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Title
Assessment of colistin heteroresistance among multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from intensive care patients in Europe
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Heteroresistance (HR) to colistin is especially concerning in settings where multi-drug-resistant (MDR) K. pneumoniae are prevalent and empiric use of colistin might lead to treatment failures. This study aimed to assess the frequency of occurrence of colistin HR (CHR) among (MDR) K. pneumoniae (n = 676) isolated from patients hospitalized in 13 intensive care units (ICUs) in six European countries in a clinical trial assessing the impact of decolonization strategies. All isolates were whole-genome-sequenced and studied for in vitro colistin susceptibility. The majority were colistin-susceptible (CS) (n = 597, MIC ≤ 2 µg/mL), and 79 were fully colistin-resistant (CR) (MIC > 2 µg/mL). A total of 288 CS isolates were randomly selected for population analysis profiling (PAP) to assess CHR prevalence. CHR was detected in 108/288 CS K. pneumoniae. No significant association was found between the occurrence of CHR and country, MIC-value, K-antigen type, and O-antigen type. Overall, 92% (617/671) of the K. pneumoniae were MDR with high prevalence among CS (91%, 539/592) and CR (98.7%, 78/79) isolates. In contrast, the proportion of carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae (CP-Kpn) was higher among CR (72.2%, 57/79) than CS isolates (29.3%, 174/594). The proportions of MDR and CP-Kpn were similar among CHR (MDR: 85%, 91/107; CP-Kpn: 29.9%, 32/107) and selected CS isolates (MDR: 84.7%, 244/288; CP-Kpn: 28.1%, 80/285). WGS analysis of PAP isolates showed diverse insertion elements in mgrB or even among technical replicates underscoring the stochasticity of the CHR phenotype. CHR isolates showed high sequence type (ST) diversity (Simpson’s diversity index, SDI: 0.97, in 52 of the 85 STs tested). CR (SDI: 0.85) isolates were highly associated with specific STs (ST101, ST147, ST258/ST512, p ≤ 0.003). The widespread nature of CHR among MDR K. pneumoniae in our study urge the development of rapid HR detection methods to inform on the need for combination regimens.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Antibiotics
Publication
2024
ISSN
2079-6382
DOI
10.3390/ANTIBIOTICS13030281
Volume/pages
13 :3 (2024) , p. 1-15
Article Reference
281
ISI
001191912400001
Pubmed ID
38534716
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UAntwerpen
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Investigating the complexity of resistance and heteroresistance mechanisms to colistin in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli.
Vaccine & Infectious Diseases Excellence in Antwerp: Infectious disease prevention, control and management in a One Health policy context (VAX-IDEA).
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Creation 20.03.2024
Last edited 10.06.2024
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