Two Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolates from Blood Cultures After Cervical Conization in a Patient with Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Grade II: Phenotypic and Genomic Characterization
Abstract
Patients undergoing cervical conization for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade II (CIN II) may develop postoperative bloodstream infections (BSIs), and multidrug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli isolates with distinct resistance profiles can complicate antimicrobial management. In this case-based study, two E. coli strains, HBFY-1 and HBFY-2, were recovered from blood cultures obtained from a 38-year-old CIN II patient with postoperative fever. The isolates were characterized by antimicrobial susceptibility testing, whole-genome sequencing, conjugation assays, and comparative genomics against publicly available genomes matched by sequence type and serotype. Fever occurred on postoperative day 2. HBFY-1 was fluoroquinolone-resistant; belonged to ST744/O101:H9; carried the extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) gene blaCTX-M-27; was phenotypically confirmed as an ESBL producer; and grouped within a multi-source near-neighbor clade consistent with a conserved fluoroquinolone-associated resistance backbone in ST744/O101:H9. HBFY-2 was carbapenem-resistant; belonged to ST48/O113:H32; carried blaNDM-5 on an IncY-associated plasmid bin; was phenotypically confirmed as a metallo-carbapenemase producer; and did not harbor any ESBL gene. Within the matched ST48/O113:H32 dataset, blaNDM-5 was detected only in HBFY-2, which clustered within an Asia-enriched lineage, including China-derived human and swine genomes. The blaCTX-M-27-associated and blaNDM-5-associated elements were…
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