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. 2015 Mar 27;15:161. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-0899-7

Table 3.

Comparison of microbiological characteristics between ST23 and non-ST23 K. pneumoniae isolates from KLA

Microbiological characteristic ST23 (n = 26) Non-ST23 (n = 19) P -value
No. (%) No. (%)
Serotypes -no. (%)
K1 25(96.2%) 6(31.6%) <0.001
K2 0(0.0%) 9(47.4%) <0.001
Non K1/K2 1(3.8%) 4(21.1%) 0.146
Virulence genes -no. (%)
magA+ 25(96.2%) 6(31.6%) <0.001
rmpA+ 26(100.0%) 19(100%) 1
hvKP -no. (%) 6(23.1%) 7(36.8%) 0.341
cKP -no. (%) 20(76.9%) 12(63.2%) 0.341
ESBLs positive -no. (%) 1(3.8%) 0(0.0%) 0.387