Volume 19, Number 11—November 2013
Research
CTX-M β-Lactamase–producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Suburban New York City, New York, USA
Guiqing Wang
, Tiangui Huang, Pavan Kumar Makam Surendraiah, Kemeng Wang, Rashida Komal, Jian Zhuge, Chian-Ru Chern, Alexander A. Kryszuk, Cassidy King, and Gary P. Wormser
, Tiangui Huang, Pavan Kumar Makam Surendraiah, Kemeng Wang, Rashida Komal, Jian Zhuge, Chian-Ru Chern, Alexander A. Kryszuk, Cassidy King, and Gary P. Wormser
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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