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Genome-Based Retrospective Analysis of a Providencia stuartii Outbreak in Rome, Italy: Broad Spectrum IncC Plasmids Spread the NDM Carbapenemase within the Hospital

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ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL
卷 12, 期 5, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12050943

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Enterobacterales; antibiotic resistance; IncC plasmid; opportunistic pathogen; Providencia; stuartii; plasmid mediated resistance; blaNDM

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This article reports a four-patient outbreak caused by Providencia stuartii in a hospital in Rome. Phenotypic analysis and whole-genome sequencing revealed highly related strains with XDR characteristics. The strains carried various virulence factors and resistance genes, which were found on plasmids similar to those found in previous Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in the same hospital. The emergence of XDR P. stuartii strains poses a significant public health threat, and monitoring their spread and developing new control and treatment strategies is crucial.
Providencia stuartii is a member of the Morganellaceae family, notorious for its intrinsic resistance to several antibiotics, including last-resort drugs such as colistin and tigecycline. Between February and March 2022, a four-patient outbreak sustained by P. stuartii occurred in a hospital in Rome. Phenotypic analyses defined these strains as eXtensively Drug-Resistant (XDR). Wholegenome sequencing was performed on the representative P. stuartii strains and resulted in fully closed genomes and plasmids. The genomes were highly related phylogenetically and encoded various virulence factors, including fimbrial clusters. The XDR phenotype was primarily driven by the presence of the (NDM)-N-bla- 1 metallo- beta-lactamase alongside the rmtC 16S rRNA methyltransferase, conferring resistance to most beta-lactams and every aminoglycoside, respectively. These genes were found on an IncC plasmid that was highly related to an NDM-IncC plasmid retrieved from a ST15 Klebsiella pneumoniae strain circulating in the same hospital two years earlier. Given its ability to acquire resistance plasmids and its intrinsic resistance mechanisms, P. stuartii is a formidable pathogen. The emergence of XDR P. stuartii strains poses a significant public health threat. It is essential to monitor the spread of these strains and develop new strategies for their control and treatment.

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