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Volume 26, Number 3—March 2020
Research

Acquisition of Plasmid with Carbapenem-Resistance Gene blaKPC2 in Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, Singapore

Yahua Chen, Kalisvar Marimuthu, Jeanette Teo, Indumathi Venkatachalam, Benjamin Pei Zhi Cherng, Liang De Wang, Sai Rama Sridatta Prakki, Weizhen Xu, Yi Han Tan, Lan Chi Nguyen, Tse Hsien Koh, Oon Tek Ng, and Yunn-Hwen GanComments to Author 
Author affiliations: National University of Singapore, Singapore (Y. Chen, Y.H. Tan, L.C. Nguyen, Y.-H. Gan); National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore (K. Marimuthu, L.D. Wang, S.R.S. Prakki, W. Xu, O.T. Ng); Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore (K. Marimuthu, O.T. Ng); National University Hospital, Singapore (J. Teo); Singapore General Hospital, Singapore (I. Venkatachalam, B.P.Z. Cherng, T.H. Koh); Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (O.T. Ng)

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Table 2

Isolation date, sampling site, and resistance genes of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates, Singapore, 2013–2015

Isolate Patient no. Date of isolation Sampling site β-lactam resistance genes Other resistance genes
ENT494 A2 2013 Jun 7 Sputum blaSHV-11, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B oqxA, oqxB, fosA6, mph(A)
ENT646 A2 2013 Sep 18 Blood blaSHV-11, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B, blaOXA-1 oqxA, oqxB, fosA6, mph(A), qnrB1, aac(6')-lb-cr, catB3, dfrA14
ENT1734 A2 2014 Dec 19 Rectum blaSHV-11, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B, blaOXA-1 oqxA, oqxB, fosA6, mph(A), catB3, aac(6')-lb-cr
ENT1061 A4 2014 Mar 13 Blood blaSHV-11, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B oqxA, oqxB, fosA6, mph(A)
ENT1256 A6 2014 Jun 20 Rectum blaSHV-11, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B oqxA, oqxB, fosA6, mph(A)
ENT1332 A8 2014 Jul 13 Rectum blaSHV-1, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B, blaCTX-M-15 oqxA, oqxB, fosA6, mph(A), aac(6')-lb-cr, aadA16, qnrB6, arr-3, sul1, tet(A), dfrA27
ENT1381 A12 2014 Aug 10 Midstream urine blaSHV-75, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B, blaOXA-1 oqxA, oqxB, fosA6, mph(A)
ENT1192 A14 2014 May 24 Rectum blaSHV-1, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B, blaOXA-1 oqxA, oqxB, fosA5, mph(A), aac(6')-lb-cr, qnrB1, catB3, tet(A), dfrA14
ENT1988 A14 2015 Apr 16 Feces, rectum blaSHV-1, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B, blaOXA-1 oqxA, oqxB, fosA5, mph(A), aac(6')-lb-cr, qnrB1, catB3, tet(A), dfrA14
ENT596 A15 2013 Aug 22 Urine blaSHV-11, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B oqxA, oqxB, fosA6, mph(A)
ENT607 A15 2013 Aug 22 Sputum blaSHV-11, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B oqxA, oqxB, fosA6, mph(A), aadA1, cmlA1, arr-2, sul1
ENT686 A15 2013 Oct 4 Tracheostomy
 aspirate blaSHV-11, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B fosA6, mph(A)
ENT715 A15 2013 Oct 17 Trachea aspirate blaSHV-11, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B oqxA, oqxB, fosA6, mph(A)
ENT750 A15 2013 Oct 31 Blood blaSHV-11, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B oqxA, oqxB, fosA6, mph(A)
ENT758 A15 2013 Oct 31 Tracheal aspirate blaSHV-11, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B oqxA, oqxB, fosA6, mph(A)
ENT883 A15 2013 Dec 14 Sputum blaSHV-11, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B oqxA, oqxB, fosA6, mph(A)
ENT1072 A15 2014 Mar 26 Sputum blaSHV-11, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B oqxA, oqxB, fosA6, mph(A)
ENT1077 A15 2014 Mar 28 Rectum blaSHV-11, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B oqxA, oqxB, fosA6, mph(A), tet(A), dfrA14
ENT495* 2013 Jun 8 Not known blaOKP-B-6, blaKPC-2, blaTEM-1A, blaTEM-1B, blaOXA-1 oqxA, oqxB, fosA6, mph(A), tet(A), dfrA14, aac(6')-Ib-cr, aadA1, arr-2, cmlA5, ereA, qnrB1, sul1
SGH10 Not applicable Blood blaSHV-11 oqxA, oqxB, fosA6

*Control carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae isolate (classified as K. quasipneumoniae by GenBank).

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