Clinical Outcomes and Treatment Strategies in Patients With Non-Carbapenemase-producing Carbapenem-Resistant Versus Carbapenem-Susceptible Enterobacterales Infections

Debnath, Ashita; Pillinger, Kelly E.; Martin, Alysa J.; Dobrzynski, David; Cameron, Andrew; Shulder, Stephanie

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“…Numerous clinical studies have investigated carbapenem efficacy in infections caused by carbapenemase-producing and non-producing Enterobacterales [21][22][23][24][25]. However, these studies did not highlight strains with meropenem MICs below the resistance breakpoint (2-4 mg/L) that might also harbor carbapenemase genes.…”

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Comparative Meropenem Pharmacodynamics and Emergence of Resistance against Carbapenem-Susceptible Non-Carbapenemase-Producing and Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales: A Pharmacodynamic Study in a Hollow-Fiber Infection Model

Golikova,

Alieva,

Strukova

et al. 2023

Antibiotics

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Resistance to carbapenems has become a problem due to Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae), harboring carbapenemases. Among them, there are isolates that are recognized as carbapenem-susceptible; however, these carbapenemase-producing strains with low meropenem minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) may pose a threat to public health. We aimed to investigate the impact of the ability to produce carbapenemases by a bacterial isolate on the effectiveness of meropenem in the hollow-fiber infection model. K. pneumoniae and Escherichia coli (E. coli) strains with equal meropenem MICs but differing in their ability to produce carbapenemases were used in pharmacodynamic simulations with meropenem. In addition to standard MIC determination, we assessed the MICs against tested strains at high inoculum density to test if the inoculum effect occurs. According to pharmacodynamic data, the carbapenemase-producing strains were characterized with a relatively decreased meropenem effectiveness compared to non-producers. Meanwhile, the effect of meropenem perfectly correlated with the meropenem exposure expressed as the DOSE/MIC ratio when high-inoculum (HI) MICs but not standard-inoculum (SI) MICs were used for regression analysis. It could be concluded that meropenem-susceptible carbapenemase-producing strains may not respond to meropenem therapy; the antibiotic inoculum effect (IE) may have a prognostic value to reveal the meropenem-susceptible Enterobacterales that harbor carbapenemase genes.

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Comparative Meropenem Pharmacodynamics and Emergence of Resistance against Carbapenem-Susceptible Non-Carbapenemase-Producing and Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales: A Pharmacodynamic Study in a Hollow-Fiber Infection Model

Golikova,

Alieva,

Strukova

et al. 2023

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The characterization of an IncN-IncR fusion plasmid co-harboring blaTEM−40, blaKPC−2, and blaIMP−4 derived from ST1393 Klebsiella pneumoniae

Fang,

Shen,

Chen

et al. 2024

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Plasmids, as important genetic elements apart from chromosomes, often carry multiple resistance genes and various mobile genetic elements, enabling them to acquire more exogenous genes and confer additional resistance phenotypes to bacteria. Various carbapenem resistance genes are often located on IncN plasmids, and several reports have linked fusion plasmids to IncN plasmids. Therefore, this study aims to explore the emergence, molecular structure characteristics, and resistance features mediated by IncN fusion plasmids carrying multiple carbapenem resistance genes. In this study, species identification was performed using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/MS). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was employed to detect the presence of carbapenem resistance genes in the strains. PCR-based replicon typing (PBRT) was used to identify IncN plasmids. Plasmids were analyzed through S1-nuclease pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (S1-PFGE), Southern blotting, conjugation experiments, and stability tests. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) were conducted to characterize the target strains. Four strains containing IncN plasmids were identified: two Klebsiella pneumoniae, one Escherichia coli, and one Enterobacter cloacae, all harboring carbapenem resistance genes. Among them, two IncN plasmids (pFAHZZU7605-KPC-IMP and pFAHZZU7865-IMP) contained blaIMP−4 and exhibited similar molecular structure characteristics. Notably, the pFAHZZU7605-KPC-IMP plasmid harbored both IncN and IncR replicons. We hypothesize that the pFAHZZU7605-KPC-IMP fusion plasmid resulted from the recombination of a pFAHZZU7865-IMP-like plasmid and an IncR-like plasmid. Further analysis of the plasmid’s genetic elements revealed that insertion sequences ISKpn19 and ISKpn27 played crucial roles in the plasmid recombination and fusion process. In clinical settings, plasmids carrying different resistance genes can undergo fusion, mediated by genetic elements, thereby expanding the resistance spectrum of host bacteria. Hence, it is essential to enhance the monitoring and research of transposable elements to control the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1038/s41598-024-78205-9.

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Clinical Outcomes and Treatment Strategies in Patients With Non-Carbapenemase-producing Carbapenem-Resistant Versus Carbapenem-Susceptible Enterobacterales Infections

Cited by 2 publications

References 39 publications

Comparative Meropenem Pharmacodynamics and Emergence of Resistance against Carbapenem-Susceptible Non-Carbapenemase-Producing and Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales: A Pharmacodynamic Study in a Hollow-Fiber Infection Model

Comparative Meropenem Pharmacodynamics and Emergence of Resistance against Carbapenem-Susceptible Non-Carbapenemase-Producing and Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales: A Pharmacodynamic Study in a Hollow-Fiber Infection Model

The characterization of an IncN-IncR fusion plasmid co-harboring blaTEM−40, blaKPC−2, and blaIMP−4 derived from ST1393 Klebsiella pneumoniae

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