Prevalence, clonal diversity, and antimicrobial resistance of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella variicola clinical isolates in northern Japan

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OBJECTIVES: Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) and Klebsiella variicola (hvKv) cause hospital/community-acquired infections, often associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This study aimed to investigate the molecular epidemiology of hvKp and hvKv in northern Japan.

METHODS: A total of 500 K. pneumoniae and 421 K. variicola clinical isolates collected from August to December 2021 were studied. Prevalence of virulence factor-encoding genes, wzi sequence and associated K/KL type, sequence type (ST), and beta-lactamases and their types were characterized.

RESULTS: Any virulence gene (rmpA, rmpA2, peg-344, iucA, iutA, and iroB) and/or magA was detected in 25% (n = 125) of K. pneumoniae and 1% (n = 5) of K. variicola. Among these hvKp/hvKv, 22 wzi types (18 and 4 types, respectively) and 24 STs (20 and 4 STs, respectively) were identified. Sequence types of hvKp were classified into some clonal groups (CGs), among which CG35, including six STs, was the most common (n = 59; 47%), followed by CG23, and CG65. ST268 (CG35) associated with wzi95-K20 or wzi720 was the dominant lineage (n = 43, 34%), while K1:ST23/ST249 and K2:ST65/ST86 accounted for 26% and 13% of hvKp, respectively. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) genes (blaCTX-M-2, blaCTX-M-3, blaCTX-M-15, and blaCTX-M-27) were detected in only ST23 and CG35 (ST268 and ST412) hvKp. No isolate was resistant to carbapenems, without detection of the ESBL gene in K. variicola. Phylogenetically, wzi was differentiated into two main clusters of K. pneumoniae and K. variicola. A major clonal group CG347 was identified in K. variicola.

CONCLUSION: Clonal structures were revealed for hvKp and hvKv clinical isolates with their AMR status in northern Japan.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

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Journal of global antimicrobial resistance - 35(2023) vom: 19. Dez., Seite 11-18

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Matsuda, Norifumi [VerfasserIn]
Aung, Meiji Soe [VerfasserIn]
Urushibara, Noriko [VerfasserIn]
Kawaguchiya, Mitsuyo [VerfasserIn]
Ohashi, Nobuhide [VerfasserIn]
Taniguchi, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Kudo, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Ito, Masahiko [VerfasserIn]
Kobayashi, Nobumichi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Proteins
Clonal diversity
ESBL
Hypervirulent
Journal Article
Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella variicola
Northern Japan
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 04.12.2023

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jgar.2023.08.009

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NLM361028741