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Molecular epidemiology of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from invasive infections in Italy: Increasing diversity with predominance of the ST512 clade II sublineage

  • Autori: Conte V.; Monaco M.; Giani T.; D'Ancona F.; Moro M.L.; Arena F.; D'Andrea M.M.; Rossolini G.M.; Pantosti A.; Bianchi E.; Catania M.R.; Cavalcanti P.; De Nittis R.; Dusi P.A.; Grandesso S.; Gualdi P.; Imbriani A.; Pini B.; Vincenzi C.; Meledandri M.; Agrappi C.; Parisi G.; Pollini S.; Restelli A.; Rocchetti A.; Vailati F.; Aschbacher R.; Barbaro A.; Bona R.; Chirillo M.; Corradini S.; Cuccurullo S.; De Bernochi A.; Dodi C.; Giammanco A.; Mencacci A.; Milano F.; Miragliotta G.; Mungiguerra M.; Pedna M.F.; Piana F.; Porcheddu G.M.; Rossi M.R.; Santino I.; Sartor A.; Sartore P.
  • Anno di pubblicazione: 2016
  • Tipologia: Articolo in rivista
  • OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/417929

Abstract

Objectives: The spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) represents one of the most worrisome problems for clinical medicine worldwide. In Italy, the Antibiotic-Resistance-Istituto Superiore di Sanità surveillance network, in collaboration with the Committee for Antimicrobial Agents of the Italian Society of Clinical Microbiologists, promoted a study to investigate the carbapenem-resistance mechanisms, clonal relatedness and capsular typing of a recent collection of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-KP). Methods: A total of 17 laboratories distributed across Italy collected all consecutive non-replicate CR-KP isolated from invasive infections during two different study periods (2011-12 and 2013). Carbapenemase genes were searched for by filter hybridization and confirmed by PCR and sequencing. KPC-producing K. pneumoniae (KPC-KP) were typed by PFGE and MLST. Capsular types were identified by wzi gene typing. Results: Of the collected K. pneumoniae isolates (n=461), the overall proportion of CR-KP was 36.2% (n=167). The majority (97%) of the CR-KP were positive for the blaKPC gene. Among the KPC-KP population, nine different STs were detected with the majority of isolates (94%) belonging to the clonal group (CG) 258. A subpopulation that belonged to ST512 and showed an identical PFGE profile represented the majority (57%) of KPC-KP strains, with a countrywide distribution. Capsular characterization showed the predominance of the wzi154, cps-2 capsular type (88.8% of all CG258 strains). ST258 strains were associated with both cps-1 and cps-2 capsular types, while ST512 was associated with cps-2 only. Conclusions: Although a trend to a polyclonal evolution of the Italian KPC-KP was noted, this study showed that the KPC-KP population remained largely oligoclonal with the wide diffusion of an ST512 lineage carrying cps-2 capsular type and producing the KPC-3 enzyme.