A novel IncA plasmid carrying blaVIM-1 in a Kluyvera cryocrescens strain

Kluyvera is considered a benign saprophyte commonly present in the environment and also in the human gastrointestinal tract. Kluyvera infections in humans are rare and the pathogenic role of Kluyvera remains uncertain.1 In recent years, sporadic cases of Kluyvera species carrying class A carbapenemase genes (blaGES-5 and blaKPC-2) have been reported.2,3 Herein we describe the complete nucleotide sequence of an IncA plasmid carrying blaVIM-1 recovered from a Kluyvera cryocrescens strain isolated in Italy. This is, to our knowledge, the first report about a Kluyvera strain with an acquired class B carbapenemase.