Molecular genetic analysis of an XDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST664 clone carrying multiple conjugal plasmids.

The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Zhenpeng LiFang Bai

Abstract

A group of ST664 XDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains have been isolated from a burn clinic. Here we decipher their resistomes and likely mechanisms of resistance acquisition. The complete nucleotide sequences of representative isolates were determined, by PacBio and Illumina MiSeq sequencing, and analysed for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes as well as sequence variations. S1-PFGE was used to determine the sizes and numbers of plasmids harboured by the isolates. Purified plasmid DNA was further sequenced by PacBio technology, closed manually and annotated by RAST. The mobility of plasmids was determined by conjugation assays. The XDR P. aeruginosa ST664 clone carries 11 AMR genes, including a blaKPC-2 gene that confers resistance to carbapenems. Most of the ST664 isolates carry three coexisting plasmids. blaKPC-2 and a cluster of three AMR genes (aadB-cmlA1-sul1) are encoded on a 475 kb megaplasmid pNK546a, which codes for an IncP-3-like replication and partitioning mechanism, but has lost the conjugative transfer system. Interestingly, however, pNK546a is mobilizable and can be transferred to P. aeruginosa PAO1 with the help of a co-residing IncP-7 conjugative plasmid. The blaKPC-2 gene is carried by an IS6100-ISKpn27-blaKP...Continue Reading

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