Table 1:
General features of the clinical strains included in the study.
| Strain | Specie | Patient | Source | Resistance profile (*) | Cabapenemases | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid Blue-Carba test | metallo-β-lactamases | KPC-MBL Kit | |||||
| Kb846 | K. pneumoniae | 1 | blood culture, catheter | AMP; SAM; TZP; CEP; CTX; CAZ; IMP; MEM; AMK; GEN; NAL; CIP; NIT; COL; TMS | Positive | negative | positive |
| Ps848 | P. stuartii | 1 | blood culture | AMP; SAM; TZP; CEP; CTX; CAZ; IMP; MEM; GEN; NAL; CIP; NIT; COL; TMS | positive | positive | positive |
| PaC850 | P. aeruginosa | 1 | urine culture | AMP; SAM; CEP; CTX; CAZ; IMP; NAL; CIP; NIT; FEP | positive | positive | positive |
| Ps850 | P. stuartii | 1 | urine culture | AMP; SAM; TZP; CEP; CTX; CAZ; IMP; MEM; GEN; NAL; CIP; NIT; COL; FEP | positive | positive | positive |
| Ps722 | P. stuartii | 2 | abscess culture | AMP; SAM; CEP; GEN; CTX; CAZ; IMP; MEM; NAL; NIT; COL; CIP | (indeterminate) | positive | positive |
| Pr783 | P. rettgeri | 3 | surgical toilette | AMP; SAM; TZP; CEP; CTX; CAZ; IMP; MEM; NAL; NIT; COL; FEP; TMS | (indeterminate) | positive | positive |
| Pm856 | P. mirabilis | 4 | urine culture | AMP; SAM; TZP; CEP; CTX; CAZ; IMP; MEM; NAL; NIT; COL; FEP; TMS; GEN; CIP | positive | positive | positive |
| Kb443 | K. pneumoniae | 5 | tracheal aspirate | AMP; SAM; TZP; CEP; CTX; CAZ; IMP; MEM; NAL; AMK; TMS; GEN; CIP | positive | positive | positive |
AMP: ampicillin; SAM: ampicillin-sulbactam; TZP: piperacillin-tazobactam; CEP: cefalotine; CTX: cefotaxime; CAZ: ceftazidime; IMP: imipenem; MEM: meropenem; AMK: amikacin; GEN: gentamycin; NAL: nalidixic acid; CIP: ciprofloxaxine; NIT: nitrofurantoin; COL: colistin; TMS: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; FEP: cephepime;
: Resistance profile only; Indeterminate: a color change was obtained after 2 hours of incubation