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. 2023 Feb 28;67(3):e01424-22. doi: 10.1128/aac.01424-22

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae isolates from our collectiona


Strain
ST K-type Virulence score Definition rmpABC rmpA2 iucABCD_iutA ybt clb kfu No. virulence genes Virulence plasmids Carbapenemase Canton Source Date
N330 23 K1 5 hvKp +; trunc + + + + 35 pST23_OXA-48 OXA-48 VD Rectal swab 2018
N488 23 K1 5 hvKp +; trunc + + + + 35 pST23_OXA-48 OXA-48 VD Rectal swab 2019
N593 23 K1 5 hvKp + + + + 34 pST23_OXA-48 OXA-48 VD Rectal swab 2019
N911 14 K2 4 hvKp +; trunc + + + 20 pKpCH_aerob OXA-48 GE Rectal swab 2019
N321 395 K2 4 hvKp +; trunc + + 17 pKpCH_aerob KPC-3 VS Urine 2018
N346 395 K2 4 hvKp + + 16 pKpCH_aerob KPC-41 VS Rectal swab 2018
N447 395 K2 4 hvKp +; trunc + + 17 pKpCH_aerob KPC-3 VS Blood culture 2018
N1052 395 K2 4 hvKp + + 16 pKpvST147B-like NDM-1 TI Urine 2019
N570 395 K2 4 hvKp +; trunc + + 17 pKpCH_aerob KPC-3 VD Tracheal fluid 2018
N732 395 K2 4 hvKp + + 16 pKpCH_aerob KPC-3 VS Rectal swab 2019
N793 395 K2 4 hvKp +; trunc + + 17 pKpCH_aerob KPC-3 BL Urine 2019
N435 395 K2 4 hvKp + + 16 pKpCH_aerob KPC-41 VD Rectal swab 2018
N649 395 K2 4 hvKp +; trunc + + 17 pKpCH_aerob OXA-48 BE Rectal swab 2019
N621 147 K20 3 nhv-Kp + +; trunc + 9 pKpvST147B-like NDM-1 VD Rectal swab 2019
N969 147 K20 3 nhv-Kp + +; trunc + 9 pKpvST147B-like NDM-1 LU Urine 2019
N829 147 K20 3 nhv-Kp +; A_trunc + 8 pKpvST147B-like NDM-1 LU Urine 2019
N1259 147 K20 3 nhv-Kp + +; trunc + 9 pKpvST147B-like NDM-1 LU Urine 2020
N1498 147 K20 3 nhv-Kp + +; trunc + 9 pKpvST147B-like NDM-1 SG Urine 2020
N1712 147 K64 4 nhv-Kp + + 16 pKpvST147B-like NDM-1 ZH Puncture 2020
N1071 147 K64 4 nhv-Kp + + + 19 pKpvST147B-like NDM-1 GE Rectal swab 2020
N1448 147 K64 4 nhv-Kp + +; trunc + + 20 pKpvST147B-like NDM-1 ZH Rectal swab 2020
N1692 147 K64 4 nhv-Kp + + 16 pKpvST147B-like NDM-1 ZH Blood culture 2020
N896 101 K17 4 nhv-Kp +; trunc + + + 20 pKpCH_aerob KPC-3 GE Rectal swab 2019
N1325 101 K17 4 nhv-Kp + + + 19 pKpCH_aerob KPC-3 GR Rectal swab 2020
N608 16 K51 4 nhv-Kp + +; trunc + + 20 pKpvST147B-like NDM-1 VS Rectal swab 2019
a

rmpABC and rmpA2 are mucoid phenotype regulators. iucABCD_iutA is an aerobactin cluster, ybt is a yersiniabactin cluster; and clb is a colibactin cluster. kfu shows ferric iron uptake. The virulence plasmids used have the following accession numbers: pST23_OXA-48, OP690161; pKpCH_aerob, OP690162; and pKpvST147, CP040726.1. −, absence; +, presence; BE, Bern; BL, Basel-Landschaft; GE, Geneva; GR, Graubünden; LU, Lucerne; SG, St-Gallen; TI, Ticino; VD, Vaud; VS, Valais; ZH, Zürich; hvKp, hypervirulent K. pneumoniae; nhv-Kp, nonhypervirulent K. pneumoniae; trunc, truncated.