Table 1.

Major features of p0716-KPC and p12181-KPC and their antibiotic resistance genes and host bacteria.

Category	Plasmid
	p0716-KPC			p12181-KPC
Accessory resistance regions	∆Tn6029	MDR region	bla KPC-2 region	∆Tn6029	MDR region	bla KPC-2 region
Resistance genes	strAB, and sul2	aphA1a, ΔtmrB, aacC2, mph(A), sul1, qacEΔ1, and dfrA25	bla TEM-1, and bla KPC-2	strAB, and sul2	mph(A), sul1, qacEΔ1, and dfrA25	ΔtmrB, aacC2, and bla KPC-2
Host bacterium	K. pneumoniae 0716			K. pneumoniae 12181
Bacterial isolation	Recovered from ascitic fluid from Patient 1 in Hospital 1			Recovered from sputum from Patient 2 in Hospital 2