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. 2012 Aug;50(8):2618–2623. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00459-12

Table 1.

Incidences of imported and hospital-acquired carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae cases and carbapenemase gene distributions from 2009 to 2011

Yr (no. of cases)a No. of cases/1,000 patient days No. of imported, hospital acquired cases No. of imported, hospital-acquired cases/1,000 patient days No. (%) with blaKPC-2 isolatesb No. (%) with blaKPC-2 blaVIM-1 isolatesc No. (%) with blaVIM-1 isolatesd
2009 (36) 0.52 11, 25 0.16, 0.36 23 (63.9) 5 (13.9) 8 (22.2)
2010 (22) 0.32 9, 13 0.13, 0.19 16 (72.7) 4 (18.2) 2 (9.1)
2011 (15) 0.21 8, 7 0.11, 0.1 13 (86.7) 0 2 (13.3)
a

There were a total of 73 cases.

b

There were a total of 52 blaKPC-2 cases.

c

There were a total of 9 blaKPC-2 blaVIM-1 cases.

d

There were a total of 12 blaVIM-1 cases.