New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase 5–Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 258, Southwest China, 2017

Abstract

We isolated a New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 5 (NDM-5)–producing Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type (ST) 258 strain in southwest China during 2017. The blaNDM-5 gene was acquired by horizontal plasmid transfer from NDM-5–producing Escherichia coli. We identified genomic characteristics in ST258 strains that differed from those of global K. pneumoniae carbapenemase–producing strains.

Keywords

• New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 5
• NDM-5
• Klebsiella pneumoniae
• bacteria
• antimicrobial resistance
• sequence type 258