Replacement of the Dominant ST191 Clone by ST369 Among Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Bloodstream Isolates at a Tertiary Care Hospital in South Korea
Abstract
The clonal dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) bacteremia is a serious clinical problem worldwide. However, the factors related to the emergence and replacement of predominant CRAB clones in nosocomial settings are unclear. By multilocus sequence typing (MLST), we evaluated the genetic relatedness of CRAB bloodstream isolates at a tertiary care hospital over a 3.5-year period and investigated the clinical and microbiologic characteristics of the predominant sequence types (STs). One hundred and seventy-nine CRAB bloodstream isolates were collected from June 2016 to December 2019, and their MLSTs according to Oxford scheme and clinical data were obtained. The predominant STs were assessed for in vitro growth, competitive growth, and virulence in a mouse model of intraperitoneal infection. Two dominant clones—ST369 (n = 98) and ST191 (n = 48)—belonging to international clone 2 (IC2) were recovered from patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) or wards. ST191 predominated (61%, 27/43) from June 2016 to July 2017, whereas ST369 (72%, 98/136), which was first isolated from a patient admitted to the emergency room, replaced ST191 (15%, 21/136) after August 2017. In a multivariate analysis, leukopenia (OR = 3.62, 95% CI 1.04–12.6, p = 0.04) and ST191 or 369 (OR = 5.32, 95% CI 1.25–22.65, p = 0.02) were independent risk factors for 7-day mortality. Compared with non-ST369, ST369 was associated with a shorter time to bacteremia from ICU…
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