Molecular characterization of clinical carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales from Qatar

  • Fatma Ben Abid
  • , Clement K.M. Tsui
  • , Yohei Doi
  • , Anand Deshmukh
  • , Christi L. McElheny
  • , William C. Bachman
  • , Erin L. Fowler
  • , Ahmed Albishawi
  • , Kamran Mushtaq
  • , Emad B. Ibrahim
  • , Sanjay H. Doiphode
  • , Manal M. Hamed
  • , Muna A. Almaslmani
  • , Abdullatif Alkhal
  • , Adeel A. Butt
  • , Ali S. Omrani

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Abstract

One hundred forty-nine carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales from clinical samples obtained between April 2014 and November 2017 were subjected to whole genome sequencing and multi-locus sequence typing. Klebsiella pneumoniae (81, 54.4%) and Escherichia coli (38, 25.5%) were the most common species. Genes encoding metallo-β-lactamases were detected in 68 (45.8%) isolates, and OXA-48-like enzymes in 60 (40.3%). blaNDM-1 (45; 30.2%) and blaOXA-48 (29; 19.5%) were the most frequent. KPC-encoding genes were identified in 5 (3.6%) isolates. Most common sequence types were E. coli ST410 (8; 21.1%) and ST38 (7; 18.4%), and K. pneumoniae ST147 (13; 16%) and ST231 (7; 8.6%).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1779-1785
Number of pages7
JournalEuropean Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Volume40
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 08-2021
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

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