Clonal emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST14 co-producing OXA-48-type and NDM carbapenemases with high rate of colistin resistance in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Article
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International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
Publication Date
7-1-2018
Abstract
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Few studies have addressed the molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) isolates in the Arabian Peninsula, and such investigations have been missing from Dubai, a major economical, tourism and medical centre of the region. The antibiotic susceptibility, the carbapenemase type produced, and the clonality of 89 CRE strains isolated in five major Dubai hospitals in June 2015 to June 2016 were determined. Thirty-three percent of the collection of 70 Klebsiella pneumoniae, 13 Escherichia coli and 6 other Enterobacteriaceae were extremely drug resistant, 27% were resistant to colistin, and 4.5% (4 K. pneumoniae isolates) were resistant to all antibiotics tested. The colistin resistance rate in K. pneumoniae was 31.4%. None of the isolates carried mobile colistin resistance genes. Seventy-seven isolates produced carbapenemase: 53.3% OXA-48-like, 24.7% NDM and 22.1% both OXA-48-like and NDM, respectively. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis clustered 50% of K. pneumoniae into a 35-membered group, which showed significant association with double carbapenemase production, with extreme drug resistance, and with being isolated from Emirati patients. Members of the cluster belonged to sequence type ST14. The rate of colistin resistance in K. pneumoniae ST14 was 37.1% vs. 27.1% of K. pneumoniae isolates outside of the cluster. Two of the panresistant K. pneumoniae isolates also belonged to ST14, whereas the other two were ST15 and ST231, respectively. In conclusion, beyond the overall high colistin resistance rate in CRE, the emergence of a highly resistant clone of K. pneumoniae ST14 in all Dubai hospitals investigated is a serious problem requiring immediate attention.
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Elsevier B.V.
Volume
52
Issue
1
First Page
90
Last Page
95
Disciplines
Life Sciences
Keywords
Carbapenemase producer Enterobacteriaceae, Colistin resistance, Dubai
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Ayoub Moubareck, Carole; Mouftah, Shaimaa F.; Pál, Tibor; Ghazawi, Akela; Halat, Dalal H.; Nabi, Anju; AlSharhan, Mouza A.; AlDeesi, Zulfa O.; Peters, Christabel C.; Celiloglu, Handan; Sannegowda, Manjunath; Sarkis, Dolla K.; and Sonnevend, Ágnes, "Clonal emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST14 co-producing OXA-48-type and NDM carbapenemases with high rate of colistin resistance in Dubai, United Arab Emirates" (2018). All Works. 940.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/940
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