Maria Giufrè, Giulia Errico, Monica Monaco, Maria Del Grosso, Michela Sabbatucci, Annalisa Pantosti, Marina Cerquetti, Michela Pagnotta, Manuela Marra, Maria Carollo, Angelo Rossini, Elena Fogato, Elisabetta Cesana, Flaminia Gentiloni Silverj, Dorjan Zabzuni, Marco Tinelli
The spread of carbapenemase-producing (CP) Enterobacterales is currently a worldwide concern, especially in the elderly. Twelve CP- E. coli isolated from rectal swabs of colonized inpatients aged ≥65 years from four hospitals in two Italian cities (Milan and Rome) were analyzed by whole genome sequencing (WGS) to obtain multi-locus sequence typing (MLST), identification of carbapenemase-encoding genes, resistome, plasmid content, and virulence genes. MLST analysis showed the presence of 10 unrelated lineages: ST410 (three isolates from three different hospitals in two cities) and ST12, ST38, ST69, ST95, ST131, ST189, ST648, ST1288, and ST1598 (one isolate each)...
August 3, 2022: Microorganisms