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. 2020 Oct 30;11:575391. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.575391

TABLE 4.

PmrAB polymorphisms of colistin-resistant K. pneumoniae isolates tested negative for mcr-1 to mcr-9.

Isolate Species Origin Colistin MIC, mg/L Resistance phenotype (epidemiological cut-off values of EUCAST)a Resistance phenotype (clinical breakpoints of EUCAST)b PmrABc
Poultry slaughterhouses
04/05-15 K. pneumoniae Influent in-house WWTP 32 AMP, CIP, CST, CTX, NAL, SMX, CAZ, TMP, FEP PIP, CTX, CAZ, CIP, LVX, CHL, SXT, FOF, CST 112T→P (PmrB)
04/70-34 K. pneumoniae Stunning facilities 16 AMP, CHL, CST, CTX, SMX, CAZ, TET, TMP, FEP CHL, SXT, FOF, CST 157T→P (PmrB)
C-04/02-07 K. pneumoniae Transport crates 32 AMP, CIP, CST, NAL, SMX, TET, TMP PIP, SXT, CST
C-04/02-08 K. pneumoniae Transport crates >64 AMP, CIP, CST, NAL, SMX, CAZ, TET, TMP PIP, SXT, CST 73P→x (PmrB) 74S→x (PmrB)
C-04/03-09 K. pneumoniae Scalding water 32 AMP, CIP, CST, NAL, SMX, TET, TMP PIP, CIP, LVX, SXT, CST 73P→x (PmrB) 74S→x (PmrB)
C-04/03-11 K. pneumoniae Scalding water 32 AMP, CIP, CST, NAL, SMX, TET, TMP PIP, CIP, LVX, SXT, FOF, CST 73P→x (PmrB) 74S→x (PmrB)
C-04/03-12 K. pneumoniae Scalding water 32 AMP, CIP, CST, NAL, SMX, CAZ, TET, TGC, TMP, FEP, FOX PIP, CIP, LVX, SXT, FOF, CST 73P→x (PmrB) 74S→x (PmrB)
C-04/03-13 K. pneumoniae Scalding water 32 AMP, CIP, CST, NAL, SMX, TET, TMP PIP, SXT, CST 73P→x (PmrB) 74S→x (PmrB)
C-04/05-01 K. pneumoniae Influent in-house WWTP 32 AMP, CIP, CST, NAL, SMX, TET, TMP PIP, SXT, CST 73P→x (PmrB) 74S→x (PmrB)
C-04/05-19 K. pneumoniae Influent in-house WWTP 32 AMP, CIP, CST, NAL, SMX, TET, TMP PIP, CIP, LVX, SXT, FOF, CST 73P→x (PmrB) 74S→x (PmrB)
C-04/07-29 K. pneumoniae Stunning facilities 32 AMP, CIP, CST, NAL, SMX, TET, TMP PIP, SXT, COL 73P→x (PmrB) 74S→x (PmrB)
C-04/07-02 K. pneumoniae Stunning facilities >64 AMP, CIP, CST, NAL, SMX CST
C-04/07-25 K. pneumoniae Stunning facilities 32 AMP, CIP, CST, NAL, SMX, TET, TMP PIP, CST 73P→x (PmrB) 74S→x (PmrB)
C-04/07-28 K. pneumoniae Stunning facilities 32 AMP, CIP, CST, CTX, NAL, TET, TGC, FEP, FOX PIP, CST 73P→x (PmrB) 74S→x (PmrB)

Pig slaughterhouses and mWWTPs

C-03/08-02 K. pneumoniae Scalding water 16 AMP, CST, SMX, CAZ, TET, FEP PIP, TZP, C/T, CST
C-03/10-18 K. pneumoniae Influent municipal WWTP 16 AMP, CST FOF, CST 217A→V (PmrA)
C-03/10-19 K. pneumoniae Influent municipal WWTP 16 AMP, CST FOF, CST 217A→V (PmrA)
C-03/10-21 K. pneumoniae Influent municipal WWTP 32 AMP, CST PIP, FOF, CST 2A→S (PmrB)
C-03/10-22 K. pneumoniae Influent municipal WWTP 32 AMP, CST CST 2A→S (PmrB)
C-03/12-01 K. pneumoniae On-site preflooder downstream 8 AMP, CIP, CST, NAL, CAZ, FEP PIP, CTX, CAZ, C/T, CIP, LVX, CHL, CST “Insertion” of QLQQLARVG between 201E and 202Q
C-03/12-02 K. pneumoniae On-site preflooder downstream 16 AMP, CIP, CST, NAL, SMX, CAZ, TET, FEP PIP, CTX, CAZ, C/T, CIP, LVX, CHL, CST
C-03/12-06 K. pneumoniae On-site preflooder downstream 16 AMP, CHL, CIP, CST, NAL, SMX, CAZ, TET, FEP PIP, CTX, CAZ, C/T, CIP, LVX, CHL, CST
C-03/12-10 K. pneumoniae On-site preflooder downstream >64 AMP, CHL, CIP, CST, NAL PIP, CTX, CAZ, CIP, LVX, CHL, CST 217A→V (PmrA)
C-05/10-15 K. pneumoniae Influent municipal WWTP 16 AMP, CST PIP, CST 147A→E (PmrA) 217A→V (PmrA)
C-05/10-16 K. pneumoniae Influent municipal WWTP 16 AMP, CST CST 147A→E (PmrA) 217A→V (PmrA)
C-05/10-26 K. pneumoniae Influent municipal WWTP 16 AMP, CST FOF, CST 37A→T (PmrA)

Poultry slaughterhouses

05/11-29 K. pneumoniae Effluent municipal WWTP 32 AMP, CHL, CIP, CST, CTX, NAL, CAZ, FEP, ETP, FOX, IMI PIP, TZP, CTX, CAZ, CIP, LVX, CHL, FOF, CST 57E→G (PmrA) 203S→P (PmrB)

aAntimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Plates of German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) containing sulfamethoxazole (SMX), trimethoprim (TMP), chloramphenicol (CHL), ciprofloxacin (CIP), nalidixic acid (NAL), tetracycline (TET), tigecycline (TGC), ertapenem (ETP), meropenem (MEM), imipenem (IMI), cefotaxime (CTX), ceftazidime (CAZ), cefoxitin (FOX), cefepime (FEP), colistin (CST), ampicillin (AMP), gentamicin (GEN). MIC were interpreted according to the epidemiological cut off values of EUCAST. bMicronaut-S MDR MRGN-Screening system containing temocillin (TEM), piperacillin (PIP), piperacillin/tazobactam (TZP), cefotaxime (CTX), ceftazidime (CAZ), imipenem (IMI), meropenem (MEM), amikacin (AMK), tigecycline (TGC), chloramphenicol (CHL), fosfomycin (FOF), trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (SXT), ciprofloxacin (CIP), levofloxacin (LVX), and colistin (CST). MIC were interpreted according to the clinical breakpoints of EUCAST. cPolymorphisms found for coding sequences for PmrA or PmrB.