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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients infected with PB-resistant K. pneumoniae

From: Clonal transmission of polymyxin B-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates coharboring blaNDM-1 and blaKPC-2 in a tertiary hospital in China

Patient

Strain

Residence time

Age/sex

Department

Underlying conditions

ICU stay time

Prior antibiotic exposure

Source of infection

Treated antibiotics in 72 h

Discharge status

1

KP25

2020.11.4–2020.12.20

65/Male

ICU

Multiple fractures, Severe pneumonia, Acute renal injury, Hypertension

47

SCF, LZD, TGC, TZP

Wound

TGC, TZP

Unhealed

2

KP14

2020.11.17–2020.12.4

57/Female

Recovery unit

Pneumonia, Rupture of intracranial aneurysm, Abnormal liver function

8

TZP

Respiratory tract

TZP

critically ill

3

KP17

2021.12.14–2021.2.20

70/Male

ICU

Severe pneumonia, Lung cancer surgery, Hypertension

47

TZP, MEM, PB, VA, CAZ

Respiratory tract

SCF

Improved

4

KP16

2021.1.5–2021.1.15

37/Male

Pancreato-biliary surgery unit

Acute severe pancreatitis

None

CDZ

Digestive tract

CDZ

Improved

5

KP18

2021.1.13–2021.3.15

38/Male

ICU, Neurosurgery unit

Pneumonia, Intracranial infection, Abnormal liver function

71

MEM, PB

Respiratory tract

MEM, TZP

critically ill

6

KP21

2021.2.18–2021.3.26

77/Female

ICU

Hepatocellular carcinoma, Pneumonia, Hepatitis B

8

LVX, CN, SCF

Liver

MEM

Unhealed

7

KP20

2021.3.8–2021.3.19

70/Male

ICU, Respiratory unit

Lymphoma, Severe pneumonia, Abnormal liver function, Type II diabetes

14

MEM, PB

Respiratory tract

MEM, PB

Unhealed

8

KP24

2021.3.25–2021.5.27

52/Male

Integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine unit

Brainstem hemorrhage, Pneumonia, Hypertension, Type II diabetes

None

PB, TGC

Urinary tract

TGC

Improved

  1. Abbreviations: ICU Intensive care unit, SCF Cefoperazone/sulbactam, LZD Linezolid, TGC Tigecycline, TZP Piperacillin/tazobactam, MEM Meropenem, PB Polymyxin B, VA Vancomycin, CDZ Cefodizime, LVX Levofloxacin, CN Gentamicin