Emergence of ST147 Klebsiella pneumoniae Producing OXA-204 Carbapenemase in a University Hospital, Tunisia

Microb Drug Resist. 2016 Mar;22(2):137-40. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2014.0278. Epub 2015 Oct 8.

Abstract

Molecular features of the first carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates (KP1 and KP2) from the University Hospital Tahar Sfar, Tunisia, were investigated. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing, multilocus sequence typing, S1 nuclease pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, Southern blot, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based replicon typing were performed. Extended-spectrum β-lactamases and carbapenemase genes were detected by PCR and sequencing. Both isolates were multidrug resistant. KP1 was of sequence type (ST) ST101 and exhibited blaCTX-M-15 and blaTEM-1 on an untypeable plasmid and blaOXA-48 on an IncL/M plasmid. KP2 was genetically unrelated to KP1 (ST147) and harbored an IncA/C plasmid carrying blaCMY-4 and the blaOXA-48 derivative gene: blaOXA-204. This study reports the second case worldwide of an OXA-204-producing K. pneumoniae isolate from the same country, however, in a different genetic background.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Carbapenems / pharmacology
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Gene Expression
  • Hospitals, University
  • Humans
  • Isoenzymes / genetics
  • Isoenzymes / metabolism
  • Klebsiella Infections / drug therapy
  • Klebsiella Infections / epidemiology*
  • Klebsiella Infections / microbiology
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Plasmids / chemistry
  • Plasmids / metabolism*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Tunisia / epidemiology
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Carbapenems
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Isoenzymes
  • beta-Lactamases