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Molecular characterization of hybrid virulence plasmids in ST11-KL64 KPC-2-producing multidrug-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae from China.
INTRODUCTION: Carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-HvKP) strains combining virulence and multidrug resistance (MDR) features pose a great public health concern. The aim of this study is to explore the evolutionary characteristics of virulence in CR-HvKP by investigating the genetic features of resistance and virulence hybrid plasmids.
METHODS: The resistance and virulence phenotypes were determined by using antimicrobial susceptibility testing and the mouse bacteremia infection model, respectively. Plasmid profiles were investigated by S1 nuclease pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (S1-PFGE) and Southern blotting, conjugation assay, and whole genome sequencing (WGS). Bioinformatics tools were used to uncover the genetic features of the resistance and virulence hybrid plasmids.
RESULTS: Two ST11-KL64 CRKP clinical isolates (KP18-3-8 and KP18-2079), which exhibited enhanced virulence compared with the classic CRKP, were detected positive for bla KPC-2 and rmpA2 . The virulence level of the hypermucoviscous strain KP18-3-8 was higher than that of KP18-2079. S1-PFGE, Southern hybridization and WGS analysis identified two novel hybrid virulence plasmids in KP18-3-8 (pKP1838-KPC-vir, 228,158 bp) and KP18-2079 (pKP1838-KPC-vir, 182,326 bp), respectively. The IncHI1B/repB-type plasmid pKP1838-KPC-vir co-harboring bla KPC-2 and virulence genes ( rmpA2, iucABCD and iut A) but lacking type IV secretion system could transfer into non-hypervirulent ST11 K. pneumoniae with the assistance of a helper plasmid in conjugation. The IncFII/IncR-type virulence plasmid pKP18-2079-vir may have been generated as a result of recombination between a typical pLVPK-like virulence plasmid and an MDR plasmid.
CONCLUSION: Our studies further highlight co-evolution of the virulence and resistance plasmids in ST11-CRKP isolates. Close surveillance of such hybrid virulence plasmids in clinical K. pneumoniae should be performed.
METHODS: The resistance and virulence phenotypes were determined by using antimicrobial susceptibility testing and the mouse bacteremia infection model, respectively. Plasmid profiles were investigated by S1 nuclease pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (S1-PFGE) and Southern blotting, conjugation assay, and whole genome sequencing (WGS). Bioinformatics tools were used to uncover the genetic features of the resistance and virulence hybrid plasmids.
RESULTS: Two ST11-KL64 CRKP clinical isolates (KP18-3-8 and KP18-2079), which exhibited enhanced virulence compared with the classic CRKP, were detected positive for bla KPC-2 and rmpA2 . The virulence level of the hypermucoviscous strain KP18-3-8 was higher than that of KP18-2079. S1-PFGE, Southern hybridization and WGS analysis identified two novel hybrid virulence plasmids in KP18-3-8 (pKP1838-KPC-vir, 228,158 bp) and KP18-2079 (pKP1838-KPC-vir, 182,326 bp), respectively. The IncHI1B/repB-type plasmid pKP1838-KPC-vir co-harboring bla KPC-2 and virulence genes ( rmpA2, iucABCD and iut A) but lacking type IV secretion system could transfer into non-hypervirulent ST11 K. pneumoniae with the assistance of a helper plasmid in conjugation. The IncFII/IncR-type virulence plasmid pKP18-2079-vir may have been generated as a result of recombination between a typical pLVPK-like virulence plasmid and an MDR plasmid.
CONCLUSION: Our studies further highlight co-evolution of the virulence and resistance plasmids in ST11-CRKP isolates. Close surveillance of such hybrid virulence plasmids in clinical K. pneumoniae should be performed.
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