Longitudinal monitoring reveals the emergence and spread of blaGES-5-harboring carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella quasipneumoniae in a Hong Kong hospital wastewater discharge line
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Testing hospital wastewater (HWW) is potentially an effective, long-term approach for monitoring trends in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) patterns in health care institutions. Over a year, we collected wastewater samples from the clinical and non-clinical sites of a tertiary hospital and from a downstream wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). We focused on the extent of carbapenem resistance among Enterobacteriaceae isolates given their clinical importance. Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. were the most frequently isolated Enterobacteriaceae species at all sampling sites. Additionally, a small number of isolates belonging to ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species), except K. pneumoniae, were detected. Of the 232 Klebsiella spp. isolates, 100 (43.1 %) were multi-drug resistant (MDR), with 46 being carbapenem-resistant. Most of these carbapenem-resistant isolates were K. quasipneumoniae (CRKQ) (n = 44). All CRKQ isolates were isolated from the wastewater of a clinical site that includes intensive care units, which also yielded significantly more multi-drug resistant isolates compared to all other sampling sites. Among the CRKQ isolates, blaGES-5 genes (n = 42) were the primary genetic determinant of carbapenem resistance. Notably, three different CRKQ isolates, collected within the same month in HWW and the influent and effluent flow of the WWTP, shared >99 % sequence similarity between their blaGES-5 genes and between their flanking regions and upstream integron-integrase region. The influent isolate was phylogenetically close to K. quasipnuemoniae isolates from wastewater collected in Japan. Its blaGES-5 gene and surrounding sequences were > 99 % identical to blaGES-24 genes found in the Japanese isolates. Our results suggest that testing samples from sites located closer to hospitals could support antibiotic stewardship programs compared to samples collected further downstream. Moreover, testing samples collected regularly from WWTPs may reflect the local and global spread of pathogens and their resistances.
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