Identification of NDM-1 producing and colistin resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11: A highly drug-resistant strain detected in intensive care unit of a Greek tertiary care hospital

Chatzidimitriou, Maria and Tsolakidou, Pandora and Kyriazidi, Maria Anna and Chatzopoulou, Fani and Varlamis, Sotiris and Mavridou, Maria and Kalinderi, Kallirhoe and Kyriazidis, Kyriazis Athanasios and Mitka, Stella (2025) Identification of NDM-1 producing and colistin resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11: A highly drug-resistant strain detected in intensive care unit of a Greek tertiary care hospital. ACTA MICROBIOLOGICA ET IMMUNOLOGICA HUNGARICA, 72 (1). pp. 16-22. ISSN 1217-8950

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Abstract

The spread of NDM-1-harboring Klebsiella pneumoniae is a worldwide concern. In this study the whole-genome sequence (WGS) of a carbapenem- and colistin-resistant K. pneumoniae 838Gr strain is presented. This strain was isolated from a urine sample of a patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Volos Hospital, Greece. The initial assembly produced 224 contigs with a combined genome size of 5,561,803 bp and a GC content of 57.21%. The K. pneumoniae strain carried IncR, IncFIA, IncC, and repB (R1701) replicons. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) analysis revealed that the isolate belonged to the sequence type 11 (ST11) and serogroup KL24 and O2a. The WGS analysis identified several beta-lactamase genes (blaTEM-1B, blaCTX-M-15, blaNDM-1, blaOXA-1, blaVEB-1, blaOXA-10, and blaSHV-11) alongside resistance genes for other antibiotic classes, including floR2, cmlA1, cmlA5, catB3, arr-3, aph(6)-Id, aadA2. Colistin resistance was attributed to specific point mutations in pmrB (R256G, T140P). This is the first report of a carbapenem- and colistin-resistant K. pneumoniae ST11 strain in Greece. The findings of this study highlight the urgent need for increased surveillance and stringent infection control.

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