Characterization of KPC-82, a KPC-2 Variant Conferring Resistance to Ceftazidime-Avibactam in a Carbapenem-Nonsusceptible Clinical Isolate of Citrobacter koseri
KPC-82 is a KPC-2 variant identified in a carbapenem-nonsusceptible Citrobacter koseri that confers high-level resistance to ceftazidime-avibactam. Genomic analysis revealed that bla KPC-82 is carried by a chromosomally integrated Tn 4401 transposon (disrupting porin gene phoE ) and evolved by a 6-nucleotide tandem repeat duplication causing a two-amino-acid insertion (Ser-Asp) within the Ala 267 -Ser 275 loop.