Table 1.

Characteristics of the eight patients and the isolated K. pneumoniae strains.

Patient	Age	Length of stay (Days)	Diagnosis	Outcome	Isolate	Isolate date	Isolate type	ST type	PFGE cluster
P1	50–60	28	Post-operation of cholelithiasis	Died	Kp1	31 October	Blood	11	E
					Kp2	3 November	Sputum	11	E
P2	50–60	31	Pulmonary infection	Died	Kp3	12 November	Fecal	11	E
			Brain infarct		Kp4	29 November	Urine	11	E
					Kp5	5 December	Fecal	11	E
P3	50–60	17	Polytrauma	Died	Kp6	11 December	Sputum	375	B
					Kp7	20 December	Blood	11	C
P4	60–70	228	Pulmonary infection	Died	Kp8	2 June	Sputum	11	E
			Brain stem tumor operation		Kp9	22 June	Wound exudate	11	E
					Kp10	23 June	Fecal	37	A
					Kp11	30 June	Urine	11	E
					Kp12	30 June	Sputum	11	E
					Kp13	6 July	Sputum	11	E
					Kp14	11 August	Sputum	11	E
					Kp15	24 September	Sputum	11	E
					Kp16	17 November	Fecal	37	A
					Kp17	1 January	Fecal	11	E
					Kp18	13 January	Blood	11	E
P5	60–70	34	Obstructive jaundice	Died	Kp19	13 December	Blood	11	D
			Tumor of duodenum		Kp20	15 December	Drainage fluid	11	D
					Kp21	19 December	Catheter	11	D
P6	10–20	10	Pulmonary infection	Died	Kp22	15 November	Sputum	11	E
					Kp23	17 November	Urine	11	E
P7	60–70	80	Hemorrhagic infarct	Died	Kp24	20 January	Fecal	11	D
					Kp25	9 February	Sputum	11	D
					Kp26	13 February	Urine	11	D
P8	60–70	15	Pulmonary infection	Died	Kp27	26 March	Fecal	11	E
					Kp28	26 March	Pus	11	E
					Kp29	26 March	Sputum	11	E