Molecular Epidemiology, Natural History, and Long-Term Outcomes of Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacterales Colonization and Infections Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

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BACKGROUND: Multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales (MDR-E), including carbapenem-resistant and third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE, CefR-E), are major pathogens following solid organ transplantation (SOT).

METHODS: We prospectively studied patients who underwent lung, liver, and small bowel transplant from February 2015 through March 2017. Weekly perirectal swabs (up to 100 days post-transplant) were cultured for MDR-E. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was performed on gastrointestinal (GI) tract-colonizing and disease-causing isolates.

RESULTS: Twenty-five percent (40 of 162) of patients were MDR-E GI-colonized. Klebsiella pneumoniae was the most common CRE and CefR-E. Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases and CTX-M were leading causes of CR and CefR, respectively. Thirty-five percent of GI colonizers developed MDR-E infection vs 2% of noncolonizers (P < .0001). The attack rate was higher among CRE colonizers than CefR-E colonizers (53% vs 21%, P = .049). GI colonization and high body mass index were independent risk factors for MDR-E infection (P ≤ .004). Thirty-day mortality among infected patients was 6%. However, 44% of survivors developed recurrent infections; 43% of recurrences were late (285 days to 3.9 years after the initial infection). Long-term survival (median, 4.3 years post-transplant) did not differ significantly between MDR-E-infected and MDR-E-noninfected patients (71% vs 77%, P = .56). WGS phylogenetic analyses revealed that infections were caused by GI-colonizing strains and suggested unrecognized transmission of novel clonal group-258 sublineage CR-K. pneumoniae and horizontal transfer of resistance genes.

CONCLUSIONS: MDR-E GI colonization was common following SOT and predisposed patients to infections by colonizing strains. MDR-E infections were associated with low short- and long-term mortality, but recurrences were frequent and often occurred years after initial infections. Findings provide support for MDR-E surveillance in our SOT program.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:74

Enthalten in:

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 74(2022), 3 vom: 11. Feb., Seite 395-406

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hong Nguyen, M [VerfasserIn]
Shields, Ryan K [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Liang [VerfasserIn]
William Pasculle, A [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Binghua [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Shaoji [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Kline, Ellen G [VerfasserIn]
Kreiswirth, Barry N [VerfasserIn]
Clancy, Cornelius J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
CRE colonization and infection
Carbapenems
Journal Article
MDR-E colonization
MDR-E infection
Molecular epidemiology
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Solid organ transplant

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Date Completed 14.03.2022

Date Revised 12.05.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciab427

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM325218552