Predominance of Klebsiella pneumoniaeST14 carrying CTX-M-15 causing neonatal sepsis in Tanzania

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Table 2 Phenotypic and molecular characteristics of 18 representative strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae used as donors

S NO	Isolate	ESBL allele	Inc group	PFGE cluster	ST	Phyl	Conjugation frequency	Plasmid size	Transferable resistance
1	020	CTX-M-15, TEM-1	FII	X2	ST147	KpI	10-5	145 kb	GM,SXT
2	019	CTX-M-15, TEM-1	FII	X2	ND	KpI	10-7	194 kb	GM
3	025	TEM-104	FII	X2	ST101	KpI	10-7	145 kb	GM,SXT
4	024	TEM-104	ND	X8	ST14	KpI	10-6	194 kb	GM
5	028	CTX-M-15, TEM-1	FII	X8	ST14	KpI	10-6	145 kb	GM
6	175	CTX-M-15	FII	X10	ND	KpI	10-5	97 kb	GM
7	071	CTX-M-15, TEM-1	ND	X2	ST101	KpI	10-6	485 kb	GM
8	008	CTX-M-15, TEM-1	FIA	X7	ST14	KpI	10-5	97 kb	GM
9	107	TEM-104	FII	X8	ST14	KpI	10-5	194 kb	GM
10	108	TEM-104	FIA	X12	ND	KpI	10-3	97 Kb	GM
11	214	CTX-M-15, TEM-1	ND	X7	ST48	KpI	Neg	485 Kb, 25 kb	-
12	120	CTX-M-15, TEM-1	FII	X9	ST348	KpI	10-6	145 kb	GM,SXT
13	133	CTX-M-15	FII	X2	ND	KpI	10-7	145 kb	GM,SXT,TET
14	135	CTX-M-15	FII	X4	ND	KpI	10-3	145 kb	GM,SXT, TET
15	141	CTX-M-15, TEM-1	ND	X9	ST348	KpI	10-5	145 kb	GM,SXT
16	211	CTX-M-15,TEM-1	ND	X5	ST48	KpI	Neg	-	-
17	118	CTX-M-15	ND	X7	ST14	KpI	10-7	97 kb	GM,SXT
18	081	CTX-M-15	FII	X2	ND	KpI	10-6	145 kb	GM

Inc = Incompatibility; ST = Sequence Type; Phyl = Phylogenetic group; S NO = Strain number; GM = gentamicin; SXT = sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim; TET = tetracycline.
ND = not determinable.

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