Table 1. Detailed information of the bla _NDM-5-carrying plasmids reported.

Inc group	Transferabilitya	Size (kb)	Host strain	MLST	Country	Age	Sex	Sample	Travel history	Reference
IncF	—	>100	E. coli	ST648	UK	41 years	—	Perineum and throat	India	3
	T	>100	E. coli	—	India	28 years	F	Intra-operative pus	—	5
	T	>100	E. coli	—	India	52 years	M	Intra-operative pus	—	5
IncFII	C	110	E. coli	ST448	Poland	17 years	F	Stool	India	13
	C	90	E. coli	ST448	Spain	78 years	F	Urine	No	16
IncN	C	110	E. coli	ST540	Japan	—	—	Feces	Bangladesh	12
IncX3	T	46b	K. pneumoniae	—	India	—	—	Blood	—	11
	—	46b	E. coli	ST1284	Denmark	74 years	F	Groin	India	10
	—	46b	E. coli	ST648	Australia	55 years	F	Urine	India	8
	C	46b	E. coli	ST167	China	75 years	M	Rectum	No	9
	C	46b	E. coli	ST167	China	80s	F	Urine	No	31
	C	46b	E. coli	ST167	China	20s	F	Blood	No	31
	C	46b	E. coli	ST2608	China	20s	M	Surgical wound swab	No	31
	C	46b	E. coli	ST5131	China	30s	F	Vaginal secretions	No	31
	T	46b	E. coli	ST167	China	7 days	M	Aspirating sputum	No	This study
	T	46b	E. coli	ST167	China	47 years	F	Urine	No	This study
untypeable	C	48	K. pneumoniae	ST231	Singapore	5 years	F	Urine	Bangladesh	14

^aC: plasmid can transfer to E. coli recipients by conjugation; T: plasmid can transfer to E. coli recipients by transformation or electroporation.

^bThese plasmids are identical or near-identical to plasmid pNDM-MGR194.