Research Article
An Alliance of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae with Precise Capsular Serotypes and Clinical Determinants: A Disquietude in Hospital Setting
Table 4
Distribution of carbapenemase genes between various clinical wards.
| Wards | Number of | K. pneumoniae, n (%) | Carbapenemase genes | blaOXA-48 (n = 48) | blaNDM-1 (n = 12) | blaKPC (n = 9) | blaVIM (n = 7) | blaIMP (n = 3) |
| Burn ICU | 7 (11.5) | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | General ICU | 6 (9.8) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Infectious ICU | 4 (6.6) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Internal ICU | 3 (4.9) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Surgery ICU | 2 (3.3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Internal | 8 (13.1) | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Burn | 6 (9.8) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Urology | 6 (9.8) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Surgery | 2 (3.3) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Emergency | 2 (3.3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Infectious | 4 (6.6) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Out- patients | 11 (18) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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ICU: intensive care unit value <0.05, calculated by chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test. |