Identification, Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Clinical Significance of Klebsiella variicola Strains
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Antimicrobial | Percentage of Strains (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Susceptible | Susceptible (High Exposure) | Resistant | |
Amoxicillin-clavulanate | 57.1 | 16.2 | 26.6 |
Piperacillin-tazobactam | 82.4 | 0.9 | 16.7 |
Cefuroxime | 23.6 | 50.0 | 26.6 |
Cefotaxime | 87.9 | - | 12.1 |
Ceftazidime | 85.5 | 1.8 | 13.0 |
Cefepime | 85.2 | 0.9 | 13.9 |
Imipenem | 99.1 | - | 0.9 |
Meropenem | 96.3 | 0.9 | 2.8 |
Ertapenem | 94.5 | - | 5.5 |
Gentamicin | 92.6 | - | 7.4 |
Amikacin | 96.3 | - | 3.7 |
Tobramycin | 88.6 | - | 10.4 |
Ciprofloxacin | 89.8 | 2.7 | 7.7 |
Levofloxacin | 90.5 | 1.8 | 7.7 |
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole | 85.0 | - | 15.0 |
Strain | Standard PCR | CRE Test |
---|---|---|
1 | SHV | CTX-M 1 |
2 | SHV | - |
3/5/11 | CTX-M, SHV | CTX-M 1 |
4 | CTX-M, TEM | CTX-M 1 |
6/7/9/13 | CTX-M, SHV, TEM | CTX-M 1 |
8 | CTX-M | CTX-M 1 |
10 | CTX-M, TEM | - |
12 | TEM | CTX-M 1 |
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Sękowska, A.; Konechnyi, Y.; Carrazco-Montalvo, A. Identification, Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Clinical Significance of Klebsiella variicola Strains. Microbiol. Res. 2025, 16, 123. https://doi.org/10.3390/microbiolres16060123
Sękowska A, Konechnyi Y, Carrazco-Montalvo A. Identification, Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Clinical Significance of Klebsiella variicola Strains. Microbiology Research. 2025; 16(6):123. https://doi.org/10.3390/microbiolres16060123
Chicago/Turabian StyleSękowska, Alicja, Yulian Konechnyi, and Andrés Carrazco-Montalvo. 2025. "Identification, Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Clinical Significance of Klebsiella variicola Strains" Microbiology Research 16, no. 6: 123. https://doi.org/10.3390/microbiolres16060123
APA StyleSękowska, A., Konechnyi, Y., & Carrazco-Montalvo, A. (2025). Identification, Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Clinical Significance of Klebsiella variicola Strains. Microbiology Research, 16(6), 123. https://doi.org/10.3390/microbiolres16060123