2020Antimicrobial Agents and ChemotherapyOpen access

Characterization of a Plasmid-Encoded Resistance-Nodulation-Division Efflux Pump in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella quasipneumoniae from Patients in China

Ruowen He, Yongqiang Yang, Yiping Wu, Lan‐Lan Zhong, Yanxian Yang, Guanping Chen, Mingyang Qin, Xiaoxue Liang, Mohamed Abd El-Gawad El-Sayed Ahmed, Minmin Lin, Bin Yan, Yong Xia, Min Dai, Hongtao Chen, Guo‐Bao Tian

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Two multidrug-resistant (MDR) mcr-1 -harboring Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from patients with urinary tract infections and one MDR Klebsiella quasipneumoniae isolate from a patient with bloodstream infection were identified to carry tmexCD1-toprJ1 . The addition of the efflux pump inhibitor reduced the tigecycline MIC against all three isolates by 8- to 16-fold. pKQBSI104-1 was transferred from K. quasipneumoniae to Escherichia coli J53 via conjugation.

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Two multidrug-resistant (MDR) mcr-1 -harboring Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from patients with urinary tract infections and one MDR Klebsiella quasipneumoniae isolate from a patient with bloodstream infection were identified to carry tmexCD1-toprJ1 . The addition of the efflux pump inhibitor reduced the tigecycline MIC against all three isolates by 8- to 16-fold. pKQBSI104-1 was transferred from K. quasipneumoniae to Escherichia coli J53 via conjugation.

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Two multidrug-resistant (MDR) mcr-1 -harboring Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from patients with urinary tract infections and one MDR Klebsiella quasipneumoniae isolate from a patient with bloodstream infection were identified to carry tmexCD1-toprJ1 . The addition of the efflux pump inhibitor reduced the tigecycline MIC against all three isolates by 8- to 16-fold. pKQBSI104-1 was transferred from K. quasipneumoniae to Escherichia coli J53 via conjugation.

Key concepts: Klebsiella pneumoniae, Tigecycline, Efflux, Microbiology, Klebsiella, Multiple drug resistance, Escherichia coli, Biology

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