Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (6): 2893-2905.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.06.032

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Genetic Evolution, Virulence Genes, and Drug Resistance Analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae from Yak in Gansu Province

ZHAO Enhao1(), SHI Hongmei2, GESANG Zhuoma3, SUOLANG Sizhu1,*(), GONG Ga1,*()   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science, Xizang Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University, Nyingchi 860000, China
    2. Gannan Animal Husbandry Workstation, Gannan 747000, China
    3. Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center of Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa 850000, China
  • Received:2024-07-08 Online:2025-06-23 Published:2025-06-25
  • Contact: SUOLANG Sizhu, GONG Ga E-mail:3425171673@qq.com;xzslsz@163.com;xzlzgg@163.com

Abstract:

This study aimed to understand the epidemiological characteristics, virulence genes, resistance genes, resistant phenotype and genetic diversity of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Gansu Province. In this study, K. pneumoniae was isolated and purified from 156 yak lung samples collected from a slaughterhouse in Gansu Province. Serotypes, virulence genes and drug resistance genes of the isolates were tested by molecular biology means, and resistance profiles of the isolates were tested by K-B method. The results showed that, a total of 84 K. pneumoniae strains were isolated from 156 lung samples, the separation rate was 53.85%; Eight capsular serotypes were not detected, indicated that the isolates might belong to other serotypes; The virulence genes detection results showed that, the detection rate of pilus biosynthesis-related genes fimH (84.52%) and mrkD (95.23%), kipopolysaccharide-related gene uge (94.05%), the urease-related gene ereA (88.10%), and the iron uptake system gene ybtA (97.62%) were high, the detection rate of other virulence genes was low or not detected. The results of drug-resistance gene testing showed that, the detection rate of the blaTEM gene of the ESBLs class (85.71%), Carbapenem VIM genes (79.76%) and acc (6')-Ib of aminoglycosides (77.38%) were high, other drug resistance genes was low or not detected. The results of the drug susceptibility test showed that the isolates were highly resistant to co-trimoxazole (98.81%), erythromycin (97.62%), vancomycin (95.24%) and clindamycin (94.05%), and have different degrees of resistance to the rest of the drugs; ERIC-PCR results showed, similarity> 60% can be classified into a cluster, divided into E 1 to E 6, where E1 was the dominant cluster, accounting for 50.00%. This paper analyzed the prevalence, virulence genes, drug resistance genes and drug resistance phenotypes of K. pneumoniae in Gansu yak, which has certain reference significance for clinical and preventive guidance.

Key words: Klebsiella pneumoniae, virulence gene, drug resistance gene, ERIC-PCR

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