Emergence of Raoultella ornithinolytica coproducing IMP-4 and KPC-2 carbapenemases in China

Abstract

We report here the emergence of seven IMP-4-producing Raoultella ornithinolytica isolates obtained from one patient. All isolates carried the blaIMP-4 carbapenemase gene, five isolates also carried blaSHV-12, four contained blaTEM-1, and one contained blaOXA-1. Notably, the R. ornithinolytica isolate Ro25724 also expressed Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-2. The blaKPC-2 gene was located on a Tn3-Tn4401 integration structure on a plasmid of ∼450 kb. This is the first description of the coexistence of blaKPC-2 and blaIMP-4 from the genus Raoultella.