Abstract
We investigated the colistin resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae blood isolates from South Korea. Among 252 K. pneumoniae isolates, only 11 (4.4%) demonstrated colistin resistance, of which, one was resistant to all antibiotics but tigecycline. Multilocus sequence typing analysis revealed ten sequence types among the 11 colistin-resistant isolates, indicating independent occurrence of colistin resistance in K. pneumoniae. To understand the mechanism of colistin resistance, amino acid variations in PmrAB, PmrD, PhoPQ, and MgrB were investigated. Amino acid substitutions were identified in all the colistin-resistant K. pneumoniae isolates. Particularly, extensive alterations in the genes associated with colistin resistance were shared in four colistin-resistant isolates, suggesting recombination between these genes of unrelated isolates. Our results suggest that genetic recombination is responsible for colistin resistance in some K. pneumoniae isolates.
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