Dissemination and Molecular Epidemiology of KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Collected in Puerto Rico Medical Center Hospitals during a 1-Year Period

Table 5

Distribution and characterization of the five K. pneumoniae PFGE-related groups (15/27).

Isolates	PFGE groups		KPC variant	Other beta-lactamases	Anatomical site	Hospital	Hospital unit^b
UPR-Kp670	1	1a	KPC-3	TEM,OXA-9	Urine	MC1	ICU
UPR-Kp673		1a			Misc.	MC1	Gen Ward
UPR-Kp744		1a			Blood	MC1	ICU
UPR-Kp763		1b			Blood	MC4	Other
UPR-Kp177	9	9a	KPC-4	TEM	Misc.^a	MC1	ICU
UPR-Kp080		9a			Urine	MC2	ICU
UPR-Kp148		9a			Blood	MC3	Gen Ward
UPR-Kp770	11	11a	KPC-3	TEM	Blood	MC1	ICU
UPR-Kp649		11a			Misc.	MC1	Gen Ward
UPR-Kp560		11a			Sputum	MC1	ICU
UPR-Kp758	14	14a	KPC-3	TEM	Blood	MC3	Other
UPR-Kp773		14b			Sputum	MC3	Other
UPR-Kp231	15	15b	KPC-2	DHA,TEM,OXA-30	Misc.	MC1	Gen Ward
UPR-Kp467		15a			Sputum	MC1	Gen Ward
UPR-Kp384		15a			Misc.	MC3	Gen Ward

^aMisc.: miscellaneous.
^bGen Ward: General Ward; ICU: Intensive Care Unit; other: site unspecified.