Genomic insights into in-ICU emergence of last-resort antimicrobial resistance in a rare, carbapenem resistant, ST16 Klebsiella pneumoniae strain from Jodhpur, India
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Abstract
Objectives
To investigate the genomic differences between two extensively drug resistant, ST16 strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae recovered from patients in the same ICU, one of which was colistin resistant.
Methods
Antimicrobial susceptibilities of the isolates were determined using VITEK-2. Hybrid assemblies for both strains were generated using Oxford Nanopore and Illumina technologies. The sequence type, capsule type, O-locus type, antimicrobial resistance determinants and plasmids carried by the isolates were inferred from the genome sequence. The phylogenetic placement, antimicrobial resistance, and virulence determinants of the isolates relative to a collection (n = 871) of ST16 isolates were assessed.
Results
Both BC16, a colistin-resistant blood stream isolate and U23, a colistin-sensitive urinary isolate displayed near-identical antimicrobial resistance profiles and genome sequences with varying plasmid profiles. The BC16 genome only had 21 SNPs relative to U23 and belonged to the same capsule, O-antigen locus and multi-locus sequence types. The mgrB locus in BC16 was disrupted by an IS5 element. Phylogenetically, U23 and BC16 were placed on a clade with 4 strains belonging to K-type K48 and O-type O2a as opposed to majority (n = 807) of the strains (K-type K51 and O-type O3b).
Conclusions
BC16 was a colistin resistant derivative of U23, which evolved colistin resistance by an IS5-mediated disruption of the mgrB locus, likely during treatment of the index patient with colistin in the ICU. The strains belong to a rare subtype of ST16 with unique capsular and O-antigen types underscoring the utility of genomic surveillance networks and open-access genomic surveillance data in tracking problem clones.
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