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. 2021 Nov 25;73(Suppl 4):S290–S299. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab777

Table 1.

Characteristics of Carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae Isolates

Resistance mechanisms to carbapenems Number of Isolates (% of Total) Number of STs Number of Departments Carbapenemase Gene Variants Kpc Element (Tn4401) Plasmid Replicon Type
Carbapenemase
blaKPC-like
294 (69.1) 64 STs
(ST258, n = 106);
(ST11, n = 34);
(ST 512, n = 32);
(other STs, n = 122)
17 departments
(Antioquia = 77)
(Atlántico = 2)
(Bogotá = 5)
(Bolivar = 5)
(Boyacá = 11)
(Caldas = 8)
(Caquetá = 1)
(Casanare = 5)
(Cauca = 8)
(Córdoba = 3)
(Cundinamarca = 12)
(Huila = 7)
(Meta = 9)
(Nariño = 15)
(N. Santander = 17)
(Quindio = 3)
(Risaralda = 10)
(Santander = 50)
(Valle del Cauca = 46)
KPC-2 (n = 126)
KPC-3 (n = 168)
Tn4401_truncC (n = 7)
Tn4401a (n = 48)
Tn4401b (n = 145)
No-Tn4401 (n = 94)
IncFIB_K = 255
IncFII_K = 167
ColRNAI = 156
IncR = 115
IncFII = 95
IncI2 = 70
IncN = 46
IncFIB_pQil = 35
IncX3 = 33
Others = 215 (25 replicons)
Carbapenemase
blaNDM-like
63 (14.8) 8 STs
(ST11, n = 17);
(ST152, n = 21);
(others STs, n = 25)
12 departments
(Antioquia = 10)
(Atlantico = 1)
(Bogota = 3)
(Caldas = 1)
(Cauca = 2)
(Cundinamarca = 1)
(Huila = 2)
(Nariño = 2)
(N.Santander = 5)
(Risaralda = 9)
(Santander = 21)
(Valle del Cauca = 6)
NDM-1 (n = 60)
NDM-9 (n = 3)
- Inc._1 = 62
IncFIB_K = 51
IncFII_K = 35
ColRNAI = 22
IncR = 17
FIA_pBK30683 = 13
Others = 38 (12 replicons)
Carbapenemase
blaVIM-like
20 (4.7) 8 STs
(ST11, n = 4);
(ST15, n = 4);
(ST70, n = 4)
(ST147, n = 5);
(ST273, n = 1);
(ST307, n = 1);
(ST340, n = 2);
(ST833, n = 2);
7 departments
(Antioquia = 4)
(Atlántico = 1)
(Bogotá = 2)
(Boyacá = 1)
(Cesar = 1)
(N.Santander = 2)
(Santander = 9)
VIM-2 (n = 13);
VIM-4 (n = 6);
VIM-24 (n = 1)
- Inc._1 = 20
IncFIB_K = 15
IncR = 14
Col_pHAD28 = 7
Col440I = 6
IncFII_K = 6
FIA_pBK30683 = 4
ColRNAI = 3
Others = 15 (9 replicons)
Coproduction of carbapenemases blaKPC-like and blaNDM-like 11 (2.6) 8 STs
(ST11, n = 2);
(ST25, n = 2);
(ST76, n = 1);
(ST152, n = 1);
(ST219, n = 1);
(ST258, n = 1);
(ST340, n = 1);
(ST392, n = 2);
3 departments (Antioquia = 3);
(Santander = 2); (Huila = 1)
KPC-2+NDM-1 (n = 9);
KPC-3+NDM-1 (n = 2)
Tn4401a (n = 1)
Tn4401b (n = 2)
No-Tn4401 (n = 8)
IncFIB_K = 8
IncFII_K = 8
Inc._1 = 6
IncN = 5
IncR = 4
ColRNAI = 3
Col_pHAD28 = 2
FIA_pBK30683 = 1
IncFIB_pQil = 1
IncFII = 1
IncI2 = 1
IncM1 = 1
Coproduction of carbapenemases blaKPC-like and blaVIM-like 1 (0.23) 1 ST
(ST3660, n = 1)
1 department
(Bogota = 1)
KPC2+VIM-4 (n = 1) Tn4401b (n = 1) Inc._1 = 1
IncFIB_K = 1
IncFII_K = 1
IncR = 1
ESBL gene + porin defects, but no carbapenemase 22 (5.2) 18 STs
(ST11 n = 1);
(ST15 n = 1);
(ST25 n = 1)
(ST29 n = 1)
(ST35 n = 1)
(ST37 n = 1)
(ST40 n = 1)
(ST70 n = 2)
(ST147 n = 1)
(ST258 n = 1)
(ST300 n = 1)
(ST307 n = 1)
(ST340 n = 1)
(ST405 n = 1)
(ST629 n = 1)
(ST4841 n = 2)
(ST4986 n = 1)
(ST4987 n = 1)
9 departments
(Antioquia = 8)
(Bolivar = 1)
(Caldas = 1)
(Huila = 1)
(Nariño = 2)
(N. Santander = 1)
(Santander = 5)
(Sucre = 1)
(Valle del Cauca = 2)
- - IncFIB_K = 15
IncFII_K = 15
IncR = 6
IncFIB_pKPHS1 = 4
IncFIB_pNDM_Mar = 4
IncHI1B_pNDM_MAR = 2
FIA_pBK30683 = 2
Col_pHAD28 = 2
Others = 17 (14 replicons)
ESBL gene, but no carbapenemase 7 (1.64) 6 STs
(ST11 n = 1);
(ST39 n = 1);
(ST40 n = 1)
(ST147 n = 2)
(ST1373 n = 1)
(ST1758 n = 1)
3 departments
(Santander = 3);
(Antioquia = 2)
(Atlantico = 2)
- IncFIB_K = 7
IncFII_K = 3
IncR = 3
Col_pHAD28 = 2
Col156 = 1
Col440I = 1
Col440II = 1
FIA_pBK30683 = 1
IncFIB_pKPHS1 = 1
IncN = 1
Porin defects, but no carbapenemases 6 (1.41) 3 STs
(ST1198 n = 1);
(ST70 n = 3);
(ST14 n = 2)
2 departments
(Antioquia = 3)
(Nariño = 3);
- - IncFIB_K = 6
Inc._1 = 3
IncFIB_pKPHS1 = 3
IncFII_K = 3
IncR = 1
IncX4_1 = 1
ColRNAI = 1
No Carbapenemase, no Porin, no BLEE 1 (0.23) 1 STs
(ST4984 n = 1);
1 department
(Antioquia = 1)
- - IncFIB_K = 1
IncR = 1

Abbreviations: ESBL, extended spectrum β-lactamase; ST, sequence type.