NDM-1 encoded by a pNDM-BJ01-like plasmid p3SP-NDM in clinical Enterobacter aerogenes.
A carbapenem-nonsusceptible Enterobacter aerogenes strain named 3-SP was isolated from a human case of pneumonia in a Chinese teaching hospital. NDM-1 carbapenemase is produced by a pNDM-BJ01-like conjugative plasmid designated p3SP-NDM to account for carbapenem resistance of 3-SP. p3SP-NDM was fully sequenced and compared with all publically available pNDM-BJ01-like plasmids. The genetic differences between p3SP-NDM and pNDM-BJ01 include only 18 single nucleotide polymorphisms, a 1 bp deletion and a 706 bp deletion. p3SP-NDM and pNDM-BJ01 harbor an identical Tn125 element organized as ISAba125, bla NDM-1, ble MBL, ΔtrpF, dsbC, cutA, ΔgroES, groEL, ISCR27, and ISAba125. The bla NDM-1 surrounding regions in these pNDM-BJ01-like plasmids have a conserved linear organization ISAba14-aphA6-Tn125-unknown IS, with considerable genetic differences identified within or immediately downstream of Tn125. All reported pNDM-BJ01-like plasmids are exclusively found in Acinetobacter, whereas this is the first report of identification of a pNDM-BJ01-like plasmid in Enterobacteriaceae.
Nanlou Respiratory Diseases Department, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital Beijing, China.
Zhenhong
Z
Chen
Nanlou Respiratory Diseases Department, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital Beijing, China.
Hongxia
H
Li
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology Beijing, China.
Jiao
J
Feng
The First Hospital of Shijiazhuang City Shijiazhuang, China.
Yuxue
Y
Li
Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou, China.
Xin
X
Chen
Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou, China.
Xuemin
X
Guo
Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China.
Weijun
W
Chen
Nanlou Respiratory Diseases Department, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital Beijing, China.
Li
L
Wang
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology Beijing, China.
Lei
L
Lin
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology Beijing, China.
Huiying
H
Yang
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology Beijing, China.
Wenhui
W
Yang
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology Beijing, China.
Jie
J
Wang
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology Beijing, China.
Dongsheng
D
Zhou
Nanlou Respiratory Diseases Department, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital Beijing, China.
Changting
C
Liu
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology Beijing, China.
Zhe
Z
Yin
Enterobacter aerogenes; NDM-1; Plasmid; p3SP-NDM