Emergence of <italic toggle="yes">mcr-9.1</italic> in Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Clinical <italic toggle="yes">Enterobacteriaceae</italic> in Pretoria, South Africa: Global Evolutionary Phylogenomics, Resistome, and Mobilome

ABSTRACT Extended-spectrum-β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae are critical-priority pathogens that cause substantial fatalities. With the emergence of mobile mcr genes mediating resistance to colistin in Enterobacteriaceae, clinicians are now left with few therapeutic options. Eleven cl...

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Autores principales: John Osei Sekyere, Nontuthuko E. Maningi, Lesedi Modipane, Nontombi Marylucy Mbelle
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:bc30c5954be84a7b9ec03f15f70fa1972021-12-02T19:47:39ZEmergence of <italic toggle="yes">mcr-9.1</italic> in Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Clinical <italic toggle="yes">Enterobacteriaceae</italic> in Pretoria, South Africa: Global Evolutionary Phylogenomics, Resistome, and Mobilome10.1128/mSystems.00148-202379-5077https://doaj.org/article/bc30c5954be84a7b9ec03f15f70fa1972020-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00148-20https://doaj.org/toc/2379-5077ABSTRACT Extended-spectrum-β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae are critical-priority pathogens that cause substantial fatalities. With the emergence of mobile mcr genes mediating resistance to colistin in Enterobacteriaceae, clinicians are now left with few therapeutic options. Eleven clinical Enterobacteriaceae strains with resistance to cephems and/or colistin were genomically analyzed to determine their resistomes, mobilomes, and evolutionary relationships to global strains. The global phylogenomics of mcr genes and mcr-9.1-bearing genomes were further analyzed. Ten isolates were ESBL positive. The isolates were multidrug resistant and phylogenetically related to global clones but distant from local strains. Multiple resistance genes, including blaCTX-M-15 blaTEM-1, and mcr-9.1, were found in single isolates; ISEc9, IS19, and Tn3 transposons bracketed blaCTX-M-15 and blaTEM-1. Common plasmid types included IncF, IncH, and ColRNAI. mcr-9 was of close sequence identity to mcr-3, mcr-5, mcr-7, mcr-8, and mcr-10. Genomes bearing mcr-9.1 clustered into six main phyletic groups (A to F), with those of this study belonging to clade B. Enterobacter species and Salmonella species are the main hosts of mcr-9.1 globally, although diverse promiscuous plasmids disseminate mcr-9.1 across different bacterial species. Emergence of mcr-9.1 in ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in South Africa is worrying, due to the restricted therapeutic options. Intensive One Health molecular surveillance might discover other mcr alleles and inform infection management and antibiotic choices. IMPORTANCE Colistin is currently the last-resort antibiotic for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections. However, colistin resistance genes that can move from bacteria to bacteria have emerged, threatening the safe treatment of many bacterial infections. One of these genes, mcr-9.1, has emerged in South Africa in bacteria that are multidrug resistant, further limiting treatment options for clinicians. In this work, we show that this new gene is disseminating worldwide through Enterobacter and Salmonella species through multiple plasmids. This worrying observation requires urgent action to prevent further escalation of this gene in South Africa and Africa.John Osei SekyereNontuthuko E. ManingiLesedi ModipaneNontombi Marylucy MbelleAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleESBLsEnterobacteriaceaemcr-9.1South Africacritical pathogenscolistin resistanceMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmSystems, Vol 5, Iss 3 (2020)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
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topic ESBLs
Enterobacteriaceae
mcr-9.1
South Africa
critical pathogens
colistin resistance
Microbiology
QR1-502
spellingShingle ESBLs
Enterobacteriaceae
mcr-9.1
South Africa
critical pathogens
colistin resistance
Microbiology
QR1-502
John Osei Sekyere
Nontuthuko E. Maningi
Lesedi Modipane
Nontombi Marylucy Mbelle
Emergence of <italic toggle="yes">mcr-9.1</italic> in Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Clinical <italic toggle="yes">Enterobacteriaceae</italic> in Pretoria, South Africa: Global Evolutionary Phylogenomics, Resistome, and Mobilome
description ABSTRACT Extended-spectrum-β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae are critical-priority pathogens that cause substantial fatalities. With the emergence of mobile mcr genes mediating resistance to colistin in Enterobacteriaceae, clinicians are now left with few therapeutic options. Eleven clinical Enterobacteriaceae strains with resistance to cephems and/or colistin were genomically analyzed to determine their resistomes, mobilomes, and evolutionary relationships to global strains. The global phylogenomics of mcr genes and mcr-9.1-bearing genomes were further analyzed. Ten isolates were ESBL positive. The isolates were multidrug resistant and phylogenetically related to global clones but distant from local strains. Multiple resistance genes, including blaCTX-M-15 blaTEM-1, and mcr-9.1, were found in single isolates; ISEc9, IS19, and Tn3 transposons bracketed blaCTX-M-15 and blaTEM-1. Common plasmid types included IncF, IncH, and ColRNAI. mcr-9 was of close sequence identity to mcr-3, mcr-5, mcr-7, mcr-8, and mcr-10. Genomes bearing mcr-9.1 clustered into six main phyletic groups (A to F), with those of this study belonging to clade B. Enterobacter species and Salmonella species are the main hosts of mcr-9.1 globally, although diverse promiscuous plasmids disseminate mcr-9.1 across different bacterial species. Emergence of mcr-9.1 in ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in South Africa is worrying, due to the restricted therapeutic options. Intensive One Health molecular surveillance might discover other mcr alleles and inform infection management and antibiotic choices. IMPORTANCE Colistin is currently the last-resort antibiotic for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections. However, colistin resistance genes that can move from bacteria to bacteria have emerged, threatening the safe treatment of many bacterial infections. One of these genes, mcr-9.1, has emerged in South Africa in bacteria that are multidrug resistant, further limiting treatment options for clinicians. In this work, we show that this new gene is disseminating worldwide through Enterobacter and Salmonella species through multiple plasmids. This worrying observation requires urgent action to prevent further escalation of this gene in South Africa and Africa.
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author John Osei Sekyere
Nontuthuko E. Maningi
Lesedi Modipane
Nontombi Marylucy Mbelle
author_facet John Osei Sekyere
Nontuthuko E. Maningi
Lesedi Modipane
Nontombi Marylucy Mbelle
author_sort John Osei Sekyere
title Emergence of <italic toggle="yes">mcr-9.1</italic> in Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Clinical <italic toggle="yes">Enterobacteriaceae</italic> in Pretoria, South Africa: Global Evolutionary Phylogenomics, Resistome, and Mobilome
title_short Emergence of <italic toggle="yes">mcr-9.1</italic> in Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Clinical <italic toggle="yes">Enterobacteriaceae</italic> in Pretoria, South Africa: Global Evolutionary Phylogenomics, Resistome, and Mobilome
title_full Emergence of <italic toggle="yes">mcr-9.1</italic> in Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Clinical <italic toggle="yes">Enterobacteriaceae</italic> in Pretoria, South Africa: Global Evolutionary Phylogenomics, Resistome, and Mobilome
title_fullStr Emergence of <italic toggle="yes">mcr-9.1</italic> in Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Clinical <italic toggle="yes">Enterobacteriaceae</italic> in Pretoria, South Africa: Global Evolutionary Phylogenomics, Resistome, and Mobilome
title_full_unstemmed Emergence of <italic toggle="yes">mcr-9.1</italic> in Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Clinical <italic toggle="yes">Enterobacteriaceae</italic> in Pretoria, South Africa: Global Evolutionary Phylogenomics, Resistome, and Mobilome
title_sort emergence of <italic toggle="yes">mcr-9.1</italic> in extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing clinical <italic toggle="yes">enterobacteriaceae</italic> in pretoria, south africa: global evolutionary phylogenomics, resistome, and mobilome
publisher American Society for Microbiology
publishDate 2020
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