Emergence of a Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Co-Carrying a New mcr-1.33 Variant and blaNDM-5 Genes Recovered from a Urinary Tract Infection

Danni Bao, Xiaohong Xu, Yizhang Wang, Fengjiao Zhu Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sanmen People’s Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Fengjiao Zhu, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sanmen People’s Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China, Email...

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Main Authors: Bao D, Xu X, Wang Y, Zhu F
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description Danni Bao, Xiaohong Xu, Yizhang Wang, Fengjiao Zhu Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sanmen People’s Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Fengjiao Zhu, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sanmen People’s Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China, Email sm.zfj@foxmail.comBackground: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) are a significant threat to worldwide public health, resulting in increased morbidity, death, hospitalization time and healthcare expenses. Here, the genomic and phylogenetic characteristics of a multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolate carrying both the new mcr-1.33 variant and blaNDM-5 gene obtained from a urinary tract infection in China are investigated.Methods: Antimicrobial susceptibility of E. coli 779 was evaluated by using the broth microdilution method. Short-read Illumina NovaSeq 6000 and long-read Oxford Nanopore MinION platforms were applied to sequence the bacterial whole genomic DNA and then de novo assembled. The genome sequence was annotated using the NCBI Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline and further subjected to identify the sequence type (ST), capsular type, and antibiotic resistance genes. BacWGSTdb 2.0 was used to perform the core genome multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST) analysis with other closely related E. coli isolates deposited in the public database.Results: E. coli 779 was resistant to aztreonam, levofloxacin, fosfomycin, cefoxitin, cefepime, cefotaxime, imipenem, meropenem, polymyxin, and tigecycline. The complete genome sequence of E. coli 779 is made up of nine contigs totaling 5,667,876 bp, including one chromosome and eight plasmids. The isolate was assigned to ST101, serotype O-:H31, and phylogroup B1. The colistin resistance gene mcr-1.33 (located in a 242,460 bp IncHI2/IncHI2A plasmid) and the β-lactam resistance gene blaNDM-5 (located in a 46,161 bp IncX3 plasmid) were among the 27 antimicrobial resistance genes discovered. The closest relative of E. coli 779, another ST101 strain (E. coli 443) obtained from a sewage sample in Shandong, China in 2015, differs by only 24 cgMLST alleles.Conclusion: We discovered the first multidrug-resistant ST101 E. coli strain with plasmid-mediated mcr-1.33 variant and blaNDM-5 gene in China. These findings would help us to better understanding the genomic traits, antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and epidemiological aspects of this bacterial pathogen.Keywords: whole genome sequencing, Escherichia coli, multidrug-resistance, mcr-1.33, blaNDM-5, urinary tract infection
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spelling doaj.art-9f9c883d6f8f47f3a89eda08074bbe2f2022-12-22T03:13:59ZengDove Medical PressInfection and Drug Resistance1178-69732022-04-01Volume 151499150374210Emergence of a Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Co-Carrying a New mcr-1.33 Variant and blaNDM-5 Genes Recovered from a Urinary Tract InfectionBao DXu XWang YZhu FDanni Bao, Xiaohong Xu, Yizhang Wang, Fengjiao Zhu Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sanmen People’s Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Fengjiao Zhu, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sanmen People’s Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China, Email sm.zfj@foxmail.comBackground: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) are a significant threat to worldwide public health, resulting in increased morbidity, death, hospitalization time and healthcare expenses. Here, the genomic and phylogenetic characteristics of a multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolate carrying both the new mcr-1.33 variant and blaNDM-5 gene obtained from a urinary tract infection in China are investigated.Methods: Antimicrobial susceptibility of E. coli 779 was evaluated by using the broth microdilution method. Short-read Illumina NovaSeq 6000 and long-read Oxford Nanopore MinION platforms were applied to sequence the bacterial whole genomic DNA and then de novo assembled. The genome sequence was annotated using the NCBI Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline and further subjected to identify the sequence type (ST), capsular type, and antibiotic resistance genes. BacWGSTdb 2.0 was used to perform the core genome multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST) analysis with other closely related E. coli isolates deposited in the public database.Results: E. coli 779 was resistant to aztreonam, levofloxacin, fosfomycin, cefoxitin, cefepime, cefotaxime, imipenem, meropenem, polymyxin, and tigecycline. The complete genome sequence of E. coli 779 is made up of nine contigs totaling 5,667,876 bp, including one chromosome and eight plasmids. The isolate was assigned to ST101, serotype O-:H31, and phylogroup B1. The colistin resistance gene mcr-1.33 (located in a 242,460 bp IncHI2/IncHI2A plasmid) and the β-lactam resistance gene blaNDM-5 (located in a 46,161 bp IncX3 plasmid) were among the 27 antimicrobial resistance genes discovered. The closest relative of E. coli 779, another ST101 strain (E. coli 443) obtained from a sewage sample in Shandong, China in 2015, differs by only 24 cgMLST alleles.Conclusion: We discovered the first multidrug-resistant ST101 E. coli strain with plasmid-mediated mcr-1.33 variant and blaNDM-5 gene in China. These findings would help us to better understanding the genomic traits, antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and epidemiological aspects of this bacterial pathogen.Keywords: whole genome sequencing, Escherichia coli, multidrug-resistance, mcr-1.33, blaNDM-5, urinary tract infectionhttps://www.dovepress.com/emergence-of-a-multidrug-resistant-escherichia-coli-co-carrying-a-new--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IDRwhole genome sequencingescherichia colimultidrug-resistancemcr-1.33blandm-5urinary tract infection
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Emergence of a Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Co-Carrying a New mcr-1.33 Variant and blaNDM-5 Genes Recovered from a Urinary Tract Infection
Infection and Drug Resistance
whole genome sequencing
escherichia coli
multidrug-resistance
mcr-1.33
blandm-5
urinary tract infection
title Emergence of a Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Co-Carrying a New mcr-1.33 Variant and blaNDM-5 Genes Recovered from a Urinary Tract Infection
title_full Emergence of a Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Co-Carrying a New mcr-1.33 Variant and blaNDM-5 Genes Recovered from a Urinary Tract Infection
title_fullStr Emergence of a Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Co-Carrying a New mcr-1.33 Variant and blaNDM-5 Genes Recovered from a Urinary Tract Infection
title_full_unstemmed Emergence of a Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Co-Carrying a New mcr-1.33 Variant and blaNDM-5 Genes Recovered from a Urinary Tract Infection
title_short Emergence of a Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Co-Carrying a New mcr-1.33 Variant and blaNDM-5 Genes Recovered from a Urinary Tract Infection
title_sort emergence of a multidrug resistant escherichia coli co carrying a new mcr 1 33 variant and blandm 5 genes recovered from a urinary tract infection
topic whole genome sequencing
escherichia coli
multidrug-resistance
mcr-1.33
blandm-5
urinary tract infection
url https://www.dovepress.com/emergence-of-a-multidrug-resistant-escherichia-coli-co-carrying-a-new--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IDR
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