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Table 4 Virulence and heavy metal resistance genes detected in carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae isolates from Puglia, Southern Italy

From: Emerging high-risk ST101 and ST307 carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clones from bloodstream infections in Southern Italy

Virulence gene

Genea

ST307

ST101

57POL

91POL

95POL

142BR

12ACQ

164BR

177BR

fyu, irp, iuc, kfu

fyuA

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

irp1

37

37

37

37

37

37

37

iucA

     

45

45

iucC

     

33

33

kfuA

     

3

3

kfuB

     

7

7

kfuC

     

6

6

mrk

mrkA

12

 

12

 

12

12

12

mrkA/1

87

 

87

 

87

87

87

mrkB

2

 

2

 

2

30

30

mrkC

135

 

135

 

135

41

41

mrkC/1

302

 

302

 

302

302

302

mrkD

8

 

8

 

8

35

35

mrkF

4

 

4

 

4

71

71

mrkH

2

 

2

 

2

  

mrkI

4

 

4

 

4

28

28

mrkJ

2

 

2

 

2

28

28

ybt

ybtA

38

38

38

38

38

38

38

ybtE

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

ybtP

 

25

25

25

25

25

25

ybtQ

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

ybtS

41

41

41

41

41

41

41

ybtT

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

ybtU

39

39

39

39

39

39

39

ybtX

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

Heavy metal resistance gene

pbrA

   

2

   

pcoA

2

2

2

 

2

7

7

pcoB

3

3

3

 

3

2

2

pcoC

1

1

1

 

1

1

1

pcoD

2

2

2

 

2

2

2

pcoE

1

1

1

 

1

1

1

pcoR

1

1

1

 

1

1

1

pcoS

2

2

2

 

2

2

2

silC

3

3

3

 

3

3

3

silE

3

3

3

 

3

3

3

silR

2

2

2

 

2

2

2

silS

2

2

2

 

2

2

2

terC

    

9

  

terZ

    

1

  
  1. aThe allele codes identified for each gene is shown in the Table
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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

ISSN: 1476-0711

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