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 |
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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) |
There were a total of 73 cases.
There were a total of 52 blaKPC-2 cases.
There were a total of 9 blaKPC-2 blaVIM-1 cases.
There were a total of 12 blaVIM-1 cases.