An Alliance of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae with Precise Capsular Serotypes and Clinical Determinants: A Disquietude in Hospital Setting

Table 3

Correlation of carbapenemase genes with mucoid phenotype and hospital-acquired infection among K. pneumoniae isolates.

Variables	Number. (Spearman’s rho) of
	Carbapenemase genes
	blaOXA-48 (n = 48)	blaNDM-1 (n = 12)	blaKPC (n = 9)	blaVIM (n = 7)	blaIMP (n = 3)
Mucoid phenotype (n = 16)	15 (r = 0.219)	2 (r = -0.108)	1 (r = -0.143)	2 (r = 0.019)	0 (r = -0.136)
Hospital-acquired infection (n = 34)	31 (r = 0.404)	7 (r = 0.042)	5 (r = 0.012)	3 (r = -0.081)	1 (r = -0.095)

Correlation was tested using Spearman’s rank test. value <0.01.