| Literature DB >> 33106265 |
Vincenzo Di Pilato1, Noemi Aiezza2, Valentina Viaggi3, Alberto Antonelli2,4, Luigi Principe3, Tommaso Giani2,4, Francesco Luzzaro3, Gian Maria Rossolini5,4.
Abstract
This study reports on the characterization of a Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolate showing high-level resistance to ceftazidime-avibactam associated with the production of KPC-53, a KPC-3 variant exhibiting a Leu167Glu168 duplication in the Ω-loop and a loss of carbapenemase activity. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) revealed the presence of two copies of bla KPC-53, located on a pKpQIL-like plasmid and on a plasmid prophage of the Siphoviridae family, respectively. The present findings provide new insights into the mechanisms of resistance to ceftazidime-avibactam.Entities:
Keywords: CZA resistance; carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales; mutant KPC carbapenemase; phagemid
Year: 2020 PMID: 33106265 PMCID: PMC7927837 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01429-20
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191