Carbapenem Resistance-Encoding and Virulence-Encoding Conjugative Plasmids in Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Klebsiella pneumoniae has an exceptional ability to acquire exogenous resistance-encoding and hypervirulence-encoding genetic elements. In this review we trace the key evolutionary routes of plasmids involved in the dissemination of such elements; we observed diverse, but convergent, evolutionary paths that eventually led to the emergence of conjugative plasmids which simultaneously encode carbapenem resistance and hypervirulence. One important evolutionary feature of these plasmids is that they contain a wide range of transposable elements that enable them to undergo frequent genetic transposition, resulting in plasmid fusion and presumably better adaptation of the plasmid to the bacterial host. Identifying the key molecular markers of resistance and virulence-bearing conjugative plasmids allows improved tracking and control of the life-threatening carbapenem-resistant and hypervirulent strains of K. pneumoniae.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Trends in microbiology - 29(2021), 1 vom: 25. Jan., Seite 65-83

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Xuemei [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Ning [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Edward Wai-Chi [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Rong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Sheng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Proteins
Bla(KPC)-bearing plasmid
Carbapenems
Conjugative
Hypervirulence plasmid
Journal Article
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Transmission

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Date Completed 05.07.2021

Date Revised 05.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.tim.2020.04.012

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310309360