T L King1, S Schmidt2, S Thakur3, P Fedorka-Cray3, S Keelara3, L Harden3, S Y Essack4. 1. Discipline of Microbiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; Antimicrobial Research Unit, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. 2. Discipline of Microbiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Electronic address: schmidts@ukzn.ac.za. 3. Centre for Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA. 4. Antimicrobial Research Unit, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Klebsiella michiganensis is an emerging pathogen implicated in nosocomial infections. Here we report on the resistome, virulome and mobilome of a carbapenemase-producing K. michiganensis isolate from urban hospital effluent in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Klebsiella sp. isolate KP124 was originally isolated from the final effluent of an urban tertiary hospital in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. METHODS: Following phenotypic characterisation and antibiotic susceptibility testing, the genome of carbapenemase-producing isolate KP124 was sequenced using an Illumina MiSeq platform, de novo assembled and analysed using established bioinformatics tools. RESULTS: The draft genome of strain KP124 was 6 544 586 bp in length, comprising 203 contigs >200 bp. Following confirmation of isolate KP124 as K. michiganensis using reference genomes, the blaOXA-181 carbapenemase gene as well as 11 additional genes encoding resistance against β-lactams, aminoglycosides, fluoroquinolones and sulfonamides were detected. Virulence factors enabling iron acquisition and cell adherence, capsule locus type and plasmid replicon types were identified. CONCLUSION: This study represents the first report of an OXA-181 carbapenemase-producing K. michiganensis isolate from hospital effluent in South Africa. The presence of such a strain in the environment owing to the absence of hospital effluent treatment presents a potential risk to informal communities that may use contaminated surface water domestically.
OBJECTIVES: Klebsiella michiganensis is an emerging pathogen implicated in nosocomial infections. Here we report on the resistome, virulome and mobilome of a carbapenemase-producing K. michiganensis isolate from urban hospital effluent in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Klebsiella sp. isolate KP124 was originally isolated from the final effluent of an urban tertiary hospital in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. METHODS: Following phenotypic characterisation and antibiotic susceptibility testing, the genome of carbapenemase-producing isolate KP124 was sequenced using an Illumina MiSeq platform, de novo assembled and analysed using established bioinformatics tools. RESULTS: The draft genome of strain KP124 was 6 544 586 bp in length, comprising 203 contigs >200 bp. Following confirmation of isolate KP124 as K. michiganensis using reference genomes, the blaOXA-181 carbapenemase gene as well as 11 additional genes encoding resistance against β-lactams, aminoglycosides, fluoroquinolones and sulfonamides were detected. Virulence factors enabling iron acquisition and cell adherence, capsule locus type and plasmid replicon types were identified. CONCLUSION: This study represents the first report of an OXA-181 carbapenemase-producing K. michiganensis isolate from hospital effluent in South Africa. The presence of such a strain in the environment owing to the absence of hospital effluent treatment presents a potential risk to informal communities that may use contaminated surface water domestically.
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