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ArticleBMC infectious diseases2022

Pyogenic liver abscess-caused Klebsiella pneumoniae in a tertiary hospital in China in 2017: implication of hypervirulent carbapenem-resistant strains.

Hongchao Chen, Lanfang Fang, Wenjie Chen, Qing Yang, Dan Li, Dakang Hu, Jin Zhang

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Hongchao Chen *Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
Lanfang Fang *Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
Wenjie Chen *Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
Qing YangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
Dan LiInstitute of Antibiotics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
Dakang HuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Taizhou Municipal Hospital, Taizhou, 318000, China. 89434436@qq.com.
Jin ZhangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Taizhou Municipal Hospital, Taizhou, 318000, China. zhangjin_jhb@163.com.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82073610
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo investigate the epidemiology of Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) inducing pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) in east China and the role of hypervirulent carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae (Hv-CRKP).

methodsForty-three K. pneumoniae strains were collected from 43 patients with PLA at Hangzhou, China in 2017. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests, string test, multilocus sequence typing, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, mobile genetic elements typing, regular PCR and sequencing, and Galleria mellonella (G. mellonella) lethality test were used to elucidate the epidemiology. Clinical data were collected.

resultsK. pneumoniae strains with serotypes K1 and K2 accounted for 69.8%, which shared 46.5% and 23.3% respectively. K. pneumoniae strains with clonal group 23 were predominant with a rate of 34.9%. Such antimicrobials showed susceptible rates over 80.0%: cefuroxime, cefotaxime, gentamycin, ticarcillin/clavulanate, ceftazidime, cefoperazone/tazobactam, cefepime, aztreonam, imipenem, meropenem, amikacin, tobramycin, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, doxycycline, minocycline, tigecycline, chloramphenicol, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. PFGE dendrogram showed 29 clusters for the 43 K. pneumoniae strains. Three Hv-CRKP strains were confirmed by G. mellonella lethality test, showing a constituent ratio of 7.0% (3/43). Totally three deaths were found, presenting a rate of 7.0% (3/43). The three died patients were all infected with Hv-CRKP.

conclusionsK1 and K2 are the leading serotypes of K. pneumoniae causing PLA, which show highly divergent genetic backgrounds. Aminoglycosides, Generation 2

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Klebsiella InfectionsLiver Abscess, PyogenicAnti-Bacterial AgentsCarbapenemsChinaHumansKlebsiella pneumoniaeMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMultilocus Sequence TypingTertiary Care CentersVirulenceAnti-Bacterial AgentsCarbapenemsGalleria mellonella lethality testKlebsiella pneumoniaeMultilocus sequence typingPulsed-field gel electrophoresisPyogenic liver abscess

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PMCPMC9361654

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