Table 2.
Distribution of siderophore related genes in clinical isolates of K. pneumoniae.
| Genes | No. of isolates % |
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|---|---|---|---|
| hv KP (N = 13) | Non-hvKP (N = 43) | Total (N = 56) | |
| iucA | 100 (13/13) | 13.95 (6/43) | 33.93 (19/56) |
| iroN | 53.85 (7/13) | 25.58 (11/43) | 32.12 (18/56) |
| ybts | 69.23 (9/13) | 40.91 (18/44) | 48.21 (27/56) |
| EntB | 100 (13/13) | 79.55 (35/44) | 85.71 (48/56) |
Hv KP, hypermucovicosity K. pneumoniae; iucA, aertobactin A; iroN, salmochelin N; ybts, yersiniabactin; EntB: enterobactin B.