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ArticleEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2012

Spread of an OmpK36-modified ST15 Klebsiella pneumoniae variant during an outbreak involving multiple carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae species and clones.

A Novais, C Rodrigues, R Branquinho, P Antunes, F Grosso, L Boaventura, G Ribeiro, L Peixe

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Article in European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

A NovaisREQUIMTE, Laboratório de Microbiologia, Faculdade Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal.
C Rodrigues
R Branquinho
P Antunes
F Grosso
L Boaventura
G Ribeiro
L Peixe
Rede de Química e Tecnologia · PTHospitais da Universidade de Coimbra · PT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aim to characterise multiple ertapenem-resistant (ERT-R, n = 15) Enterobacteriaceae isolates identified as presumptive carbapenemase producers in a Portuguese hospital in a short period of time (March-July 2010). Antibiotic susceptibility patterns, β-lactamases, genetic relatedness [pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multi-locus sequence typing (MLST)], plasmid content and major enterobacterial porins were investigated. Ertapenem resistance was associated with deficiencies in major porins and, in some cases, extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) or AmpC β-lactamase production among outbreak and non-outbreak clones. Most isolates (n = 8) corresponded to two ERT-R Klebsiella pneumoniae ST15 PFGE-types: (i) a sporadic variant (Kp-A-ERT, n = 1) presenting a premature stop codon in ompK36 and (ii) an epidemic variant (Kp-B-ERT, n = 7) exhibiting a new OmpK36 porin variant, which differed additionally in plasmid and antibiotic susceptibility profiles. ST14 (n = 1) and ST45 (n = 1) K. pneumoniae, ST131 (n = 1) and ST354 (n = 1) Escherichia coli, Enterobacter asburiae (n = 1), Enterobacter cloacae (n = 1) and Enterobacter aerogenes (n = 1) ERT-R clones were also sporadically detected. Porin changes in these isolates included non-sense mutations [ompK35, ompK36, ompF; minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) = 4-32 mg/l], IS-mediated porin disruptions (ompK36, ompC; MIC = 12->32 mg/l) or alterations in the L3 loop (ompK36; MIC = 4-16 mg/l). We describe, for the first time in Portugal, the simultaneous emergence of multiple ERT-R Enterobacteriaceae species and clones in a short period of time. Moreover, our results support that a CTX-M-15-producing ST15 K. pneumoniae with an OmpK36-modified porin might successfully spread in the nosocomial setting.

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beta-Lactam ResistanceDisease OutbreaksBacterial Proteinsbeta-LactamasesCarbapenemsDNA, BacterialDNA FingerprintingElectrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-FieldEnterobacteriaceaeEnterobacteriaceae InfectionsHospitalsHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMolecular Sequence DataMultilocus Sequence TypingPlasmidsBacterial Proteinsbeta-LactamasesCarbapenemsDNA, BacterialOmpK36 protein, Klebsiella pneumoniaePorins

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PMID22706513
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