Capsular polysaccharide and lipopolysaccharide O type analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates by genotype in China

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a common pathogen associated with nosocomial infections and is characterised serologically by capsular polysaccharide (K) and lipopolysaccharide O antigens. We surveyed a total of 348 non-duplicate K. pneumoniae clinical isolates collected over a 1-year period in a tertiary care hospital, and determined their O and K serotypes by sequencing of the wbb Y and wzi gene loci, respectively. Isolates were also screened for antimicrobial resistance and hypervirulent phenotypes; 94 (27.0%) were identified as carbapenem-resistant (CRKP) and 110 (31.6%) as hypervirulent (hvKP). isolates fell into 58 K, and six O types, with 92.0% and 94.2% typeability, respectively. The predominant K types were K14K64 (16.38%), K1 (14.66%), K2 (8.05%) and K57 (5.46%), while O1 (46%), O2a (27.9%) and O3 (11.8%) were the most common. CRKP and hvKP strains had different serotype distributions with O2a:K14K64 (41.0%) being the most frequent among CRKP, and O1:K1 (26.4%) and O1:K2 (17.3%) among hvKP strains. Serotyping by gene sequencing proved to be a useful tool to inform the clinical epidemiology of K. pneumoniae infections and provides valuable data relevant to vaccine design.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:148

Enthalten in:

Epidemiology and infection - 148(2020) vom: 12. Aug., Seite e191

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Z Y [VerfasserIn]
Qin, R [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Y H [VerfasserIn]
Shen, J [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, S Y [VerfasserIn]
Wang, C Y [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Y Q [VerfasserIn]
Hu, F P [VerfasserIn]
He, P [VerfasserIn]

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Antibiotic resistance
Capsular polysaccharide
Genotype
Journal Article
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Lipopolysaccharide O type
Lipopolysaccharides
Polysaccharides
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 30.10.2020

Date Revised 30.10.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1017/S0950268820001788

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NLM313568898