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Combined effect of Polymyxin B and Tigecycline to overcome Heteroresistance in Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

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MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM
卷 9, 期 2, 页码 -

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/Spectrum.00152-21

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carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae; polymyxin B; tigecycline; heteroresistance; time-kill assay

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  1. Medical Elite Cultivation Program of Fujian, China [2016-ZQN-33]

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The study revealed a high prevalence of heteroresistance to both polymyxin B (PMB) and tigecycline (TGC) among clinical isolates of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP). The combination of PMB and TGC demonstrated early bactericidal activity against dual-heteroresistant K. pneumoniae strains. Upregulated expression of pmrA, phoP, and acrB genes could be related to heteroresistance mechanisms.
We assessed the prevalence of polymyxin B (PMB)- and tigecycline (TGC)-heteroresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates and investigated the combined effect of PMB and TGC against dual-heteroresistant K. pneumoniae. Ninety-five nonduplicated carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae (CRKP) clinical isolates were collected from a tertiary-care teaching hospital in China. PCR was used to detect the resistant genes among the CRKP isolates. Population analysis profiling (PAP) was carried out to evaluate the existence of heteroresistance. A time-kill assay of PMB combined with TGC was conducted against heteroresistant K. pneumoniae strains. Real-time PCR was performed to determine the pmrA, phoP, and acrB expression levels. Among them, 74 isolates (77.9%) were susceptible to TGC, and 90 isolates (94.7%) were susceptible to PMB. In addition, of the TGC-susceptible isolates, 49 strains (66.2%) exhibited heteroresistant phenotypes. All of the PMB-susceptible isolates showed heteroresistant phenotypes. Forty-six isolates (48.4%) were heteroresistant to both TGC and PMB. All of the isolates carried the bla(KPC) gene, and one strain carried both bla(KPC) and bla(NDM) genes. The time-kill assay revealed in four isolates that early bactericidal activity could be triggered by the combination of PMB and TGC, and there was no regrowth, even at a relatively lower concentration (0.125 mg/liter PMB with 1 mg/liter TGC). Upregulated expression of pmrA, phoP, and acrB indicated that heteroresistance could be related to two-component systems and the AcrAB-TolC efflux pump. The combination of PMB and TGC may be a treatment strategy for those infected with CRKP heteroresistant to PMB and/or TGC. IMPORTANCE Tigecycline and colistin are two of the last treatment options remaining for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Unfortunately, tigecycline resistance and colistin heteroresistance are also increasing rapidly. In the current study, we identified a high prevalence of heteroresistance to both PMB and TGC among clinical isolates of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae (CRKP). The resistant subpopulations could survive pressure from TGC or PMB but were killed by the combination at a relatively low dose. It is proposed that the combination of PMB and TGC may be a treatment strategy for patients who are infected with CRKP heteroresistant to PMB or TGC.

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