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中国肺炎克雷伯菌 ST485 临床分离株中 mcr-1bla NDM-5 和 bla CTX-M-55 共存的出现

 

Authors Cao X, Zhong Q, Guo Y, Hang Y, Chen Y, Fang X, Xiao Y, Zhu H, Luo H, Yu F, Hu L

Received 21 March 2021

Accepted for publication 29 July 2021

Published 28 August 2021 Volume 2021:14 Pages 3449—3458

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S311808

Checked for plagiarism Yes

Review by Single anonymous peer review

Peer reviewer comments 4

Editor who approved publication: Dr Héctor M. Mora-Montes

Introduction: Polymyxin resistance caused by the plasmid-mediated mcr-1  gene in gram-negative bacilli poses a huge threat to our health. In recent years, many regions have reported that mcr-1  and β-lactamase genes can coexist in a single strain.
Methods: In this study, 107 nonduplicate Klebsiella pneumoniae  (K. pneumoniae ) isolates were collected from a tertiary hospital in Jiangxi, China. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of isolates was performed using gram-negative susceptibility cards on the VITEK system. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of polymyxin B was detected using the microdilution broth method. The presence of resistance genes was assessed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We subjected isolates to genotyping using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and analyzed the transferability of plasmids with filter mating and electroporation. Subsequently, whole-genome sequencing was performed for plasmids.
Results: Of the 107 K. pneumoniae  isolates, 15 (14.0%) were resistant to polymyxin B. All polymyxin B-resistant isolates harbored at least one of the extended-spectrum β-lactamase genes tested. Only one isolate simultaneously harbored mcr-1, bla NDM− 5, bla CTX-M-55, and bla SHV-27 genes. MLST results showed that 15 carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae  isolates belonged to five sequence types (STs). PFGE results displayed nine different PFGE clusters. Conjugation and transformation experiments and sequencing analysis showed that the strain had three plasmids, and mcr-1, bla NDM− 5, and bla CTX-M-55 were located on different plasmids.
Conclusion: The present study demonstrated for the first time the coexistence of mcr-1, bla NDM− 5, and bla CTX-M-55 in a K. pneumoniae  ST485 isolate. The three plasmids carrying the mcr-1, bla NDM− 5, and bla CTX-M-55 genes can be transmitted in Enterobacteriaceae strains, which may lead to more severe bacterial resistance.
Keywords: Klebsiella pneumoniae , polymyxin B, mcr-1 bla NDM-5bla CTX-M-55, plasmid