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Carbapenem-Resistant, Virulence Plasmid–Harboring Klebsiella pneumoniae, United States

Jianping Jiang, Tengfei Long, Adeline R. Porter, Arianne Lovey, Annie Lee, Jesse Thomas Jacob, Cesar A. Arias, Robert Bonomo, Robert Kalayjian, Yanan Zhao, Frank R. DeLeo, David van Duin, Barry N. Kreiswirth

, and Liang Chen

Author affiliation: Hackensack-Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation, Nutley, New Jersey, USA (J. Jiang, T. Long, A. Lovey, A. Lee, Y. Zhao, B.N. Kreiswirth, L. Chen); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana, USA (A.R. Porter, F.R. DeLeo); Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J.T. Jacob); Houston Methodist Hospital and Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas, USA (C.A. Arias); Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (R.A. Bonomo); Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland (R.A. Bonomo); MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland (R. Kalayjian); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (D. van Duin)

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Characteristics of case-patients in study of carbapenem-resistant, virulence plasmid–harboring Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates, United States*

Patient characteristic	Isolate
Patient characteristic	ARLG-4622	ARLG-3254	ARLG-4744	ARLG-7683	ARLG-3484	ARLG-4720
Location	Cleveland, OH	Houston, TX	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta, GA
Hospital	Hospital A	Hospital B	Hospital C	Hospital C	Hospital C	Hospital C
Department	Emergency department	Medical ward	Medical ward	Surgery ward	ICU	ICU
Collection date	2016 Jun	2016 Sep	2017 Jul	2017 Oct	2016 Dec	2017 Mar
Age group at culture, y	39<49	49<59	49<59	59<69	69<79	49<59
Sex	F	M	M	M	M	M
Hospital or community acquired	Hospital	Community	Hospital	Community	Hospital	Hospital
Culture source	Urine	Respiratory	Urine	Wound	Respiratory	Respiratory
Other pathogens from same source	None	None	None	None	None	None
Infection vs. colonization	Infection	Infection	Infection	Colonization	Colonization	Colonization
Charlson Comorbidity Index score	0	3	4	1	8	1
Pitt bacteremia score	0	3	8	2	6	4
DOOR outcomes	Alive without events	Dead	Dead	Alive without events	Alive with 2 or 3 events	Alive without events

*DOOR, desirability of outcome ranking; ICU, intensive care unit.

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