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The Genetic Structures of an Extensively Drug Resistant (XDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae and Its Plasmids.


ABSTRACT: Multi-, extensively-, and pan-drug resistant bacteria are a threat to our health today, because their wide resistance spectra make their infections difficult to cure. In this work, we isolated an extensively drug resistant (XDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae 2-1 strain from the stool sample of a patient diagnosed of colorectal cancer. K. pneumoniae 2-1 was found to be resistant to all the antibiotics tested except for cefepime, tigecycline, and ceftazidime-avibactam. By sequencing the complete genome of K. pneumoniae 2-1, we found it contains a chromosome of 5.23 Mb and two circular plasmids with the size of 246 and 90 kb. The larger plasmid, pKP21HI1 was found to be a new conjugation-defective plasmid belonging to incompatibility group HI1B and a new sequence type. Further comparative genomics analysis and antimicrobial resistance gene analysis showed that although a great deal of changes took place on the chromosome of K. pneumoniae 2-1 in comparison with the reference genome, the extensively drug resistance phenotype of K. pneumoniae 2-1 is primarily due to the two multidrug resistant plasmids it contains. This work explains the genetic and mechanistic basis of the extensive drug resistance of K. pneumoniae 2-1, and found that plasmids play key roles in the strong antibiotic resistance of bacteria.

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6328971 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Genetic Structures of an Extensively Drug Resistant (XDR) <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> and Its Plasmids.

Li Ling L   Yu Tao T   Ma Yanan Y   Yang Zhongjun Z   Wang Wenjia W   Song Xiaobo X   Shen Yu Y   Guo Tingting T   Kong Jian J   Wang Mingyu M   Xu Hai H  

Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 20190104


Multi-, extensively-, and pan-drug resistant bacteria are a threat to our health today, because their wide resistance spectra make their infections difficult to cure. In this work, we isolated an extensively drug resistant (XDR) <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> 2-1 strain from the stool sample of a patient diagnosed of colorectal cancer. <i>K. pneumoniae</i> 2-1 was found to be resistant to all the antibiotics tested except for cefepime, tigecycline, and ceftazidime-avibactam. By sequencing the comp  ...[more]

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