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Ten years of population-level genomic Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae serotype surveillance informs vaccine development for invasive infections

Lipworth, S; Vihta, K-D; Chau, KK; Kavanagh, J; Davies, T; George, S; Barker, L; ... Stoesser, N; + view all (2021) Ten years of population-level genomic Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae serotype surveillance informs vaccine development for invasive infections. Clinical Infectious Diseases 10.1093/cid/ciab006. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The incidence of bloodstream infections (BSIs) caused by Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae is increasing, with substantial associated morbidity, mortality and antimicrobial resistance. Unbiased serotyping studies to guide vaccine target selection are limited. METHODS: We conducted unselected, population-level genomic surveillance of bloodstream E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from 2008-2018 in Oxfordshire, UK. We supplemented this with an analysis of publicly available global sequencing data (n=3678). RESULTS: We sequenced 3478 E. coli isolates (3278 passed quality control) and 556 K. pneumoniae isolates (535 (K-antigen) and 549 (O-antigen) passed quality control). The four most common E. coli O-antigens (O1/O2/O6/O25) were identified in 1499/3278 isolates; the incidence of these O-types increased over time (IRRy=1.14, 95% CI:1.11-1.16). These O-types accounted for 616/1434 multidrug resistant (MDR) and 173/256 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase(ESBL)-resistant isolates in Oxfordshire, but only 19/90 carbapenem-resistant isolates across all studies. For Klebsiella pneumoniae, the most common O-antigens (O2v2/O1v1/O3b/O1v2) accounted for 410/549 isolates; the incidence of BSIs caused by these also increased annually (IRRy=1.09; 95% CI:1.05-1.12). These O-types accounted for 122/148 MDR and 106/123 ESBL isolates in Oxfordshire and 557/734 carbapenem-resistant isolates across all studies. Conversely we observed substantial capsular antigen diversity. Analysis of 3678 isolates from global studies demonstrated the generalisability of these findings. For E. coli, based on serotyping, the ExPEC4V and ExPEC10V vaccines under investigation would cover 46% and 72% of Oxfordshire isolates respectively, and 47% and 71% of MDR isolates. CONCLUSIONS: O-antigen targeted vaccines may be useful in reducing the morbidity, mortality and antimicrobial resistance associated with E. coli and K. pneumoniae BSIs.

Type: Article
Title: Ten years of population-level genomic Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae serotype surveillance informs vaccine development for invasive infections
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab006
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab006
Language: English
Additional information: © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance, Bloodstream infection, Enterobacteriaceae, Vaccine, Whole genome sequencing
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Inst of Clinical Trials and Methodology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Inst of Clinical Trials and Methodology > MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10119029
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