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Here, we describe the molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance profiles of K. pneumoniae and CRKP isolates from hospitalized patients in different regions of China.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of  219 K. pneumoniae isolates from 26 hospitals in 19 provinces of China were collected during 2019\u20132020. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests, multilocus sequence typing were performed, antimicrobial resistance genes were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Antimicrobial resistance profiles were compared between different groups.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The resistance rates of K. pneumoniae isolates to imipenem, meropenem, and ertapenem were 20.1%, 20.1%, and 22.4%, respectively. A total of 45 CRKP isolates were identified. There was a significant difference in antimicrobial resistance between 45 CRKP and 174 carbapenem-sensitive Klebsiella pneumoniae (CSKP) strains, and the CRKP isolates were characterized by the multiple-drug resistance phenotype.There were regional differences among antimicrobial resistance rates of K. pneumoniae to cefazolin, chloramphenicol, and sulfamethoxazole,which were lower in the northwest than those in north and south of China.The mostcommon sequence type (ST) was ST11 (66.7% of the strains). In addition, we detected 13 other STs. There were differences between ST11 and non-ST11 isolates in the resistance rate to amikacin, gentamicin, latamoxef, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, aztreonam, nitrofurantoin, fosfomycin, and ceftazidime\/avibactam. In terms of molecular resistance mechanisms, the majority of the CRKP strains (71.1%, 32\/45) harbored blaKPC-2, followed by blaNDM (22.2%, 10\/45). Strains harboring blaKPC or blaNDM genes showed different sensitivities to some antibiotics.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our analysis emphasizes the importance of surveilling carbapenem-resistant determinants and analyzing their molecular characteristics for better management of antimicrobial agents in clinical use.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcimb.2024.1380678","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,16]],"date-time":"2024-05-16T04:37:02Z","timestamp":1715834222000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from hospitalized patients in different regions of China"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Yan","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chonghong","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhijie","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jianhua","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hui","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yong","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaosong","family":"Qin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"629","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140\u20136736(21)02724\u20130","article-title":"Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis","volume":"399","year":"2022","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"4988","DOI":"10.1073\/pnas.1321364111","article-title":"Molecular dissection of the evolution of carbapenem-resistant multilocus sequence type 258 Klebsiella pneumoniae","volume":"111","author":"Deleo","year":"2014","journal-title":"Proc. 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