A carbapenem-resistant sequence type 512 (ST512) Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase 3 (KPC-3)-producing K. pneumoniae strain showing a novel variant plasmid content was isolated in Palermo, Italy, in 2014. ST512 is a worldwide successful clone associated with the spread of blaKPC genes located on the IncFIIk pKpQIL plasmid. In our ST512 strain, the blaKPC-3 gene was unusually located on an IncX3 plasmid, whose complete sequence was determined. Two copies of blaKPC-3::Tn4401a caused by intramolecular transposition events were detected in the plasmid. Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Double copies of blaKPC-3::Tn4401a on an IncX3 plasmid in Klebsiella pneumoniae successful clone ST512 from Italy / Fortini, D; Villa, L; Feudi, C; Pires, J; Bonura, C; Mammina, C; Endimiani, A; Carattoli, A.. - In: ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY. - ISSN 0066-4804. - 60:1(2016), pp. 646-649. [10.1128/AAC.01886-15]

Double copies of blaKPC-3::Tn4401a on an IncX3 plasmid in Klebsiella pneumoniae successful clone ST512 from Italy

Carattoli A.
2016

Abstract

A carbapenem-resistant sequence type 512 (ST512) Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase 3 (KPC-3)-producing K. pneumoniae strain showing a novel variant plasmid content was isolated in Palermo, Italy, in 2014. ST512 is a worldwide successful clone associated with the spread of blaKPC genes located on the IncFIIk pKpQIL plasmid. In our ST512 strain, the blaKPC-3 gene was unusually located on an IncX3 plasmid, whose complete sequence was determined. Two copies of blaKPC-3::Tn4401a caused by intramolecular transposition events were detected in the plasmid. Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
2016
Amikacin; aztreonam; carbapenemase; cefepime; cefotaxime; cefoxitin; cefpodoxime; ceftazidime; ceftriaxone; ciprofloxacin; colistin; cotrimoxazole; doripenem; doxycycline; ertapenem; gentamicin; imipenem; Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase 3; levofloxacin; meropenem; minocycline; piperacillin plus tazobactam; plasmid DNA; polymyxin B; tigecycline; timentin; tobramycin; unclassified drug; antiinfective agent; bacterial protein; beta lactamase; carbapenem derivative; transposon, antibiotic sensitivity; Article; bacterial gene; bacterial genetics; bacterial strain; bacterium; bacterium detection; bacterium isolation; Escherichia coli; extensively drug resistant bacterium; gene dosage; genetic screening; Italy; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase 3 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae; minimum inhibitory concentration; molecular cloning; nonhuman; polymerase chain reaction; priority journal; sequence analysis; cell clone; chemistry; drug effects; enzymology; gene expression regulation; genetics; isolation and purification; Klebsiella infection; Klebsiella pneumoniae; metabolism; microbial sensitivity test; microbiology; multidrug resistance; open reading frame; plasmid; transposon, Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; Carbapenems; Clone Cells; DNA Transposable Elements; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Gene Dosage; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; Italy; Klebsiella Infections; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Open Reading Frames; Plasmids
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Double copies of blaKPC-3::Tn4401a on an IncX3 plasmid in Klebsiella pneumoniae successful clone ST512 from Italy / Fortini, D; Villa, L; Feudi, C; Pires, J; Bonura, C; Mammina, C; Endimiani, A; Carattoli, A.. - In: ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY. - ISSN 0066-4804. - 60:1(2016), pp. 646-649. [10.1128/AAC.01886-15]
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