Isolation of the human-associated blaCTX-M-15-harbouring Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307 from a tortoise in the UK

G Foster; Manal  AboOun; Romain Pizzi; BJ Tennant; Margaret McCall; Muna Anjum

doi:10.1099/acmi.0.000172

Isolation of the human-associated blaCTX-M-15-harbouring Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307 from a tortoise in the UK

G Foster^*
, Manal AboOun
, Romain Pizzi
, BJ Tennant
, Margaret McCall
, Muna Anjum

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The ST307 multidrug-resistant CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae is an emerging pathogen, which has become disseminated worldwide in humans but is rarely reported from other reservoirs. We report the first isolation of K. pneumoniae from an animal in Europe and also from a reptile, a captive tortoise, whose death it probably caused. Detection of this clone from an animal adds to evidence of niche expansion in non-human environments, where it may amplify, recycle and become of greater public health concern.

Original language	English
Article number	000172
Pages (from-to)	1-3
Number of pages	3
Journal	Access Microbiology
Volume	2
Issue number	12
Early online date	24 Sept 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000172
Publication status	Print publication - Dec 2020

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Keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae
CTX-M-15
multidrug resistant
tortoise
ST307

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Isolation of the human-associated blaCTX-M-15-harbouring Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307 from a tortoise in the UK

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