Within-patient horizontal transfer of pOXA-48 from a hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae SL218 to Serratia marcescens following spread of the K. pneumoniae isolate among hospitalised patients, Denmark, 2021

Karen Leth Nielsen, Marc Sørensen, Frederik Boëtius Hertz, Maria Anna Misiakou, Henrik Hasman, Susanne Häussler, Marie Helleberg, Kristian Schønning

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Abstract

A hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae SL218 (ST23-KL57), phylogenetically distinct from the classical hypervirulent SL23 (ST23-KL1) lineage, was transmitted between hospitalised patients in Denmark in 2021. The isolate carried a hybrid resistance and virulence plasmid containing blaNDM-1 and a plasmid containing blaOXA-48 (pOXA-48); the latter plasmid was horizontally transferred within-patient to Serratia marcescens. The convergence of drug resistance and virulence factors in single plasmids and in different lineages of K. pneumoniae is concerning and requires surveillance.

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