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Table 3 Characteristics of eight 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

Strains

Patient

Specimen

STs

Capsular type

Strain type

Carbapenem resistance genes

String test

Virulence genes

Biofilm assay

Serum resistance

KP14

2

Sputum

11

K64

XDR-KP

blaKPC-2

-

-

 +  +  + 

0.73%

KP16

4

Drainage

5254

K64

MDR-KP

blaKPC-2

-

-

 +  + 

0.08%

KP17

3

Sputum

11

K64

XDR-hvKP

blaNDM-1, blaKPC-2

-

rmpA, rmpA2, peg344, iucA

 +  +  + 

0.00%

KP18

5

Sputum

11

K64

XDR-KP

blaKPC-2

-

-

 +  +  + 

0.62%

KP20

7

Sputum

11

K64

XDR-KP

blaKPC-2

-

-

 +  +  + 

40.00%

KP21

6

Blood

11

K64

XDR-hvKP

blaNDM-1, blaKPC-2

-

rmpA, rmpA2, peg344, iucA

 +  +  + 

0.00%

KP24

8

Urine

11

K64

XDR-hvKP

blaNDM-1, blaKPC-2

-

rmpA, rmpA2, peg344, iucA

-

0.00%

KP25

1

Wound

11

K64

XDR-hvKP

blaNDM-1, blaKPC-2

-

rmpA, rmpA2, peg344, iucA

 +  +  + 

1.15%

  1. Abbreviations: XDR-KP Extensively drug-resistant K. pneumoniae, MDR-KP Multidrug-resistant K. pneumoniae, XDR-hvKP Extensively drug-resistant hypervirulent K. pneumoniae