Emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae co-producing NDM-1, OXA-48, CTX-M-15, CMY-16, QnrA and ArmA in Switzerland

Seiffert, Salome Nadja; Marschall, Jonas; Perreten, Vincent; Carattoli, Alessandra; Furrer, Hansjakob; Endimiani, Andrea (2014). Emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae co-producing NDM-1, OXA-48, CTX-M-15, CMY-16, QnrA and ArmA in Switzerland. International journal of antimicrobial agents, 44(3), pp. 260-262. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.05.008

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Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates usually carry a single carbapenemase (e.g. KPC, NDM, OXA-48-like). Here we describe an XDR K. pneumoniae of sequence type 101 that was detected in the screening rectal swab of a patient transferred from the intensive care unit of a hospital located in Belgrade (Serbia) to Bern University Hospital (Switzerland). The isolate was resistant to all antibiotics with the exception of colistin [minimum inhibitory concentration] (MIC≤0.125μg/mL), tigecycline (MIC=0.5μg/mL) and fosfomycin (MIC=2μg/mL). The isolate co-possessed class B (NDM-1) and class D (OXA-48) carbapenemases, class A extended-spectrum β-lactamase (CTX-M-15), class C cephalosporinase (CMY-16), ArmA 16S rRNA methyltransferase, substitutions in GyrA and ParC, loss of OmpK35 porin, as well as other genes conferring resistance to quinolones (qnrA), tetracyclines [tet(A)], sulfonamides (sul1, sul2), trimethoprim (dfrA12, dfrA14), rifampicin (arr-1), chloramphenicol (cmlA1, floR) and streptomycin (aadA1). The patient was placed under contact isolation precautions preventing the spread of this nearly untreatable pathogen.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Infectiology

UniBE Contributor:

Seiffert, Salome Nadja, Marschall, Jonas, Perreten, Vincent, Carattoli, Alessandra, Furrer, Hansjakob, Endimiani, Andrea

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture

ISSN:

0924-8579

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Annelies Luginbühl

Date Deposited:

14 Oct 2014 09:42

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:36

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.05.008

PubMed ID:

25123809

Uncontrolled Keywords:

16S rRNA, AmpC, Carbapenemase, ESBL, MBL

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.58156

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/58156

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