Whole-Genome Analysis of a High-Risk Clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 Carrying Both mcr-1 and bla NDM-1 Genes in Peru

GONZALES-ESCALANTE, EDGAR; RUGGIERO, MELINA; CERDEIRA, LOUISE; ESPOSITO, FERNANDA; FONTANA, HERRISON; LINCOPAN, NILTON; GUTKIND, GABRIEL; DI CONZA, JOSE

MICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE-MECHANISMS EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DISEASE

MARY ANN LIEBERT INC

Año: 2022 vol. 28

1076-6294

The increasing prevalence and dissemination of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) represent a serious concern for public health. We studied the genetic features of a multidrug-resistant isolate of high-risk clone ST147 Klebsiella pneumoniae co-harboring mcr-1 and blaNDM-1 recovered from a human clinical urine sample in 2017 in Peru. Whole-genome sequencing and conjugation assays identified mcr-1 and blaNDM-1 genes on two different conjugative plasmids which belongs to IncI2 and IncFIB/HI1B incompatibility groups, respectively. The presence of blaCTX-M-15 (in the studied isolate, located on the chromosome) and mutations in GyrA S83I and ParC S80I were detected, as expected for ST147. In addition, other β-lactamases (blaTEM-26 and blaOXA-1), and PMQR (qnrE2, and aac(6´)-Ib-cr) among several resistance determinants, were identified. The coexistence not previously described of these genes in the same high-risk clone is a cause for serious concern that supports the need implementation of genomic surveillance studies.