Table 2.

Clinical, microbiological, and AST profile of Kq1223

Parameter	Result / Interpretation
Patient demographics	56-year-old female, Peshawar, Pakistan
Clinical background	Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, chronic kidney disease
Clinical presentation	Fever, burning micturition, shortness of breath
Key laboratory findings	CRP: 86 mg/L; WBC: 11.2 × 10³/µL; Hb: 9.1 g/dL; HCT: 28.7%; PLT: 110 × 10³/Μl
Sample type	Urine
Culture findings	Mucoid lactose-fermenting colonies (> 10⁵ CFU/mL) on blood agar and CLED agar
Gram staining	Gram-negative bacilli
API 20E identification	K. pneumoniae
WGS	K. quasipneumoniae subsp. Quasipneumoniae
Genome features	Chromosome-only; no plasmid replicons detected
Colistin MIC (µg/mL)	4 (Resistant, CLSI 2023)
Sensitive to	Tigecycline, Amikacin, Gentamicin
Resistant to	Meropenem, Piperacillin-tazobactam, Cefoperazone-sulbactam, Amoxicillin-clavulanate, Cefotaxime, Ceftazidime, Cefepime, Ciprofloxacin, Tetracycline, and Ceftazidime-avibactam