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Volume 19, Number 11—November 2013
Research

CTX-M β-Lactamase–producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Suburban New York City, New York, USA

Guiqing WangComments to Author , Tiangui Huang, Pavan Kumar Makam Surendraiah, Kemeng Wang, Rashida Komal, Jian Zhuge, Chian-Ru Chern, Alexander A. Kryszuk, Cassidy King, and Gary P. Wormser
Author affiliations: New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA

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Table 1

Detection of blaESBL genes of the SHV, TEM, and CTX-M types in 208 ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates, 2005–2012*

Year No. isolates tested No. (%) positive isolates CTX-M type (no. isolates)
blaSHV
blaTEM
blaCTX-M
2005 22 20 (90.9) 7 (31.8) 0
2006 21 15 (71.4) 11 (52.4) 0
2007 17 11 (64.7) 10 (58.8) 0
2008 21 19 (90.5) 10 (47.6) 0
2009 40 37 (92.5) 23 (57.5) 2 (5.0) CTX-M-15 (2)
2010 34 31 (91.2) 9 (26.4) 6 (17.6) CTX-M-15 (4), CTX-M-2 (1), CTX-M-3 (1)
2011 35 32 (91.4) 13 (36.1) 12 (34.3) CTX-M-15 (9), CTX-M-3 (2), CTX-M-1 (1)
2012 18 16 (88.9) 8 (44.4) 5 (27.8) CTX-M-15 (4), CMX-M-3 (1)
Total
208
181 (87.0)
91 (43.8)
25 (12.0)

* ESBL, extended-spectrum β-lactamase

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