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Meropenem heteroresistance in clinical isolates of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae.

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2018-09-14

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Lopez-Camacho, Elena
Paño-Pardo, Jose Ramon
Sotillo, Alma
Elias-Lopez, Cristina
Martinez-Martinez, Luis
Gomez-Gil, Rosa
Mingorance, Jesus

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OXA-48-producing Klebsiellapneumoniae isolates often show growth of colonies within inhibition zones in carbapenem diffusion assays. The nature of these colonies was investigated in a series of clinical isolates of OXA-48-producing K. pneumoniae obtained in the context of a hospital outbreak, and they were found to be persistent colonies that reproduced again the same phenotype when they were collected and tested in diffusion assays again. The frequency of mutations conferring resistance to meropenem (8 μg/mL) was determined for the same isolates. The average mutation frequency was 5.47·10-6 (range: 2.59·10-8-5.87·10-5), and the analysis of several resistant mutants showed that all of them had mutations in the ompK36 porin gene. Heteroresistance was investigated using population analysis profiling. The profiles were compatible with mutation frequency assays, and all the colonies analyzed were resistant mutants. In OXA-48-producing K. pneumoniae, the growth of persisters seems to be specific of diffusion assays.

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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Cohort Studies
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Humans
Klebsiella Infections
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Meropenem
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
beta-Lactamases

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Antibacterianos
Farmacorresistencia bacteriana
Infecciones por Klebsiella
Pruebas de sensibilidad microbiana

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Carbapenem, Heteroresistance, Klebsiella pneumoniae, OXA-48, Porin

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López-Camacho E, Paño-Pardo JR, Sotillo A, Elías-López C, Martínez-Martínez L, Gómez-Gil R, et al. Meropenem heteroresistance in clinical isolates of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 Feb;93(2):162-166