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Polyclonal Dissemination of NDM-1- and NDM-9-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in French Polynesia.


ABSTRACT: The whole-genome sequencing analysis revealed a polyclonal dissemination of NDM-1 and NDM-9 variants in Escherichia coli (n = 20) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 2) in Tahiti since 2015 via interspecies transfer of three different blaNDM-carrying plasmids (IncR, IncHI2, and IncF) and patient-to-patient cross-transmission. It highlights the potential risk of importation of NDM producers in France, where French Polynesia is not considered stricto sensu a foreign country from which repatriated patients have to be screened.

SUBMITTER: Oueslati S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8097482 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Polyclonal Dissemination of NDM-1- and NDM-9-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in French Polynesia.

Oueslati Saoussen S   Emeraud Cécile C   Grosperrin Victor V   Levy Marc M   Cotellon Garance G   Creton Elodie E   Gauthier Lauraine L   Bonnin Rémy A RA   Naas Thierry T   Dortet Laurent L  

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20210318 4


The whole-genome sequencing analysis revealed a polyclonal dissemination of NDM-1 and NDM-9 variants in <i>Escherichia coli</i> (<i>n</i> = 20) and <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> (<i>n</i> = 2) in Tahiti since 2015 via interspecies transfer of three different <i>bla</i><sub>NDM</sub>-carrying plasmids (IncR, IncHI2, and IncF) and patient-to-patient cross-transmission. It highlights the potential risk of importation of NDM producers in France, where French Polynesia is not considered <i>stricto sen  ...[more]

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