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Table 6 Phenotypic carbapenem resistance profiles of Klebsiella pneumoniae capsular pathotypes isolated from different clinical specimens

From: Prevalence of pathogenic Klebsiella pneumoniae based on PCR capsular typing harbouring carbapenemases encoding genes in Uganda tertiary hospitals

Pathotype

MNRH

MRRH

MBRRH

KIU-TH

Total capsular type/ Prevalence (%)

CR pathotypes

Chi square P value

Clinical specimen

WzyK1

2

1

2

0

5/2.2

2

0.12

Tracheal aspirate (2) and Rectal swab (3)

WzyK2

1

3

3

0

7/3.1

2

0.91

Blood (5) and Virginal swab (2)

WzyK3

5

4

7

0

16/7.1

6

0.31

Urine (13) and Rectal swab (3)

WzyK5

12

3

20

7

42/18.5

16

0.41

Urine (20), Pus swab (13), blood (3) and Rectal swab (6)

WzyK20

9

4

14

8

35/15.4

11

0.07

Urine (17), Pus swab (8), blood (3), rectal swab (7)

WzyK54

–

–

–

–

–

–

N/A

–

WzyK57

–

–

–

–

–

–

N/A

–

Total

29/82

15/24

46/87

15/34

105

37

  

Prevalence %

35.4

62.5

52.9

44.1

46.7

16.3

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