensitive only to colistin and tigecycline. In addition to this, we observed significantly genomic diversity of CRE isolates in this hospital. Importantly, we found that long-term transmission of multiple CRE clones had occurred at this hospital between various wards. Conclusion Evaluating and improving the current infection control strategies may be necessary, and reducing nosocomial transmission remains the primary control element for CRE infections in China.
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- Yan Zhang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmaceutics Development and Safety Evaluation, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmaceutics Development and Safety Evaluation, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmaceutics Development and Safety Evaluation, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmaceutics Development and Safety Evaluation, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Intensive Care Unit, Huizhou Municipal Central Hospital, Huizhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmaceutics Development and Safety Evaluation, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmaceutics Development and Safety Evaluation, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China,Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmaceutics Development and Safety Evaluation, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China,Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmaceutics Development and Safety Evaluation, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China,Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmaceutics Development and Safety Evaluation, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China,Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China,Correspondence: Yang Yu, Email
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Sydow K, Eger E, Schwabe M, Heiden SE, Bohnert JA, Franzenburg S, Jurischka C, Schierack P, Schaufler K. Geno- and Phenotypic Characteristics of a Klebsiella pneumoniae ST20 Isolate with Unusual Colony Morphology. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10102063. [PMID: 36296341 PMCID: PMC9606995 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10102063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Klebsiella pneumoniae is a common member of the intestinal flora of vertebrates. In addition to opportunistic representatives, hypervirulent (hvKp) and antibiotic-resistant K. pneumoniae (ABR-Kp) occur. While ABR-Kp isolates often cause difficult-to-treat diseases due to limited therapeutic options, hvKp is a pathotype that can infect healthy individuals often leading to recurrent infection. Here, we investigated the clinical K. pneumoniae isolate PBIO3459 obtained from a blood sample, which showed an unusual colony morphology. By combining whole-genome and RNA sequencing with multiple in vitro and in vivo virulence-associated assays, we aimed to define the respective Klebsiella subtype and explore the unusual phenotypic appearance. We demonstrate that PBIO3459 belongs to sequence type (ST)20 and carries no acquired resistance genes, consistent with phenotypic susceptibility tests. In addition, the isolate showed low-level virulence, both at genetic and phenotypic levels. We thus suggest that PBIO3459 is an opportunistic (commensal) K. pneumoniae isolate. Genomic comparison of PBIO3459 with closely related ABR-Kp ST20 isolates revealed that they differed only in resistance genes. Finally, the unusual colony morphology was mainly associated with carbohydrate and amino acid transport and metabolism. In conclusion, our study reveals the characteristics of a Klebsiella sepsis isolate and suggests that opportunistic representatives likely acquire and accumulate antibiotic resistances that subsequently enable their emergence as ABR-Kp pathogens.
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- Katharina Sydow
- Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Infection Medicine, Christian-Albrecht University Kiel and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- Friedrich Loeffler-Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrecht University Kiel and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Faculty of Environment and Natural Sciences, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, 01968 Senftenberg, Germany
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- Faculty of Environment and Natural Sciences, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, 01968 Senftenberg, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
- Institute of Infection Medicine, Christian-Albrecht University Kiel and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, 24105 Kiel, Germany
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-3834-420-4869
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Large-Scale Genomic Epidemiology of Klebsiella pneumoniae Identified Clone Divergence with Hypervirulent Plus Antimicrobial-Resistant Characteristics Causing Within-Ward Strain Transmissions. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0269821. [PMID: 35416698 PMCID: PMC9045374 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02698-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Global dissemination of K. pneumoniae clones poses health hazards to the public. Genomic epidemiology studies with comprehensive data set further revealed clone divergence, showing a high complexity in evolution. Moreover, clones carrying both acquired virulent and antimicrobial-resistant genes emerged and might replace the carbapenem-resistant clones. Co-occurrence of virulence and resistance is emerging. An unbiased collection of 3,061 clinical K. pneumoniae isolates (January 5, 2013 to July 24, 2018) underwent whole-genome sequencing. Pairwise core-genome single-nucleotide polymorphism (cgSNP) distances identified clone divergence and transmission events. A sum of 2,193 nonduplicated genomes clustered into four phenotypically indistinguishable species complexes. 93% (n = 2,035) were KpI with its largest clonal group (CG) being CG11 (n = 406). Three hundred ninety-three were ST11 and three hundred seventy-four carried blaKPC-2. Noticeably, CG11 is divided into two main subclones based on the capsule synthesis K loci (KL). CG11-KL64 showed a clear hypervirulent plus antimicrobial-resistant (hv+AMR) characteristic. Besides, the phylogenetic structure revealed the clone divergence of CG25, and this is the first report with sufficient CG25 genomes to identify the divergence. The outcomes of the hv+AMR CG25 cluster 1 affected patients were poorer (P < 0.05). Moreover, two episodes of strain transmissions were associated with CG25 cluster 1. Other transmissions were associated with ST20 and ST307. Genomic epidemiology identified clone divergence of CG11 and CG25. The hv+AMR subclones pose greater threats on a global scale. Nosocomial transmissions of the high-risk clones raised our concerns about the evolution and transmission of emerging clones among newborns and critically ill patients. IMPORTANCE The convergence of AMR and acquired virulence posing higher risks to the public is a focusing point. With sufficient genomes and genotypes, we successfully identify the convergence in two subclones, the previously reported CG11-KL64, and the newly reported CG25 cluster 1. The novel finding of the CG25 divergence was not only revealed by the phylogenetic tree but also confirmed by the clinical outcome data and the accessory genome patterns. Moreover, the transmission subclones circulated in two clinically important wards highlights the deficiency of infection control program using conventional methods. Without the assistance of whole-genome sequencing, the transmissions of high-risk clones could not be identified.
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Sands K, Spiller OB, Thomson K, Portal EAR, Iregbu KC, Walsh TR. Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities. Infect Drug Resist 2022; 15:933-946. [PMID: 35299860 PMCID: PMC8921667 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s294156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Neonatal sepsis is defined as a systemic infection within the first 28 days of life, with early-onset sepsis (EOS) occurring within the first 72h, although the definition of EOS varies in literature. Whilst the global incidence has dramatically reduced over the last decade, neonatal sepsis remains an important cause of neonatal mortality, highest in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Symptoms at the onset of neonatal sepsis can be subtle, and therefore EOS is often difficult to diagnose from clinical presentation and laboratory testing and blood cultures are not always conclusive or accessible, especially in resource limited countries. Although the World Health Organisation (WHO) currently advocates a ß-lactam, and gentamicin for first line treatment, availability and cost influence the empirical antibiotic therapy administered. Antibiotic treatment of neonatal sepsis in LMICs is highly variable, partially caused by factors such as cost of antibiotics (and who pays for them) and access to certain antibiotics. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has increased considerably over the past decade and this review discusses current microbiology data available in the context of the diagnosis, and treatment for EOS. Importantly, this review highlights a large variability in data availability, methodology, availability of diagnostics, and aetiology of sepsis pathogens.
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- Kirsty Sands
- Ineos Institute of Antimicrobial Research, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Ineos Institute of Antimicrobial Research, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Ineos Institute of Antimicrobial Research, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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Zou H, Shen Y, Li C, Li Q. Two Phenotypes of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 Outbreak from Neonatal Sepsis with a Slight Increase in Virulence. Infect Drug Resist 2022; 15:1-12. [PMID: 35023933 PMCID: PMC8748007 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s343292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Purpose Severe infection has been the leading causes of neonatal death, especially the emergency of multidrug-resistant bacteria such as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. This study aimed to investigate the outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-KP) in neonatal wards and to explore the possible pathogenesis of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Materials and Methods CR-KP were collected from neonatal ward of Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children between 2017 and 2019. Broth microdilution method was used to evaluate the antimicrobial activities in vitro, at the same time, the virulence of the strain was evaluated by in vitro and in vivo experiments. At last, prokaryotic chain specific transcriptome sequencing was conducted to explore the possible pathogenesis of CR-KP. Results In this study, a total of 14 carbapenem-resistant-Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-KP) strains were isolated from Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, among which all CR-KP isolates were identified as NDM-1-producers. Molecular epidemiological studies revealed ST147 being the most common sequence type (ST). Moreover, we first found two phenotypes of K. pneumoniae with different virulence from the same specimen. Type I, which was a white and sticky colony had a slight increase in virulence with higher biofilm formation, serum resistance and virulence than Type II with gray colony. Compared with the Type II, 10 pathways were obviously changed in Type I especially amino acid metabolism, such as arginine and proline metabolism. Conclusion Our findings revealed a new potential threat of NDM-1-positive CR-KP with higher virulence in neonatal ICU ward. We found two phenotypes of K. pneumoniae with different virulent, which may be due to the difference expression of arginine and proline metabolism.
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- Hua Zou
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
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Bor M, Ilhan O. Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Risk Factors for Mortality. J Trop Pediatr 2021; 67:5890702. [PMID: 32778897 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmaa057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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AIM The aim of our study was to determine the factors associated with mortality in neonates with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP). MATERIAL AND METHODS This retrospective, single-center study was conducted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Harran University Faculty of Medicine between January 2017 and July 2018 who had CRKP growth in their blood, urine or cerebrospinal fluid cultures. The discharged group was designated as the control group (Group 1), whereas the group that faced mortality was classified as the case group (Group 2). The demographic data, clinical findings and laboratory and microbiological results of the two groups were compared to identify risk factors. RESULTS A total of 58 patients (36 in Group 1 and 22 in Group 2) exhibited CRKP growth during the study period. Low birth weight (p = 0.039), previous antifungal (p = 0.002) or amikacin use (p = 0.040), congenital anomalies (p = 0.002), total parenteral nutrition (TPN) administration (p = 0.002), surgery (p = 0.035), thrombocytopenia (p = 0.007), low platelet mass index (p = 0.011), elevated C-reactive protein (p = 0.004), high carbapenem minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) (p = 0.029) and high amikacin MIC (p = 0.019) were associated with mortality. In a multivariate regression analysis, previous antifungal use (p = 0.028), congenital anomalies (p = 0.032) and TPN use (p = 0.013) were independent factors in predicting mortality. CONCLUSION Previous antifungal use, congenital anomalies and TPN use were found to be independent risk factors for mortality in neonates with CRKP infection.
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- Meltem Bor
- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Harran University School of Medicine, Sanliurfa 63000, Turkey
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Harran University School of Medicine, Sanliurfa 63000, Turkey
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Lin Q, Wang Y, Yu J, Li S, Zhang Y, Wang H, Lai X, Liu D, Mao L, Luo Y, Tang G, Chen Z, Sun Z. Bacterial characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) colonized strains and their correlation with subsequent infection. BMC Infect Dis 2021; 21:638. [PMID: 34215214 PMCID: PMC8254368 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-06315-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Searching the risk factors for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infection is important in clinical practice. In the present study, we aim to investigate bacterial characteristics of colonizing strains and their correlation with subsequent CRE infection. METHODS Between May 2018 and January 2019, patients hospitalized in the department of haematology and intensive care unit (ICU) were screened for CRE by rectal swabs and monitored for the outcome of infection. We identified the species and carbapenemase-encoding genes of colonizing strains and performed antimicrobial susceptibility tests and multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Risk factors for subsequent CRE infections were ascertained by univariate and multivariable analysis. RESULTS We collected a total of 219 colonizing strains from 153 patients. Klebsiella pneumoniae was the most abundant species, and MLST analysis showed rich diversity. K. pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) was predominant in the infection group (72.4%). In the non-infection group, 35.4% of strains were non-carbapenemase-producing CRE (NCP-CRE), and New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) was predominant (42.2%). The rate of high-level carbapenem resistance (minimum inhibitory concentration [MIC] ≥ 64 mg/L for meropenem and ertapenem, ≥ 32 mg/L for imipenem) was remarkably higher in the infection group than in the non-infection group (P < 0.001). Univariate analysis showed that K. pneumoniae, high-level carbapenem resistance, CP-CRE and KPC-CRE were infection risk factors after CRE colonization. On multivariable analysis with different carbapenemase dichotomizations, KPC-CRE (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 4.507; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.339-15.171; P = 0.015) or imipenem MIC ≥ 32 mg/L (aOR, 9.515; 95% CI, 1.617-55.977; P = 0.013) were respectively identified as independent risk factors for subsequent infection. CONCLUSIONS Patients colonized with KPC-CRE or strains with an imipenem MIC ≥ 32 mg/L were at particularly high risk of subsequent CRE infections during their hospital stay.
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- Qun Lin
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Haematology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Nursing, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Nosocomial Infection Management, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Tongji Hospital, TongjiMedical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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Osei Sekyere J, Reta MA, Bernard Fourie P. Risk factors for, and molecular epidemiology and clinical outcomes of, carbapenem- and polymyxin-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections in pregnant women, infants, and toddlers: a systematic review and meta-analyses. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2021; 1502:54-71. [PMID: 34212401 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In the following systematic review and meta-analyses, we report several conclusions about resistance to carbapenem and polymyxin last-resort antibiotics for treating multidrug-resistant bacterial infections among pregnant women and infants. Resistance to carbapenems and polymyxins is increasing, even in otherwise vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, toddlers, and infants, for whom therapeutic options are limited. In almost all countries, carbapenem-/polymyxin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Acinetobacter baumannii infect and/or colonize neonates and pregnant women, causing periodic outbreaks with very high infant mortalities. Downregulation of plasmid-borne blaNDM , blaKPC , blaOXA-48 , blaIMP, blaVIM , blaGES-5 , and ompK35/36 in clonal strains accelerates the horizontal and vertical transmissions of carbapenem resistance among these pathogens. New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM)-positive isolates in infants/neonates have been mainly detected in China and India, while OXA-48-positive isolates in infants/neonates have been mainly detected in Africa. NDM-positive isolates in pregnant women have been found only in Madagascar. Antibiotic therapy, prolonged hospitalization, invasive procedures, mechanical ventilation, low birth weight, and preterm delivery have been common risk factors associated with carbapenem/polymyxin resistance. The use of polymyxins to treat carbapenem-resistant infections may be selecting for resistance to both agents, restricting therapeutic options for infected infants and pregnant women. Currently, low- and middle-income countries have the highest burden of these pathogens. Antibiotic stewardship, periodic rectal and vaginal screening, and strict infection control practices in neonatal ICUs are necessary to forestall future outbreaks and deaths.
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- John Osei Sekyere
- Molecular Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
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- Molecular Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
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- Molecular Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
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Tsioutis C, Eichel VM, Mutters NT. Transmission of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: the role of infection control. J Antimicrob Chemother 2021; 76:i4-i11. [PMID: 33534880 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkaa492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The worldwide spread of carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) in healthcare settings is worrying. Of particular concern is the occurrence of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP). In recent years, several guidelines and recommendations have focused on the control of carbapenem-resistant GNB. It remains, however, unknown to what extent individual infection control measures are effective. Our aim was to critically review the recent evidence regarding the effectiveness of measures to control KPC-KP spread in healthcare settings. METHODS Critical review of the literature aiming to evaluate, in accordance with published recommendations, all available studies reporting infection control (IC) measures to control KPC-KP published in the past 5 years. RESULTS Among 11 included studies, the majority consisted of outbreak reports, where application of measures was reported in the absence of control groups. Variability was observed related to the frequency of application of recommended measures for control of KPC-KP. Additional measures were recorded, such as environmental sampling and staff screening, whereas compliance with hand hygiene was measured in relatively few studies. Finally, mortality in patients harbouring KPC-KP was notable, reaching 42.9% of included patients. CONCLUSIONS Despite successful control of KPC-KP spread during outbreaks, the impact of individual IC measures is difficult to assess, as the quality of published evidence is low and controlled intervention studies are lacking. The distribution of studies, the number of reported cases and the high mortality rates, clearly show that KPC-KP remains a major healthcare problem worldwide.
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- Constantinos Tsioutis
- European Committee on Infection Control, Basel, Switzerland.,School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Heidelberg University Hospital, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Committee on Infection Control, Basel, Switzerland.,Bonn University Hospital, Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127, Bonn, Germany
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Mukherjee S, Mitra S, Dutta S, Basu S. Neonatal Sepsis: The Impact of Carbapenem-Resistant and Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021; 8:634349. [PMID: 34179032 PMCID: PMC8225938 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.634349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The convergence of a vulnerable population and a notorious pathogen is devastating, as seen in the case of sepsis occurring during the first 28 days of life (neonatal period). Sepsis leads to mortality, particularly in low-income countries (LICs) and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs). Klebsiella pneumoniae, an opportunistic pathogen is a leading cause of neonatal sepsis. The success of K. pneumoniae as a pathogen can be attributed to its multidrug-resistance and hypervirulent-pathotype. Though the WHO still recommends ampicillin and gentamicin for the treatment of neonatal sepsis, K. pneumoniae is rapidly becoming untreatable in this susceptible population. With escalating rates of cephalosporin use in health-care settings, the increasing dependency on carbapenems, a "last resort antibiotic," has led to the emergence of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae (CRKP). CRKP is reported from around the world causing outbreaks of neonatal infections. Carbapenem resistance in CRKP is largely mediated by highly transmissible plasmid-encoded carbapenemase enzymes, including KPC, NDM, and OXA-48-like enzymes. Further, the emergence of a more invasive and highly pathogenic hypervirulent K. pneumoniae (hvKP) pathotype in the clinical context poses an additional challenge to the clinicians. The deadly package of resistance and virulence has already limited therapeutic options in neonates with a compromised defense system. Although there are reports of CRKP infections, a review on neonatal sepsis due to CRKP/ hvKP is scarce. Here, we discuss the current understanding of neonatal sepsis with a focus on the global impact of the CRKP, provide a perspective regarding the possible acquisition and transmission of the CRKP and/or hvKP in neonates, and present strategies to effectively identify and combat these organisms.
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- Subhankar Mukherjee
- Division of Bacteriology, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India
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- Division of Bacteriology, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India
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- Division of Bacteriology, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India
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- Division of Bacteriology, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India
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Prescott K, Billam H, Yates C, Clarke M, Montgomery R, Staniforth K, Vaughan N, Boswell T, Mahida N. Outbreak of New Delhi Metallo-Beta-lactamase Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacterales on a bone marrow transplant unit: Role of the environment. Infect Prev Pract 2021; 3:100125. [PMID: 34368742 PMCID: PMC8336029 DOI: 10.1016/j.infpip.2021.100125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacterales (CPE) are a global health concern. Nosocomial outbreaks have been reported globally with patient-to-patient transmission felt to be the most frequent route of cross-transmission. AIM To describe the investigation and control of an outbreak of healthcare-associated New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM) CPE on a haematology ward, over 2 months. METHODS Four patients acquired CPE; all had gastrointestinal tract colonisation with two subsequently developing bacteraemias. The outbreak team performed a retrospective review, prospective case finding and environmental sampling using swabs, settle plates, air and water sampling. Immediate control measures were implemented including appropriate isolation of cases and additional ward cleaning with chlorine disinfectant, ultra-violet light decontamination and hydrogen peroxide. FINDINGS Following two cases of nosocomial acquired CPE prospective case finding identified two further cases. 4.6% of the initial environmental samples were positive for CPE including from waste water sites, the ward sluice and the ward kitchen. Three of the four CPE isolates were identical on pulse field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) typing. Detection of the CPE from the ward kitchen environmental samples suggests a possible role for cross transmission. CONCLUSION This is the first CPE outbreak report to highlight the role of a ward kitchen as a possible source of cross-transmission. In view of this we suggest ward kitchens are reviewed and investigated in nosocomial CPE outbreaks.
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- Katherine Prescott
- Department of Microbiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, England, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, England, UK
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- Infection Prevention & Control, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, England, UK
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- Infection Prevention & Control, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, England, UK
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- Infection Prevention & Control, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, England, UK
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- Infection Prevention & Control, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, England, UK
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- Infection Prevention & Control, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, England, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, England, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, England, UK
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Sands K, Carvalho MJ, Portal E, Thomson K, Dyer C, Akpulu C, Andrews R, Ferreira A, Gillespie D, Hender T, Hood K, Mathias J, Milton R, Nieto M, Taiyari K, Chan GJ, Bekele D, Solomon S, Basu S, Chattopadhyay P, Mukherjee S, Iregbu K, Modibbo F, Uwaezuoke S, Zahra R, Shirazi H, Muhammad A, Mazarati JB, Rucogoza A, Gaju L, Mehtar S, Bulabula ANH, Whitelaw A, Walsh TR. Characterization of antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative bacteria that cause neonatal sepsis in seven low- and middle-income countries. Nat Microbiol 2021; 6:512-523. [PMID: 33782558 PMCID: PMC8007471 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-021-00870-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Antimicrobial resistance in neonatal sepsis is rising, yet mechanisms of resistance that often spread between species via mobile genetic elements, ultimately limiting treatments in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), are poorly characterized. The Burden of Antibiotic Resistance in Neonates from Developing Societies (BARNARDS) network was initiated to characterize the cause and burden of antimicrobial resistance in neonatal sepsis for seven LMICs in Africa and South Asia. A total of 36,285 neonates were enrolled in the BARNARDS study between November 2015 and December 2017, of whom 2,483 were diagnosed with culture-confirmed sepsis. Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 258) was the main cause of neonatal sepsis, with Serratia marcescens (n = 151), Klebsiella michiganensis (n = 117), Escherichia coli (n = 75) and Enterobacter cloacae complex (n = 57) also detected. We present whole-genome sequencing, antimicrobial susceptibility and clinical data for 916 out of 1,038 neonatal sepsis isolates (97 isolates were not recovered from initial isolation at local sites). Enterobacterales (K. pneumoniae, E. coli and E. cloacae) harboured multiple cephalosporin and carbapenem resistance genes. All isolated pathogens were resistant to multiple antibiotic classes, including those used to treat neonatal sepsis. Intraspecies diversity of K. pneumoniae and E. coli indicated that multiple antibiotic-resistant lineages cause neonatal sepsis. Our results will underpin research towards better treatments for neonatal sepsis in LMICs.
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- Kirsty Sands
- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
- Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- National Hospital Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria
- 54gene, Lagos, Nigeria
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Medical Critical Care, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Division of Bacteriology, ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Neonatology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Neonatology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata, India
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- National Hospital Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria
- 54gene, Lagos, Nigeria
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- Department of Microbiology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- The National Reference Laboratory, Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Kigali, Rwanda
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- The National Reference Laboratory, Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Kigali, Rwanda
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- Unit of IPC, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
- Infection Control Africa Network, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Infection Control Africa Network, Cape Town, South Africa
- Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Medical Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
- National Health Laboratory Service, Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, Department of Zoology, Oxford, UK
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Pei N, Liu Q, Cheng X, Liang T, Jian Z, Wang S, Zhong Y, He J, Zhou M, Kristiansen K, Chen W, Liu W, Li J. Longitudinal Study of the Drug Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae of a Tertiary Hospital, China: Phenotypic Epidemiology Analysis (2013-2018). Infect Drug Resist 2021; 14:613-626. [PMID: 33628037 PMCID: PMC7898056 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s294989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Purpose Multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (MDR KP) is spreading worldwide and has posed a huge medical burden to public health. However, studies on drug resistance surveillance of KP, especially MDR KP, with a large longitudinal sample size in a tertiary hospital are rare. This study aims to investigate phenotypic epidemiology characteristics of 4128 KP isolates in a Chinese tertiary hospital covering a period of 5 years. Methods All the KP clinical isolates were retrospectively collected from a tertiary hospital in Hunan province of China from Jan 5, 2013 to Jul 24, 2018. All the isolates were identified by MALDI-TOF MS analysis. Twenty-four antimicrobial agents were tested by antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Fisher exact test and logistic regression were used to analyze the association between clinical factors and antimicrobial non-susceptibility for seven second-choice antimicrobials. Results A total of 4128 KP isolates were collected in our study. The non-susceptible rates (NSRs) to ertapenem, imipenem and tigecycline increased considerably from 2013 to 2018 (13.6% to 28.6%, 10.1% to 28.9%, 10.8% to 46.5%, respectively). Amikacin presents the lowest NSR among 3 aminoglycosides (3.8–22.8%). The multi-drug NSRs among KP isolates to second-choice antimicrobials (88.6–100%) were higher than to all drugs (68.0%). The NSRs varied significantly among departments and sample sources. Higher ETP/IPM/AK NSRs (39.8/39.7/30.6%) were observed in Intensive Care Unit, and ETP/IPM non-susceptible isolates tended to distribute in cerebrospinal fluid. From 2015 to 2017, the NSRs of ETP, IPM, and AK showed an opposite trend of seasonal fluctuations to SXT. Conclusion Higher multi-drug resistance (MDR) rates were observed in KP isolates to second-choice antimicrobials than to others, among which MDR rates to carbapenems or AK are the highest. A unique pattern of MIC and time distributions of MDR were observed. Clinical factors including gender were correlated with MDR rates of KP. Isolates in ICU and CSF showed higher NSRs in carbapenems which should be paid more attention to, and temporal distribution of NSRs was observed.
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- Na Pei
- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, People's Republic of China.,Laboratory of Genomics and Molecular Biomedicine, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Unknown Pathogen Identification, Shenzhen, 518083, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People's Republic of China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, People's Republic of China.,School of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,BGI Education Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518083, People's Republic of China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, People's Republic of China.,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Unknown Pathogen Identification, Shenzhen, 518083, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People's Republic of China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, People's Republic of China.,Laboratory of Genomics and Molecular Biomedicine, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, People's Republic of China.,BGI Education Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518083, People's Republic of China.,BGI PathoGenesis Pharmaceutical Technology, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People's Republic of China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, People's Republic of China.,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Unknown Pathogen Identification, Shenzhen, 518083, People's Republic of China
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Qamar MU, Lopes BS, Hassan B, Khurshid M, Shafique M, Atif Nisar M, Mohsin M, Nawaz Z, Muzammil S, Aslam B, Ejaz H, Toleman MA. The present danger of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase: a threat to public health. Future Microbiol 2020; 15:1759-1778. [PMID: 33404261 DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2020-0069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The evolution of antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative pathogens is a substantial menace to public health sectors, notably in developing countries because of the scarcity of healthcare facilities. New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) is a potent β-lactam enzyme able to hydrolyze several available antibiotics. NDM was identified from the clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli from a Swedish patient in New Delhi, India. This enzyme horizontally passed on to various Gram-negative bacteria developing resistance against a variety of antibiotics which cause treatment crucial. These bacteria increase fatality rates and play an integral role in the economic burden. The efficient management of NDM-producing isolates requires the coordination between each healthcare setting in a region. In this review, we present the prevalence of NDM in children, fatality and the economic burden of resistant bacteria, the clonal spread of NDM harboring bacteria and modern techniques for the detection of NDM producing pathogens.
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- Muhammad Usman Qamar
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, AB24 3DR, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infection & Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, CF10 3AT, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, 5042, Australia
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Al Jouf, 72388, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infection & Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, CF10 3AT, Cardiff, UK
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Lepuschitz S, Hauser K, Schriebl A, Schlagenhaufen C, Stöger A, Chakeri A, Vötsch K, Pekard-Amenitsch S, Springer B, Allerberger F, Ruppitsch W. Fecal Klebsiella pneumoniae Carriage Is Intermittent and of High Clonal Diversity. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:581081. [PMID: 33324367 PMCID: PMC7721676 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.581081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The Klebsiella pneumoniae complex comprises several closely related entities, which are ubiquitous in the natural environment, including in plants, animals, and humans. K. pneumoniae is the major species within this complex. K. pneumoniae strains are opportunistic pathogens and a common cause of healthcare-associated infections. K. pneumoniae can colonize the human gastrointestinal tract, which may become a reservoir for infection. The aim of this study was to investigate the fecal K. pneumoniae carriage in six healthy individuals during a 1 year period. Stool samples were obtained once a week. Using direct and pre-enriched cultures streaked on ampicillin-supplemented agar plates, up to eight individual colonies per positive sample were selected for further characterization. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) was performed for strain characterization. Sequence type (ST), core genome complex type (CT), K and O serotypes, virulence traits, antibiotic resistance profiles, and plasmids were extracted from WGS data. In total, 80 K. pneumoniae isolates were obtained from 48 positive cultures of 278 stool samples from five of the six test subjects. The samples of the five colonized volunteers yielded at most two, three, four (two persons), and five different strains, respectively. These 80 K. pneumoniae isolates belonged to 60 STs, including nine new STs; they were of 70 CTs, yielded 48 K serotypes, 11 O serotypes, and 39 wzc and 51 wzi alleles. Four of the five subjects harbored serotypes K20 and K47, as well as STs ST37, ST101, ST1265, and ST20, which had previously been linked to high-risk K. pneumoniae clones. In total, 25 genes conferring antibiotic resistance and 42 virulence genes were detected among all 80 isolates. Plasmids of 15 different types were found among 65 of the isolates. Fecal carriage of individual strains was of short duration: 70 strains were found on a single sampling day only, and 5 strains were isolated in samples collected over two consecutive weeks. Two of the five colonized individuals—working colleagues having meals together—shared identical K. pneumoniae types four times during the study period. Our findings point toward the potential role of food as a reservoir for K. pneumoniae in humans.
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- Sarah Lepuschitz
- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Graz, Austria
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- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Graz, Austria
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- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Graz, Austria
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- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Graz, Austria
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- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Graz, Austria
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- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Graz, Austria
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- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Graz, Austria
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- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Graz, Austria
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- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Graz, Austria
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- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Graz, Austria
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- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Graz, Austria
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Herridge WP, Shibu P, O’Shea J, Brook TC, Hoyles L. Bacteriophages of Klebsiella spp., their diversity and potential therapeutic uses. J Med Microbiol 2020; 69:176-194. [PMID: 31976857 PMCID: PMC7431098 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.001141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Klebsiella spp. are commensals of the human microbiota, and a leading cause of opportunistic nosocomial infections. The incidence of multidrug resistant (MDR) strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae causing serious infections is increasing, and Klebsiella oxytoca is an emerging pathogen. Alternative strategies to tackle infections caused by these bacteria are required as strains become resistant to last-resort antibiotics such as colistin. Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses that can infect and kill bacteria. They and their gene products are now being considered as alternatives or adjuncts to antimicrobial therapies. Several in vitro and in vivo studies have shown the potential for lytic phages to combat MDR K. pneumoniae infections. Ready access to cheap sequencing technologies has led to a large increase in the number of genomes available for Klebsiella-infecting phages, with these phages being heterogeneous at the whole-genome level. This review summarizes our current knowledge on phages of Klebsiella spp. and highlights technological and biological issues relevant to the development of phage-based therapies targeting these bacteria.
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- Warren P. Herridge
- Department of Biosciences, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK
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- Life Sciences, University of Westminster, 115 Cavendish Street, London W1W 6UW, UK
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- Department of Biosciences, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK
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- Life Sciences, University of Westminster, 115 Cavendish Street, London W1W 6UW, UK
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- Department of Biosciences, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK
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Overestimated discriminatory power of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for typing of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clones. Epidemiol Infect 2019; 147:e324. [PMID: 31845635 PMCID: PMC7006016 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268819002097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Homology surveillance of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) is critical to monitor and prevent outbreaks of nosocomial infections. In the present study, a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation-time of flight (MALDI-TOF MS)-based method was evaluated as a rapid tool for typing CRKP in comparison with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multi locus sequence typing (MLST). Drug-resistant phenotypes and genotypes of 44 CRKP isolates were detected by microdilution broth method and polymerase chain reaction, and typed by PFGE, MLST and MALDI-TOF MS. Simpson's Index of Diversity was used to evaluate taxonomic diversity, Adjusted Rand Index (ARI) for congruence between the typing methods and Wallace coefficients (W) for the ability of either method to predict each other. Forty-four CRKP isolates of 15 sequence types (STs) produced either NDM-1 (n = 16), NDM-5 (n = 9) or KPC-2 (n = 19) carbapenemases. PFGE differentiated these isolates into 16 distinct types, and two deoxyribonucleic acid profiles were assigned to ST337 and ST11, respectively. MALDI-TOF MS failed to clearly delineate between clusters on dendrograms based on principal components analysis and main spectrum profile. The chosen parameters resulted in a maximum ARI of 0.310 (95% CI 0.088-0.531) between MALDI-TOF MS typing and the PFGE reference, indicating a low ability of the former to correctly identify related isolates. Likewise, the maximum W coefficient of 0.367 (95% CI 0.203-0.532) showed that MALDI-TOF MS had a lower predictive power than PFGE. We conclude that MALDI-TOF MS lacks the discriminatory power necessary for clone assignment of CRKP isolates and consequently cannot be considered as a rapid and creditable method for this purpose.
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Gu B, Bi R, Cao X, Qian H, Hu R, Ma P. Clonal dissemination of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 and ST48 clone among multiple departments in a tertiary teaching hospital in Jiangsu Province, China. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2019; 7:716. [PMID: 32042732 DOI: 10.21037/atm.2019.12.01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Background The world-wide prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) poses a threat to the public health. The objective of this study was to determine the epidemiological and molecular patterns of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) clinical isolates. Methods In this study, a total of 82 non-duplicated CRKP isolates were analyzed for the prevalence of resistant determinants including carbapenemase, extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBLs), and AmpC as well as integrons and cassette regions by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing. The genetic relatedness was investigated by pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multi-locus sequencing typing (MLST). Results Overall, bla KPC-2 (n=75) was the predominant carbapenemase gene, followed by high prevalence of bla SHV (92.7%) and bla CTX-M (90.2%). PFGE and MLST analysis revealed that 65 out of 68 KPC-2-producing CRKP belonged to the ST11 clone and were distributed mainly in the department of neurology ICU. Moreover, first report on clonal dissemination of KPC-2-producing CRKP ST48 clone and NDM-5-producing CRKP ST337 clone was also identified. Class I integron were detected in 17 (20.7%) of 82 isolates with aadA2 being the most common cassette. And a novel cassette array of integron, aac(6')-II-bla CARB/PSE-1 was identified. Conclusions All in all, KPC-2-producing CRKP ST11 and ST48 clone were widely disseminated in multiple departments of our hospital, which triggers the need for active surveillance and implementation of infection control measures.
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- Bing Gu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221002, China.,Medical Technology Institute of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Medical Technology Institute of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Suzhou Science and Technology Town Hospital, Suzhou 215163, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Wuxi Second Hospital, Wuxi 214000, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221002, China.,Medical Technology Institute of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China
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Kong Z, Cai R, Cheng C, Zhang C, Kang H, Ma P, Gu B. First Reported Nosocomial Outbreak Of NDM-5-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae In A Neonatal Unit In China. Infect Drug Resist 2019; 12:3557-3566. [PMID: 31814744 PMCID: PMC6863125 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s218945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Purpose Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) have emerged worldwide and also being a major threat to children and neonate. In this study, we describe a nosocomial outbreak of NDM-5-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in neonatal unit of a teaching hospital in China from September 2015 to September 2016. Patients and methods We collected 12 carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae outbreak strains from 12 newborns and characterized these isolates for their antimicrobial susceptibility, clone relationships, and multi-locus sequence types using vitek-2 compact system, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multi-locus sequence typing (MLST). Resistant genes were detected by using PCR and sequencing. Plasmid conjugation experiment was carried out to determine the transferability of carbapenem resistance. PCR-based replicon typing (PBRT), S1 nuclease-PFGE, and southern blotting were conducted for plasmid profiling. Results All 12 K. pneumoniae isolates were resistant to carbapenems and carried blaNDM-5, blaTEM-1 and blaSHV-11. Furthermore, PFGE analysis showed that NDM-5-producing K. pneumoniae were clonally related and MLST assigned them to sequence type 337. Conjugative assays showed that plasmids harboring blaNDM-5 gene were self-transmissible. Plasmid analysis suggested that all blaNDM-5 gene located on a ~45 kb IncX3 type plasmid. Conclusion To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a clone outbreak of blaNDM-5-carrying K. pneumoniae isolates from neonates. There is an urgent need for effective infection control measures to prevent blaNDM-5 variants from becoming epidemic in the neonates in the future.
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- Ziyan Kong
- Medical Technology School, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China
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- Medical Technology School, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China
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- Medical Technology School, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, XuZhou Children's Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China
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- Medical Technology School, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China
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Wang Q, Wang X, Wang J, Ouyang P, Jin C, Wang R, Zhang Y, Jin L, Chen H, Wang Z, Zhang F, Cao B, Xie L, Liao K, Gu B, Yang C, Liu Z, Ma X, Jin L, Zhang X, Man S, Li W, Pei F, Xu X, Jin Y, Ji P, Wang H. Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: Data From a Longitudinal Large-scale CRE Study in China (2012-2016). Clin Infect Dis 2019; 67:S196-S205. [PMID: 30423057 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) strains are a major threat to global health. The development of effective control measures requires more detailed phenotypic and genotypic characterization of CRE. Methods CRE isolates were collected from 65 hospitals in 25 provinces across China between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2016. The isolates were characterized by antimicrobial susceptibility testing and multilocus sequence typing. Genes encoding carbapenemases, mobilized colistin resistance (mcr-1), and β-lactamases were detected by polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing. Results A total of 1801 independent CRE isolates (1201 Klebsiella pneumoniae, 282 Escherichia coli, and 179 Enterobacter cloacae) were collected during the study period. Overall, 96.9%, 89.7%, 54.5%, 49.9%, and 40% of CRE strains were susceptible to colistin, tigecycline, amikacin, minocycline, and fosfomycin, respectively. Notably, 1091/1201 (91%) K. pneumoniae, 225/282 (80%) E. coli, and 129/179 (72%) E. cloacae harbored carbapenemase gene. K. pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) was predominant in K. pneumoniae (77%), whereas New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) was predominant in E. coli (75%) and E. cloacae (53%). The mcr-1 gene was detected in 13 NDM-carrying E. coli isolates (4.6%). Sequence type (ST)11 and ST167 were predominant among the 100 K. pneumoniae and 47 E. coli STs, respectively. KPC-ST11, which accounted for 64% of K. pneumoniae isolates, had higher levels of resistance than non-ST11 strains to aztreonam, fosfomycin, and amikacin (P < .001). The proportions of KPC and NDM enzymes in CRE increased from 2012 to 2016 (54%-59% and 12%-28%, respectively). Conclusions The number of CRE strains harboring carbapenemase is increasing. KPC-ST11 K. pneumoniae, the predominant strain, shows a reduced susceptibility to most available antibiotics.
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- Qi Wang
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha, Hunan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha, Hunan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, and National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha, Hunan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Medical Technology Institute of Xuzhou Medical University, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Jiangsu
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University
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- Department of Medical Laboratory center, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Gansu
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Fujian
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Hospital of Qinhuangdao, Hebei
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Henan Province Hospital of TCM, Zhengzhou
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tengzhou Central People's Hospital, Shandong
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Jinan Central Hospital, Shandong
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumchi, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing
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Cheng P, Li F, Liu R, Yang Y, Xiao T, Ishfaq M, Xu G, Zhang X. Prevalence and molecular epidemiology characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli in Heilongjiang Province, China. Infect Drug Resist 2019; 12:2505-2518. [PMID: 31496764 PMCID: PMC6697665 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s208122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Objective This retrospective study was conducted to determine the prevalence and molecular epidemiology characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli (CRE). Methods A total of 593 Escherichia coli (E. coli) isolates were recovered from pigs and urban river from 2009 to 2014 in Heilongjiang Province of China. Forty CRE including 22 strains isolated from fecal samples of pigs and 18 strains isolated from water samples were selected. PCR detection of resistance determinants, multi-locus sequence typing (MLST), pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and phylogenetic groups were performed to characterize CRE isolates. Conjugation experiments, plasmid stability testing, PCR-based replicon typing (PBRT), and PCR mapping were conducted to analyze blaNDM-carrying plasmids. In vitro time–growth studies and competition experiments were carried out to assess the fitness impact of NDM carriage. Results Five NDM-1-positive E. coli isolates were identified from water samples. Genetic environment analysis revealed that a cluster of genes (ISAba125-blaNDM-1-bleMBL-ΔtrpF) was detected in all of the NDM-1-positive isolates. Conjugation assays showed that blaNDM-1 could be successfully transferred to E. coli J53 from 5 donor strains at frequencies of 4.6×10−5 to 2.6×10−2. The plasmids from all transconjugants belonged to different plasmid replicon types including IncA/C (n=2), IncFII (n=1) and IncX3 (n=2). In vitro time–growth studies revealed that blaNDM-1 did not have a significant impact on cell proliferation. Meanwhile, competition experiments showed that the acquisition of blaNDM-1 can place an energy burden on the bacterial host and incur fitness cost. However, plasmid stability testing showed that blaNDM-1-carrying plasmid remained stable in the hosts after seven passages without antimicrobial selection. Conclusion The study revealed the early molecular epidemiology and dissemination characteristics of CRE. In addition, the overall antimicrobial resistance in E. coli recovered from water samples is higher than the strains isolated from fecal samples of pigs. Furthermore, we isolated and identified five NDM-1-producing E. coli strains from water samples.
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- Ping Cheng
- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Pharmaceutical Development, Faculty of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, People's Republic of China
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- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Pharmaceutical Development, Faculty of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, People's Republic of China
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- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Pharmaceutical Development, Faculty of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, People's Republic of China
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- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Pharmaceutical Development, Faculty of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, People's Republic of China
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- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Pharmaceutical Development, Faculty of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, People's Republic of China
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- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Pharmaceutical Development, Faculty of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, People's Republic of China
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- First Department of Respiratory Disease, Inflammation and Allergic Diseases Research Unit, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, People's Republic of China
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- Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Pharmaceutical Development, Faculty of Basic Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, People's Republic of China
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Justo-da-Silva LH, De-Azeredo AN, Bueno AC, Montezzi LF, Leobons MBGP, Alves MS, de Souza Inhaquite P, Santos RR, Girão VBC, da Cunha AJLA, Pessoa-Silva CL, Picão RC, Hofer CB, Santoro-Lopes G, Riley LW, Moreira BM. Diversity of clonal types of Klebsiella pneumoniae causing infections in intensive care neonatal patients in a large urban setting. Braz J Microbiol 2019; 50:935-942. [PMID: 31401781 DOI: 10.1007/s42770-019-00128-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Klebsiella infections are reported from neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) worldwide, but data on their incidence and genetic diversity remain scarce. OBJECTIVE We determined the incidence and genetic diversity of Klebsiella infections in NICU patients in Rio de Janeiro. METHODS This was a prospective study including newborns admitted to NICU in three hospitals during April 2005-November 2006 and March 2008-February 2009. Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates were genotyped by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) were characterized. RESULTS Klebsiella infections occurred in 38 of 3984 patients (incidence rate, 9.5/1000 admissions); 14 (37%) of these 38 newborns died. Two clonal groups, CC45 and CC1041, caused 11 cases (42% of K. pneumoniae infection). Ten (32%) of the isolates causing infection produced ESBL, 9 of which (83%) carried blaCTX-M-15, all belonging to clonal complex (CC) 45 and CC1041. Nine of these ESBL-producing isolates were confined to only one of the NICUs. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS The high incidence of Klebsiella infections in NICU in Rio de Janeiro appeared to be due to a combination of frequent sporadic infections caused by multiple K. pneumoniae genotypes and small outbreaks caused by dominant multidrug-resistant clones.
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- Livia Helena Justo-da-Silva
- Instituto de Microbiologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, Lab I2-59, 21941-902, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, Lab I2-59, 21941-902, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto de Microbiologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, Lab I2-59, 21941-902, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto de Microbiologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, Lab I2-59, 21941-902, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, Lab I2-59, 21941-902, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, Lab I2-59, 21941-902, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto de Microbiologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, Lab I2-59, 21941-902, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, Lab I2-59, 21941-902, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, Lab I2-59, 21941-902, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto de Microbiologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, Lab I2-59, 21941-902, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Domokos J, Damjanova I, Kristof K, Ligeti B, Kocsis B, Szabo D. Multiple Benefits of Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance Determinants in Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 High-Risk Clone and Recently Emerging ST307 Clone. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:157. [PMID: 30809206 PMCID: PMC6379276 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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International high-risk clones of Klebsiella pneumoniae are among the most common nosocomial pathogens. Increased diversity of plasmid-encoded antimicrobial resistance genes facilitates spread of these clones causing significant therapeutic difficulties. The purpose of our study was to investigate fluoroquinolone resistance in extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing strains, including four K. pneumoniae and a single K. oxytoca, isolated from blood cultures in Hungary. Whole-genome sequencing and molecular typing including multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) were performed in selected strains. Gene expression of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants (PMQR) was investigated by quantitative-PCR. MLST revealed that three K. pneumoniae strains belonged to ST11 and one to ST307 whereas K. oxytoca belonged to ST52. The isolates harbored different β-lactamase genes, however, all K. pneumoniae uniformly carried blaCTX-M-15. The K. pneumoniae isolates exhibited resistance to fluoroquinolones and carried various PMQR genes namely, two ST11 strains harbored qnrB4, the ST307 strain harbored qnrB1 and all K. pneumoniae harbored oqxAB efflux pump. Levofloxacin and moxifloxacin MIC values of K. pneumoniae ST11 and ST307 clones correlated with qnr and oqxAB expression levels. The qnrA1 carrying K. oxytoca ST52 exhibited reduced susceptibility to fluoroquinolones. The maintained expression of qnr genes in parallel with chromosomal mutations indicate an additional protective role of Qnr proteins that can support dissemination of high-risk clones. During development of high-level fluoroquinolone resistance, high-risk clones retain fitness thus, enabling them for dissemination in hospital environment. Based on our knowledge this is the first report of ST307 clone in Hungary, that is emerging as a potential high-risk clone worldwide. High-level fluoroquinolone resistance in parallel with upregulated PMQR gene expression are linked to high-risk K. pneumoniae clones.
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- Judit Domokos
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.,Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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NDM Metallo-β-Lactamases and Their Bacterial Producers in Health Care Settings. Clin Microbiol Rev 2019; 32:32/2/e00115-18. [PMID: 30700432 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00115-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 385] [Impact Index Per Article: 77.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) is a metallo-β-lactamase able to hydrolyze almost all β-lactams. Twenty-four NDM variants have been identified in >60 species of 11 bacterial families, and several variants have enhanced carbapenemase activity. Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli are the predominant carriers of bla NDM, with certain sequence types (STs) (for K. pneumoniae, ST11, ST14, ST15, or ST147; for E. coli, ST167, ST410, or ST617) being the most prevalent. NDM-positive strains have been identified worldwide, with the highest prevalence in the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, and the Balkans. Most bla NDM-carrying plasmids belong to limited replicon types (IncX3, IncFII, or IncC). Commonly used phenotypic tests cannot specifically identify NDM. Lateral flow immunoassays specifically detect NDM, and molecular approaches remain the reference methods for detecting bla NDM Polymyxins combined with other agents remain the mainstream options of antimicrobial treatment. Compounds able to inhibit NDM have been found, but none have been approved for clinical use. Outbreaks caused by NDM-positive strains have been reported worldwide, attributable to sources such as contaminated devices. Evidence-based guidelines on prevention and control of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria are available, although none are specific for NDM-positive strains. NDM will remain a severe challenge in health care settings, and more studies on appropriate countermeasures are required.
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Bi R, Kong Z, Qian H, Jiang F, Kang H, Gu B, Ma P. High Prevalence of bla NDM Variants Among Carbapenem-Resistant Escherichia coli in Northern Jiangsu Province, China. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2704. [PMID: 30483231 PMCID: PMC6243109 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The continuous emergence of carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli (CRECO) presents a great challenge to public health. New Delhi metallo-lactamase (NDM) variants are widely disseminated in China, so the research on the prevalence and transmission of diverse blaNDM variants is urgently needed. In the present study, 54 CRECO isolates were collected from 1,185 Escherichia coli isolates in five hospitals in Northern Jiangsu Province, China from September 2015 to August 2016. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests, PCR detection of resistance determinants, multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) were performed to characterize these strains. Plasmid conjugation experiments were carried out to determine the transferability of resistant genes from selected isolates. PCR-based replicon typing (PBRT), S1 nuclease-PFGE, and Southern blotting were conducted for plasmid profiling. Carbapenemase genes were detectable in all CRECO isolates, among which thirty-one CRECO isolates were found to carry blaNDM−5 (54.7%), while, blaNDM−1, blaNDM−7, blaNDM−4, blaNDM−9, and blaKPC−2 were identified in 14, five, two, one, and one isolates, respectively. MLST results revealed 15 different STs and four new STs were first reported to be linked with NDM-producing isolates. PFGE typing showed that no more than two isolates with the same ST appeared to the same band pattern except three ST410 isolates. Twenty-six selected NDM-producing isolates were successfully transferred to E. coli J53 by conjugation experiments. Notably, 50.0% (13/26) of blaNDM variants were found to be carried by ~55 kb IncX3 plasmid. Our study reported a high prevalence of blaNDM variants, especially blaNDM−5, in Northern Jiangsu province, China. Diverse blaNDM variants were mainly carried by ~55 kb IncX3 plasmids, suggesting that the fast evolution and high transferability of this kind of plasmid promote the high prevalence of blaNDM variants. Therefore, large-scale surveillance and effective infection control measures are also urgently needed to prevent diverse blaNDM variants from becoming epidemic in the future.
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- Ruru Bi
- Medical Technology School, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Medical Technology School, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Medical Technology School, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Medical Technology School, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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Sekizuka T, Yatsu K, Inamine Y, Segawa T, Nishio M, Kishi N, Kuroda M. Complete Genome Sequence of a blaKPC-2-Positive Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain Isolated from the Effluent of an Urban Sewage Treatment Plant in Japan. mSphere 2018; 3:e00314-18. [PMID: 30232165 PMCID: PMC6147131 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00314-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) and the bacteria that harbor them are widely distributed in the environment, especially in surface water, sewage treatment plant effluent, soil, and animal waste. In this study, we isolated a KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain (GSU10-3) from a sampling site in Tokyo Bay, Japan, near a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and determined its complete genome sequence. Strain GSU10-3 is resistant to most β-lactam antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents (quinolones and aminoglycosides). This strain is classified as sequence type 11 (ST11), and a core genome phylogenetic analysis indicated that strain GSU10-3 is closely related to KPC-2-positive Chinese clinical isolates from 2011 to 2017 and is clearly distinct from strains isolated from the European Union (EU), United States, and other Asian countries. Strain GSU10-3 harbors four plasmids, including a blaKPC-2-positive plasmid, pGSU10-3-3 (66.2 kb), which is smaller than other blaKPC-2-positive plasmids and notably carries dual replicons (IncFII [pHN7A8] and IncN). Such downsizing and the presence of dual replicons may promote its maintenance and stable replication, contributing to its broad host range with low fitness costs. A second plasmid, pGSU10-3-1 (159.0 kb), an IncA/C2 replicon, carries a class 1 integron (containing intI1, dfrA12, aadA2, qacEΔ1, and sul1) with a high degree of similarity to a broad-host-range plasmid present in the family Enterobacteriaceae The plasmid pGSU10-3-2 (134.8 kb), an IncFII(K) replicon, carries the IS26-mediated ARGs [aac(6')Ib-cr,blaOXA-1, catB4 (truncated), and aac(3)-IId], tet(A), and a copper/arsenate resistance locus. GSU10-3 is the first nonclinical KPC-2-producing environmental Enterobacteriaceae isolate from Japan for which the whole genome has been sequenced.IMPORTANCE We isolated and determined the complete genome sequence of a KPC-2-producing K. pneumoniae strain from a sampling site in Tokyo Bay, Japan, near a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). In Japan, the KPC type has been very rarely detected, while IMP is the most predominant type of carbapenemase in clinical carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) isolates. Although laboratory testing thus far suggested that Japan may be virtually free of KPC-producing Enterobacteriaceae, we have detected it from effluent from a WWTP. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) monitoring of WWTP effluent may contribute to the early detection of future AMR bacterial dissemination in clinical settings and communities; indeed, it will help illuminate the whole picture in which environmental contamination through WWTP effluent plays a part.
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- Tsuyoshi Sekizuka
- Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Tokyo, Japan
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- Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Tokyo, Japan
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- Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Tokyo, Japan
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- Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Tokyo, Japan
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- Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Tokyo, Japan
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- Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Tokyo, Japan
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- Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Tokyo, Japan
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Whole genome sequence revealed the fine transmission map of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumonia isolates within a nosocomial outbreak. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2018; 7:70. [PMID: 29881543 PMCID: PMC5984795 DOI: 10.1186/s13756-018-0363-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) is a major cause of nosocomial infections worldwide. The transmission route of CRKP isolates within an outbreak is rarely described. This study aimed to reveal the molecular characteristics and transmission route of CRKP isolates within an outbreak of nosocomial infection. Methods Collecting case information, active screening and targeted environmental monitoring were carried out. The antibiotic susceptibility, drug-resistant genes, molecular subtype and whole genome sequence of CRKP strains were analyzed. Results Between October and December 2011, 26 CRKP isolates were collected from eight patients in a surgical intensive care unit and subsequent transfer wards of Beijing Tongren hospital, China. All 26 isolates harbored blaKPC-2, blaSHV-1, and blaCTX-M-15 genes, had the same or similar pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns, and belonged to the sequence type 11 (ST11) clone. By comprehensive consideration of genomic and epidemiological information, a putative transmission map was constructed, including identifying one case as an independent event distinct from the other seven cases, and revealing two transmissions starting from the same case. Conclusions This study provided the first report confirming an outbreak caused by K. pneumoniae ST11 clone co-harboring the blaKPC-2, blaCTX-M-15, and blaSHV-1 genes, and suggested that comprehensive consideration of genomic and epidemiological data can yield a fine transmission map of an outbreak and facilitate the control of nosocomial transmission.
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Frequency of virulence factors in high biofilm formation bla KPC-2 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains from hospitals. Microb Pathog 2018; 116:168-172. [PMID: 29360567 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2018.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Revised: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of virulence genes in high biofilm formation blaKPC-2 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains collected over a period of two years. A total of 43 non-repetitive high biofilm blaKPC-2 producing isolates were screened from 429 strains. The MIC of carbapenems (imipenem and meropenem) ranged from 4 to 32 μg/ml. The OD595 value of the biofilm ranged from 0.56 to 2.56. The K1, K2, K5, K20, K54, K57 genotypes, MLST and virulence factors, including entB, ybtS, mrkD, fimH, rmpA, allS, iutA, kfu, wcaG, aerobaction, fecIRA, shiF, magA and pagO gene, were determined by PCR. The results showed that, among the 43 isolates, 5 of 43 were K1 type, 25 of 43 were K2 type, 4 strains and 2 strains were K5 and K57 respectively. The MLST results showed that 23/43 strains were ST11, followed by ST433(4/43), ST107(4/43), ST690(4/43), ST304(2/43), ST2058(1/43), ST1(1/43), ST146(1/43), ST914(1/43), ST2636(1/43), ST2637(1/43). As to the virulence factors, all 43 strains carried entB, ybtS and mrkD gene, followed by fimH(38/43), rmpA(14/43), allS(34/43), iutA(27/43), kfu(25/43), wcaG(21/43), aerobaction(16/43), fecIRA(15/43), shiF(10/43), magA(5/43) and pagO(5/43). This study demonstrated that high frequency of virulence factors emerging in high biofim blaKPC-2 producing strains. It also suggested that we should continue to focus on the toxicity variation and it's high time to enhance clinical awareness to the infections causing by Klebsiella pneumoniae.
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Zhou Y, Zhu X, Hou H, Lu Y, Yu J, Mao L, Mao L, Sun Z. Characteristics of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli among children under 5 years of age with acute diarrhea: a hospital based study. BMC Infect Dis 2018; 18:63. [PMID: 29390982 PMCID: PMC5796495 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2936-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Diarrhea is the leading infectious cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Among bacterial agents, diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) is the major causal agent of childhood diarrhea in developing countries, particularly in children under the age of 5 years. Here, we performed a hospital-based prospective study to explore the pathotype distribution, epidemiological characteristics and antibiotic resistance patterns of DEC from < 5-year-old diarrheal children. METHODS Between August 2015 and September 2016, 684 stool samples were collected from children (< 5 years old) with acute diarrhea. All samples were cultured and identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and biochemical tests. PCR was used for subtyping, and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) isolates were identified simultaneously with serology. Furthermore, antimicrobial sensitivity tests and sequencing of antibiotic resistance-related genes were conducted. RESULTS DEC strains were identified in 7.9% of the 684 stool samples. Among them, the most commonly detected pathotype was EPEC (50.0% of DEC), of which 77.8% were classified as atypical EPEC (aEPEC). Age and seasonal distribution revealed that DEC tended to infect younger children and to occur in summer/autumn periods. Multidrug-resistant DEC isolates were 66.7%; resistance rates to ampicillin, co-trimoxazole, cefazolin, cefuroxime, cefotaxime, and ciprofloxacin were ≥ 50%. Among 5 carbapenem-resistant DEC, 60.0% were positive for carbapenemase genes (2 blaNDM-1 and 1 blaKPC-2). Among 30 cephalosporin-resistant DEC, 93.3% were positive for extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) genes, with blaTEM-1 and blaCTX-M-55 being the most common types. However, no gyrA or gyrB genes were detected in 16 quinolone-resistant isolates. Notably, aEPEC, which has not received much attention before, also exhibited high rates of drug resistance (81.0%, 66.7%, and 14.3% for ampicillin, co-trimoxazole , and carbapenem resistance, respectively). CONCLUSIONS EPEC was the most frequent DEC pathotype in acute diarrheal children, with aEPEC emerging as a dominant diarrheal agent in central China. Most DEC strains were multidrug-resistant, making even ciprofloxacin unsuitable for empiric treatment against DEC infection. Among carbapenem-resistant DEC strains, those harboring blaNDM-1 and blaKPC-2 were the main causal agents. blaTEM-1 and blaCTX-M-55 were the major genetic determinants associated with high levels of cephalosporin resistance.
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- Yu Zhou
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, 430030, China.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Neonates in the neonatal ICU (NICU) are uniquely vulnerable to colonization and infection with pathogens such as multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria, which in turn are associated with increased infection-related morbidities and higher case-fatality rates. We reviewed the English, French, and German language literature published between 2015 and 2017, for reports of NICU outbreaks. RECENT FINDINGS A total of 39 outbreaks in NICUs were reported with Gram-negative bacteria (n = 21; 54%) causing most, and extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing organisms being the most frequent resistance mechanism reported (n = 5). Five viral outbreaks were reported (respiratory syncytial virus = 3). A significant proportion of outbreaks (33%) did not identify a source. Whole genome sequencing was used more (n = 6 reports). The most common described infection prevention and control interventions included staff and parent education on hand hygiene, patient isolation, additional contact precautions, including discontinuation of 'kangaroo care', and cohorting. Reporting and publication bias are likely common. SUMMARY NICUs must be vigilant in identifying outbreaks, conduct comprehensive investigations, and implement targeted infection prevention and control strategies. Molecular epidemiology capacities are an essential element in outbreak investigation. More studies are needed to determine the added value of active colonization screening and their impact on outbreak development.
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van Loon K, Voor In 't Holt AF, Vos MC. A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses of the Clinical Epidemiology of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2018; 62:e01730-17. [PMID: 29038269 PMCID: PMC5740327 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01730-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are major health care-associated pathogens and responsible for hospital outbreaks worldwide. To prevent a further increase in CRE infections and to improve infection prevention strategies, it is important to summarize the current knowledge about CRE infection prevention in hospital settings. This systematic review aimed to identify risk factors for CRE acquisition among hospitalized patients. In addition, we summarized the environmental sources/reservoirs and the most successful infection prevention strategies related to CRE. A total of 3,983 potentially relevant articles were identified and screened. Finally, we included 162 studies in the systematic review, of which 69 studies regarding risk factors for CRE acquisition were included in the random-effects meta-analysis studies. The meta-analyses regarding risk factors for CRE acquisition showed that the use of medical devices generated the highest pooled estimate (odds ratio [OR] = 5.09; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.38 to 7.67), followed by carbapenem use (OR = 4.71; 95% CI = 3.54 to 6.26). To control hospital outbreaks, bundled interventions, including the use of barrier/contact precautions for patients colonized or infected with CRE, are needed. In addition, it is necessary to optimize the therapeutic approach, which is an important message to infectious disease specialists, who need to be actively involved in a timely manner in the treatment of patients with known CRE infections or suspected carriers of CRE.
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- Karlijn van Loon
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Ye S, Ni L, Wang S, Dai W. Identification of an NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from diabetic foot ulcer in China. Infect Dis (Lond) 2017; 50:460-462. [PMID: 29161945 DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2017.1407038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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- Shuai Ye
- a Department of Endocrinology , The Second People's Hospital of Hefei , Hefei , Anhui , China
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- b Department of Endocrinology , Anqing Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University , Anqing , Anhui , China
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- b Department of Endocrinology , Anqing Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University , Anqing , Anhui , China
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- a Department of Endocrinology , The Second People's Hospital of Hefei , Hefei , Anhui , China
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Seeberger PH, Pereira CL, Khan N, Xiao G, Diago-Navarro E, Reppe K, Opitz B, Fries BC, Witzenrath M. A Semi-Synthetic Glycoconjugate Vaccine Candidate for Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:13973-13978. [PMID: 28815890 PMCID: PMC5819008 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201700964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Revised: 08/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hospital-acquired infections are an increasingly serious health concern. Infections caused by carpabenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-Kp) are especially problematic, with a 50 % average survival rate. CR-Kp are isolated from patients with ever greater frequency, 7 % within the EU but 62 % in Greece. At a time when antibiotics are becoming less effective, no vaccines to protect from this severe bacterial infection exist. Herein, we describe the convergent [3+3] synthesis of the hexasaccharide repeating unit from its capsular polysaccharide and related sequences. Immunization with the synthetic hexasaccharide 1 glycoconjugate resulted in high titers of cross-reactive antibodies against CR-Kp CPS in mice and rabbits. Whole-cell ELISA was used to establish the surface staining of CR-Kp strains. The antibodies raised were found to promote phagocytosis. Thus, this semi-synthetic glycoconjugate is a lead for the development of a vaccine against a rapidly progressing, deadly bacterium.
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- Peter H. Seeberger
- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14424 Potsdam (Germany)
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin (Germany)
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14424 Potsdam (Germany)
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin (Germany)
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14424 Potsdam (Germany)
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin (Germany)
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14424 Potsdam (Germany)
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin (Germany)
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stony Brook University, 101 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794 (USA)
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- Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin (Germany)
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- Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin (Germany)
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stony Brook University, 101 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794 (USA)
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- Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin (Germany)
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Seeberger PH, Pereira CL, Khan N, Xiao G, Diago-Navarro E, Reppe K, Opitz B, Fries BC, Witzenrath M. A Semi-Synthetic Glycoconjugate Vaccine Candidate for Carbapenem-ResistantKlebsiella pneumoniae. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201700964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Peter H. Seeberger
- Department of Biomolecular Systems; Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces; Am Mühlenberg 1 14424 Potsdam Germany
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Freie Universität Berlin; Arnimallee 22 14195 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems; Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces; Am Mühlenberg 1 14424 Potsdam Germany
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Freie Universität Berlin; Arnimallee 22 14195 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems; Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces; Am Mühlenberg 1 14424 Potsdam Germany
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Freie Universität Berlin; Arnimallee 22 14195 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems; Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces; Am Mühlenberg 1 14424 Potsdam Germany
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Freie Universität Berlin; Arnimallee 22 14195 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; Stony Brook University; 101 Nicolls Road Stony Brook NY 11794 USA
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine; Charitéplatz 1 10117 Berlin Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine; Charitéplatz 1 10117 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; Stony Brook University; 101 Nicolls Road Stony Brook NY 11794 USA
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine; Charitéplatz 1 10117 Berlin Germany
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Suh MJ, Keasey SL, Brueggemann EE, Ulrich RG. Antibiotic-dependent perturbations of extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae proteome. Proteomics 2017; 17. [PMID: 28198105 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201700003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Revised: 02/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL-KP) causes life-threatening infections in susceptible and immuno-compromised individuals. Because of the emergence of multidrug resistance and tolerance, it is crucial to better understand the mechanisms by which ESBL-KP can adapt to antibiotic stress. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of the global proteome changes occurring in ESBL-KP in response to sub-lethal concentrations of the antibiotics doxycycline (DC, bacteriostatic) and streptomycin (SM, bactericidal), which both impair ribosomal synthesis of bacterial proteins. These results represent the greatest experimental coverage of the ESBL-KP proteome yet described. The 1538 proteins, representing 30% of the 5126 predicted KP gene products were identified from the combined experimental groups. Antibiotic stress resulted in significantly elevated levels of 42 proteins for DC and 55 for SM treatments, whereas 53 proteins were reduced for DC- and six for SM-treated bacteria. Specifically, the ESBL-KP response to DC was accompanied by the reduced levels of the porins LamB, CirA, FepA, and OmpC. In contrast to DC, the stress response to SM demonstrated a dramatic increase in the peroxidase detoxification pathway proteins PutA, KatG, KatE, and Dps, which prevent harmful hydroxyl radical formation. The results from this proteomic study are important for understanding adaptive responses to antibiotics, and may provide novel targets for the development of new therapeutic strategies.
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- Moo-Jin Suh
- Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, MD, USA.,Biological Sciences Department, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, MD, USA
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Zhang R, Chan EWC, Zhou H, Chen S. Prevalence and genetic characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae strains in China. THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2017; 17:256-257. [DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(17)30072-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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