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Table 1 The characteristics (species, source, resistance mechanism, and antibiogram) of the CPE isolates

From: The potential of visible blue light (405 nm) as a novel decontamination strategy for carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CPE)

Study identifier

Bacterium

Source

Resistance mechanisma

Antibiogram

AMO

AUG

TAZ

CXM

CEO

CET

CAZ

CPM

AZT

ERT

MER

AMI

CIP

CLX

CPE_8180

K. pneumoniae

Groin swab

bla NDM

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

S

R

R

CPE_8770

K. pneumoniae

Drain

bla NDM

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

S

R

R

CPE_9606

E. coli

Tip of cannula

bla NDM

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

S

R

R

CPE_7534

E. coli

Wound

bla NDM

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

S

R

R

CPE_5773

K. pneumoniae

Faeces

blaNDM & blaOXA-48

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

CPE_6949

K. pneumoniae

Urine

bla KPC

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

I

R

R

R

S

S

R

CPE_0257

K. pneumoniae

Urine

bla KPC

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

S

I

R

CPE_4388

K. oxytoca

Sputum

bla KPC

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

I

R

R

R

S

S

R

CPE_1798

K. pneumoniae

Urine

bla OXA-48

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

I

S

R

R

CPE_8421

E. coli

Drain

bla OXA-48

R

nt

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

S

S

nt

CPE_9956

K. pneumoniae

Urine

blaNDM and blaOXA-48

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

CPE_7855

K. pneumoniae

Urine

blaNDM and blaOXA-48

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

S

R

R

  1. Notes: a as determined through PCR testing at reference laboratory Antibiogram: R (resistant), I (intermediate), S (sensitive), nt (not tested). AMO (Amoxicillin), AUG (Augmentin), TAZ (Piperacillin tazobactam), CXM (Cefuroxime), CEO (Cefoxitin), CET (Cefotaxime), CAZ (Ceftazidime), CPM (Cefepime), AZT (Aztreonam), ERT (Ertapenem), MER (Meropenem), AMI (Amikacin), CIP (Ciprofloxacin), CLX (Cephalexin)