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Characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae associated with cattle infections in southwest China using multi-locus sequence typing (MLST), antibiotic resistance and virulence-associated gene profile analysis
Author(s) -
Fangjun Cheng,
Zhangcheng Li,
Shimei Lan,
Wei Liu,
Xiaoyan Li,
Zhixiong Zhou,
Zhenhui Song,
Juan Wu,
Manli Zhang,
Wenjie Shan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
brazilian journal of microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1678-4405
pISSN - 1517-8382
DOI - 10.1016/j.bjm.2018.06.004
Subject(s) - multilocus sequence typing , klebsiella pneumoniae , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , virulence , typing , antibiotic resistance , virology , genotype , gene , genetics , antibiotics , escherichia coli
Klebsiella pneumoniae is important human and animal pathogen that causes a wide spectrum of infections. In this study, isolates from cattle nasal swabs samples were identified by 16S rRNA, and to evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibility, virulence gene carrying levels, and multilocus sequence typing of K. pneumoniae isolates. 33 isolates of K. pneumoniae were isolated and identified in 213 nasal swabs samples, of which 12 were hypervirulent K. pneumoniae strains. Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamases genes were found in 93.4% of the strains. Of which, TEM was the most prevalent (93.4%), followed by CTX-M and SHV were 57.6% and 39.4%, respectively. A main mutation pattern of quinoloneresistance-determining region, Thr83-Ieu and Asp87-Asn in gyrA and Ser87-Ile in parC, was detected in 33 K. pneumoniae isolates. All the isolates harbored at least two virulence factor genes, with ureA (97.0%) and wabG (91.0%) exhibiting high carriage rates in 33 K. pneumoniae isolates. MLST revealed 7 sequence types, of which 3 STs (2541, 2581 and 2844) were newly assigned. Using eBURST, ST2844 and ST2541 were assigned to new clonal complex 2844. Our study provides evidence and biological characteristics of K. pneumoniae isolates from cattle upper respiratory tract in Southwest China.

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