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Table 1 Frequency of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) and Carbapenemase-producing (CP)-CRE isolates by specimen type and organism, Thailand, 2016–2018

From: Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in Thailand, 2016–2018

Isolate characteristics

No. CRE isolates (%)

No. CP-CRE isolates (%)

% of CRE with CP gene

Specimen type

 Urine

1622 (41%)

1567 (41%)

97

 Sputum

1380 (35%)

1351 (35%)

98

 Pus

437 (11%)

429 (11%)

98

 Blood

323 (8%)

320 (8%)

99

 Other normally sterile site

77 (2%)

75 (2%)

97

 Other

107 (3%)

102 (3%)

95

Organism

 Klebsiella pneumoniae

2888 (73%)

2814 (73%)

97

 Escherichia coli

825 (21%)

816 (21%)

99

 Enterobacter cloacae

123 (3%)

115 (3%)

93

 Citrobacter freundii

11 (< 1%)

11 (< 1%)

100

 Other organism

99 (3%)

88 (2%)

89

Total

3946

3844

97