Table 1. Characteristics of the Thirteen KPC-Positive Isolates Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction Method ^a.

Number of Isolate	IMI	MEM	PCR for KPC	MHT	Boronic Acid
1	S	S	+	+	+
2	R	R	+	+	+
3	S	S	+	+	+
4	R	R	+	+	+
5	R	S	+	+	+
6	S	S	+	+	+
7	R	S	+	_	_
8	S	S	+	+	+
9	R	R	+	_	+
10	S	R	+	+	_
11	S	S	+	_	+
12	S	S	+	+	+
13	R	R	+	+	+

^a Molecular studies detected 50% bla_VIM-1, 56.6% bla_VIM-2, and 6.6% bla_IMP-1 while none of the strains had bla_IMP-2 and bla_SPM-1 genes.