Assessing Colistin Resistance by Phenotypic and Molecular Methods in Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan

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Table 1 Frequency and Percentage of CRE Isolated from Specimen for Bacterial Culture

Specimens	Frequency	Percent
Blood	120	69.7
Respiratory tract specimens	33	19.2
Pus	9	5.2
Body Fluids	8	4.7
Tissue	2	1.2
	172	100.0

Figure 1 Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacterales isolated from specimens and frequency of MCR-1 gene in isolates.

Table 2 Details of Ten Patients Infected with MCR-1 Gene Carrying CRE

No. of Isolates with MCR-1 Gene	Patient’s Age	Place of Hospital Stay	No. of Days in Hospital	Ventilator Support/Clinical Outcome	Specimen Type
1	61 years	Adult Intensive Care Unit	10 days	Yes/expired	Blood
2	57 years	Adult Intensive Care Unit	9 days	Yes/expired	Blood
3	59 years	Adult Intensive Care Unit	7 days	No/survived	Blood
4	54 years	Adult Intensive Care Unit	5 days	No/survived	Blood
5	8 days	Neonatal Intensive Care Unit	8 days	Yes/expired	Blood
6	9 days	Neonatal Intensive Care Unit	9 days	Yes/expired	Blood
7	9 days	Neonatal Intensive Care Unit	9 days	Yes/expired	Blood
8	57 years	Adult Intensive Care Unit	12 days	Yes/expired	Bronchoalveolar lavage
9	68 years	Adult Intensive Care Unit	6 days	Yes/expired	Bronchoalveolar lavage
10	64 years	Adult Intensive Care Unit	10 days	Yes/expired	Bronchoalveolar lavage