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Genomic Insights into Colistin-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from a Tunisian Teaching Hospital.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2018 Februrary
The emergence of colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CoR Kp ) is a public health concern, since this antibiotic has become the last line of treatment for infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram negatives. In this study, we have investigated the molecular basis of colistin resistance in 13 MDR K. pneumoniae strains isolated from 12 patients in a teaching hospital in Sousse, Tunisia. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was used to decipher the molecular mechanism of colistin resistance and to identify the resistome of these CoR Kp isolates. It revealed a genome of ca. 5.5 Mbp in size with a G+C content of 57%, corresponding to that commonly observed for K. pneumoniae These isolates belonged to the 5 different sequence types (ST11, ST15, ST101, ST147, and ST392), and their resistome was composed of acquired β-lactamases, including extended-spectrum beta-lactamase and carbapenemase genes ( bla CTX-M-15 , bla OXA-204 , bla OXA-48 , and bla NDM-1 genes), aminoglycoside resistance genes [ aac ( 6 ') Ib-cr , aph ( 3 ″)- Ib , aph ( 6 )- Id , and aac ( 3 )- IIa ], and fosfomycin ( fosA ), fluoroquinolone ( qnr -like), chloramphenicol, trimethoprim, and tetracycline resistance genes. All of the isolates were identified as having a mutated mgrB gene. Mapping reads with reference sequences of the most common genes involved in colistin resistance revealed several modifications in mgrB , pmr , and pho operons (deletions, insertions, and substitutions) likely affecting the function of these proteins. It is worth noting that among the 12 patients, 10 were treated with colistin before the isolation of CoR Kp No plasmid encoding mcr-1 to mcr-5 genes was found in these isolates. This study corresponds to the first molecular characterization of a collection of CoR Kp strains in Tunisia and highlights that the small-transmembrane protein MgrB is a main mechanism for colistin resistance in K. pneumoniae .
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