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Detection of colistin-resistant populations prior to antibiotic exposure in KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates
Although colistin is frequently regarded as the antibiotic of last resort in treating carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae , colistin heteroresistance may in part be associated with antibiotic treatment failure. However, we do not know how widespread the colistin heteroresistance is in carbape...
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Published in: | The journal of microbiology 2021, 59(6), , pp.590-597 |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | Although colistin is frequently regarded as the antibiotic of last resort in treating carbapenem-resistant
Klebsiella pneumoniae
, colistin heteroresistance may in part be associated with antibiotic treatment failure. However, we do not know how widespread the colistin heteroresistance is in carbapenem-resistant
K. pneumoniae
isolates. In this study, we performed colistin disc diffusion assays, E-tests, and population analysis profiling for KPC-2-producing
K. pneumoniae
isolates to identify colistin heteroresistance. Although no colistin-resistant colonies were detected by the disc diffusion test and E-test, a colistin-resistant subpopulation was identified in population analysis profiling in all colistin-susceptible, KPC-2-producing
K. pneumoniae
isolates. Colistin-resistant subpopulations were also identified even when isolates had no colistin exposure. The ratio of colistin-resistant subpopulations to the total population increased as the exposure concentration of colistin increased. In
in vitro
time-kill assays, regrowth was observed in all isolates after 2 h upon exposure to colistin. We identified common amino acid alterations in PhoQ, PhoP, and PmrB in colistin-resistant subpopulations from some isolates, but no substitutions were found in most resistant subpopulations from other isolates. In all colistin-resistant subpopulations, overexpression of PhoQ and PbgP was observed. In this study, we demonstrated that colistin heteroresistance may be common in KPC-2-producing
K. pneumoniae
isolates, which could not be detected in the disc diffusion method and E-test. Colistin heteroresistance may cause colistin treatment failure in part and may evolve into resistance. Thus, development of more reliable diagnostic methods is required to detect colistin heteroresistance. |
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ISSN: | 1225-8873 1976-3794 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s12275-021-0610-1 |