Journal
MSPHERE
Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00685-18
Keywords
ESBL; Enterobacteriaceae; Klebsiella; New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-5); Nigeria; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; carbapenemase; neonate
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [R01AI099525-04, U19AI110819]
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Outbreaks of infection occur more often than they are reported in most developing countries, largely due to poor diagnostic services. A Klebsiella species bacteremia outbreak in a newborn unit with high mortality was recently encountered at a location being surveilled for childhood bacteremia. These surveillance efforts offered the opportunity to determine the cause of this neonatal outbreak. In this report, we present the whole-genome sequences of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-5)-containing Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. similipneumoniae bloodstream isolates from a neonatal bacteremia outbreak at a tertiary hospital in Nigeria and as part of the largest collection of K. pneumoniae bloodstream isolates from children in Africa. Comparative analysis of the genetic environment surrounding the NDM-5 genes revealed nearly perfect sequence identity to bla(NDM-5)-bearing IncX3-type plasmids from other members of the Enterobacteriaceae. IMPORTANCE Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is of global health importance, yet there is a paucity of genome-based studies in Africa. Here we report fatal blood-borne NDM-5-producing K. quasipneumoniae subsp. similipneumoniae infections from Nigeria, Africa. New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM)-producing Klebsiella spp. are responsible for high mortality and morbidity, with the NDM-5 variant showing elevated carbapenem resistance. The prevalence of NDM-5 in Klebsiella has been limited primarily to K. pneumoniae, with only one isolate being collected from Africa. During an outbreak of sepsis in a teaching hospital in Nigeria, five NDM-5-producing K. quasipneumoniae subsp. similipneumoniae sequence type 476 isolates were identified. Given the increased resistance profile of these strains, this study highlights the emerging threat of bla(NDM-5) dissemination in hospital environments. The observation of these NDM-5-producing isolates in Africa stresses the urgency to improve monitoring and clinical practices to reduce or prevent the further spread of resistance.
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