Table 1.
MICs ranges, MIC50 and MIC90 for the 93 multidrug resistant K. pneumoniae isolates investigated in this study.
Table 2.
Plasmid replicons and antibiotic resistance genes detected in 93 K. pneumoniae isolates.
Table 3.
The detection rates of IncF plasmid replicon alleles (FIIK, FII, FIA and FIB) in 93 K. pneumoniae isolates.
Table 4.
Characteristics of 43 donor K. pneumoniae isolates selected for conjugation experiments and the results of conjugation.
Table 5.
Comparison between K. pneumoniae donor isolates and their transconjugants (n = 27) with respect to non-susceptibility rates (%) and MICs of various antibiotics.
Table 6.
Resistance determinants detected in the donors and transconjugants in this study.
Fig 1.
Dendrogram of EcoRI-digested plasmids from 27 transconjugants.
15 restriction profiles were identified (P1-P15). The dashed line represents the 80% similarity level used in cluster designation. Transconjugant plasmid ID, replicon and restriction profiles are shown.