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