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Hangbin Hu1, Jinchao Mao1,2, Yiyi Chen3,4
1State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
Insights
Community-onset carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CO-CRE) are increasingly detected. Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae shows clonal spread, while E. coli dissemination is sporadic, necessitating community surveillance.
Area of Science:
- Clinical Microbiology
- Infectious Diseases
- Genomics
Background:
- Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) pose a significant global health threat.
- Understanding the epidemiology of community-onset CRE (CO-CRE) is crucial for effective control strategies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the clinical and microbiological characteristics of CO-CRE isolates from outpatients.
- To analyze the antibiotic resistance profiles and genomic relatedness of CO-CRE.
Main Methods:
- Isolation and identification of 64 CRE strains from outpatients.
- Antibiotic susceptibility testing and whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of 28 CO-CRE strains.
- Comparative genomic analysis using CgMLST and SNP analysis.
Main Results:
- CO-CRE isolates were predominantly K. pneumoniae (53.6%) and E. coli (28.6%), mainly from urine samples.
- K. pneumoniae ST11 strains harbored blaKPC-2, while E. coli strains were NDM producers.
- K. pneumoniae exhibited clonal spread, whereas E. coli showed sporadic dissemination.
Conclusions:
- CO-CRE is not rare in the community setting.
- Distinct dissemination patterns exist for K. pneumoniae and E. coli.
- Active surveillance of CRE in the community is recommended.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and microbiological features of community-onset CRE (CO-CRE) obtained from outpatients at a tertiary hospital in China.
Patients And Methods:
We isolated 64 CRE strains from outpatients and divided them into three groups: 36 hospital-acquired CRE (HA-CRE), 28 CO-CRE including 15 community-acquired CRE (CA-CRE) and 13 healthcare-associated CRE (HCA-CRE). Clinical information was collected. The antibiotic susceptibilities of the 28 CO-CRE strains were tested. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) was conducted, and then drug resistance gene analysis was performed. CgMLST and SNP comparisons were used to analyze the genomic relationship with E. coli and K. pneumoniae strains, respectively.
Results:
In this study, the 28 CO-CRE isolates included K. pneumoniae (53.6%), E. coli (28.6%), E. cloacae (7.1%), C. freundii (7.1%) and E. asburiae (3.6%). The CO-CRE isolates were mainly isolated from urine samples (75%). The ceftazidime/avibactam resistance rate of community-onset E. coli was significantly higher than that of community-onset K. pneumoniae, while the aztreonam, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, and chloramphenicol resistance rates were significantly lower (P<0.05). Thirteen of the 15 K. pneumoniae strains belonged to ST11 containing blaKPC-2. Correspondingly, 8 E. coli strains belonged to 7 STs, and they all were NDM producers. K. pneumoniae belonged to two major clusters, while E. coli was sporadic. The number of SNPs separating ST11 K. pneumoniae isolates ranged from 7 to 2154.
Conclusion:
Community-onset CRE is not rare, and the dissemination of E. coli was sporadic while K. pneumoniae was clonal spread with similar STs as HA-CRE. Active surveillance of CRE in the community setting is in demand.
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