Extended-spectrum β-lactamase CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae of sequence type ST274 in companion animals

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 May;57(5):2372-5. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02622-12. Epub 2013 Feb 19.

Abstract

Screening of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Gram-negative bacteria in companion animals living in the Paris area in France identified a high rate of CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. Those isolates were recovered during the 2010-2011 period from both infections and asymptomatic colonizations. Sequence typing revealed that most of these isolates belonged to sequence type ST274. Interestingly, the bla(CTX-M-15) gene was located on a specific and novel plasmid scaffold. These findings highlight that companion animals may be reservoirs for CTX-M-15-producing K. pneumoniae evolving separately from the human reservoir of CTX-M-15 producers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Cats
  • Disease Reservoirs / microbiology
  • Disease Reservoirs / veterinary*
  • Dogs
  • France / epidemiology
  • Klebsiella Infections / epidemiology
  • Klebsiella Infections / microbiology
  • Klebsiella Infections / veterinary*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
  • Pets / microbiology*
  • Plasmids*
  • Sheep, Domestic
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*
  • beta-Lactamases / isolation & purification

Substances

  • beta-lactamase CTX-M-15
  • beta-Lactamases