Table 1 Major features of p0716-KPC and p12181-KPC and their antibiotic resistance genes and host bacteria.
Category | Plasmid | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
p0716-KPC | p12181-KPC | |||||
Accessory resistance regions | ∆Tn6029 | MDR region | bla KPC-2 region | ∆Tn6029 | MDR region | bla KPC-2 region |
Resistance genes | strAB, and sul2 | aphA1a, ΔtmrB, aacC2, mph(A), sul1, qacEΔ1, and dfrA25 | bla TEM-1, and bla KPC-2 | strAB, and sul2 | mph(A), sul1, qacEΔ1, and dfrA25 | ΔtmrB, aacC2, and bla KPC-2 |
Host bacterium | K. pneumoniae 0716 | K. pneumoniae 12181 | ||||
Bacterial isolation | Recovered from ascitic fluid from Patient 1 in Hospital 1 | Recovered from sputum from Patient 2 in Hospital 2 | ||||
