Characterization of Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (Hv-Kp): Correlation of Virulence with Antimicrobial Susceptibility

Table 7

Correlation of virulence marker with antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among Hv-Kp isolates (5 hyper-mucoviscous strains which were aerobactin gene negative were also included).

Virulence marker	Non-MDR	MDR	ESBL +
Hyper-viscosity (n = 23)	08 (34.7)	15 (65.2)	12 (52.2)
Aerobactin (n = 18)	10 (55.6)	8 (44.4)	8 (44.4)

Non−MDR–Resistant to ≤2 classes of antibiotics; MDR—resistant to ≥3 classes of antibiotics; ESBL+—ESBL producers; Incidence higher (statistically significant) when compared to non−MDR isolates.