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. 2019 Mar 20:12:603-611.
doi: 10.2147/IDR.S199639. eCollection 2019.

Molecular characterization, serotypes and phenotypic and genotypic evaluation of antibiotic resistance of the Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from different types of hospital-acquired infections

Reza Ranjbar  1 , Ali Fatahian Kelishadrokhi  2 , Mohammad Chehelgerdi  2
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Molecular characterization, serotypes and phenotypic and genotypic evaluation of antibiotic resistance of the Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from different types of hospital-acquired infections

Reza Ranjbar et al. Infect Drug Resist. .

Abstract

Purpose: Virulent and resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains are considered as one of the most significant causes of hospital-acquired infections. The present investigation was done to study the distribution of virulence factors, capsule serotypes and phenotypic and genotypic evaluation of antibiotic resistance of the K. pneumoniae strains isolated from hospital-acquired infections. Patients Materials and methods: Two hundred and sixty different types of hospital-acquired infections were collected and cultured. Antibiotic resistance pattern of K. pneumoniae isolates and their molecular characterization were studied using disk diffusion and PCR, respectively. Results: One hundred and fifty out of 260 (44.22%) hospital-acquired infections harbored K. pneumoniae. Urine samples (63.75%) had the highest prevalence of K. pneumoniae, while wound (33.33%) had the lowest. K. pneumoniae strains harbored the highest prevalence of resistance against ampicillin (100%), cefuroxime (100%), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (95.65%) and ceftazidime (95.52%). FimH-1 (93.04%), traT (92.17%), mrkD (84.34%), and entB (80.86%) were the most commonly detected virulence genes. AcrAB (96.52%) and tolC (85.21%) were the most commonly detected antibiotic resistance genes. Prevalence of ompK35 and ompK36 virulence genes were 75.65% and 79.13%, respectively. Prevalence of K1 and K2-positive serotypes were 27.82% and 6.96%, respectively. Conclusions: High prevalence of resistance against several types of antibiotics and simultaneous presence of some virulence factors and multi-drug resistance genes pose an important public health issue.

Keywords: Klebsiella pneumoniae; antibiotic resistance genes; antibiotic resistance pattern; capsule serotypes; hospital infections; virulence genes.

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The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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