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Diversity and Distribution of β-lactamase Genes Circulating in Indian Isolates of Multi-drug Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

Version 1 : Received: 16 January 2023 / Approved: 19 January 2023 / Online: 19 January 2023 (09:06:46 CET)

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Shukla, S.; Desai, S.; Bagchi, A.; Singh, P.; Joshi, M.; Joshi, C.; Patankar, J.; Maheshwari, G.; Rajni, E.; Shah, M.; Gajjar, D. Diversity and Distribution of β-Lactamase Genes Circulating in Indian Isolates of Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Antibiotics 2023, 12, 449. Shukla, S.; Desai, S.; Bagchi, A.; Singh, P.; Joshi, M.; Joshi, C.; Patankar, J.; Maheshwari, G.; Rajni, E.; Shah, M.; Gajjar, D. Diversity and Distribution of β-Lactamase Genes Circulating in Indian Isolates of Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Antibiotics 2023, 12, 449.

Abstract

Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) has gained prominence in the last two decades due to its global spread as a multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogen. Further, Carbapenem-Resistant Kp are emerging at an alarming rate. The objective of this study was (1) to evaluate the prevalence of β-lactamases, especially carbapenemases in Kp isolates from India, (2) determine the most prevalent sequence type (ST) & plasmids, and their association with β-lactamases. Clinical samples of K. pneumoniae (n=65) were collected from various pathology lab, drug susceptibility and minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) were detected. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) was done for (n=22) resistant isolates and WGS analysis was performed using various bioinformatics tools. Additional Indian MDR Kp genomes (n=187) were retrieved using Pathosystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC) database. Detection of β-lactamase genes, location, plasmid replicons, and ST type of genomes were carried out using CARD, mlplasmids, PlasmidFinder, and PubMLST respectively. All data were analyzed and summarized using iTOL tool. ST231 was highest, followed by ST147, ST2096 & ST14 among Indian isolates. blaAmpH was detected as the most prevalent gene followed by blaCTX-M-15, blaTEM-1. Among carbapenemase genes, blaOXA-232 was prevalent and associated with ST231, ST2096 and ST14, which was followed by blaNDM-5 which was observed to prevalent in ST147, ST395 &ST437. ST231 genomes were most commonly found to carry Col440I and ColKP3 plasmids. ST16 carried mainly ColKP3, and Col (BS512) was abundantly present in ST147 genomes. One Kp isolate with novel MLST profile was identified, which carried blaCTX-M-15, blaOXA-1 and blaTEM-1. ST16 &ST14 from this study, which is mostly dual producer of carbapenem and ESBL genes, could be emerging high-risk clones in India.

Keywords

whole genome sequencing; β-lactamases; MLST; plasmid replicons; Klebsiella pneumoniae

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology

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