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Klebsiella pneumoniae Mutants Resistant to Ceftazidime-Avibactam Plus Aztreonam, Imipenem-Relebactam, Meropenem-Vaborbactam, and Cefepime-Taniborbactam

Aim Satapoomin, Punyawee Dulyayangkul, Matthew B Avison

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Abstract

We show that a previously described Klebsiella pneumoniae variant that is resistant to ceftazidime-avibactam plus meropenem-vaborbactam, has a ramR plus ompK36 mutation, and produces the V239G variant KPC-3 (V240G per the standard numbering system) exhibits resistance to ceftazidime-avibactam plus aztreonam and imipenem-relebactam but not cefepime-taniborbactam. The V239G variant does not generate collateral β-lactam susceptibility like many KPC-3 variants associated with ceftazidime-avibactam resistance. Additional mutation of ompK35 and production of the OXA-48-like carbapenemase OXA-232 were required to confer cefepime-taniborbactam resistance.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages5
JournalAntimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Volume66
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Mar 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was funded by grant MR/S004769/1 to M.B.A. from the Antimicrobial Resistance Cross Council Initiative supported by the seven United Kingdom research councils and the National Institute for Health Research. N.S. received a postgraduate scholarship from the University of Bristol. We declare no conflicts of interest.

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© 2022 American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • KPC
  • carbapenemase

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