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Table 1 Demographic data and capsular serotype identification of enrolled patients

From: Rapid identification of capsular serotype K1/K2 Klebsiella pneumoniae in pus samples from liver abscess patients and positive blood culture samples from bacteremia cases via an immunochromatographic strip assay

Case

Sex/age

DM

Duration of S/S (days)

Lobe of abscess

Size of abscess

(cm)

Identification time:

Serotypes confirmed by:

Culture (days)

ICS (minutes)

Colony

capsular swelling test

Colony PCR

Pus

ICS

1

F/56

Yes

5

Left

5.5

3.1

4

K55

Non-K1/K2

Non-K1/K2

2

F/62

Yes

6

Right

6

5

3

K7

Non-K1/K2

Non-K1/K2

3

F/65

No

3

Left

5.1

2.5

3

K1

K1

K1

4

F/45

No

1

Left

4.4

3.5

3

K2

K2

K2

5

F/62

No

5

Right

8.6

2.6

3

K1

K1

K1a

6

M/41

Yes

9

Right

9.6

4.2

3

K1

K1

K1

7

M/60

No

5

Right

5.5

4

3

K2

K2

K2

8

M/51

No

6

Right

6.3

2.2

3

K2

K2

K2

9

M/88

No

5

Right

9.8

3.7

4

K53

Non-K1/K2

Non-K1/K2

10

M/42

Yes

5

Right

5

4.2

2

K14

Non-K1/K2

Non-K1/K2

11

F/84

Yes

3

Right

4.2

3.9

4

K1

K1

K1a

12

F/74

Yes

2

Right

2

5.5

4

K57

Non-K1/K2

Non-K1/K2

13

M/61

No

2

Right

7.7

2.8

2

K1

K1

K1

14

M/74

Yes

7

Right

7.4

2.4

3

K1

K1

K1

15

M/61

Yes

14

Right

7.1

2.8

3

K1

K1

K1

16

M/29

No

5

Right

6

2.5

3

K1

K1

K1

  1. M male, F female, DM diabetes mellitus, S/S symptoms and signs, ICS immunochromatographic strip, PCR polymerase chain reaction
  2. aEndophthalmitis was found after being confirmed to have serotype K1 by the strip test