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This study substantially extends the knowledge on bacterial metabolites providing the unambiguous identification of volatile metabolites produced by carbapenem-resistant and susceptible strains of <jats:italic>Klebsiella pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> (confirmed with pure standards in addition to mass spectra match) but also revealing their temporary concentration profiles (along the course of pathogen proliferation) and dependence on the addition of antibiotic (imipenem) to bacteria. Furthermore, the clinical strains of <jats:italic>K. pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage specimens collected from mechanically ventilated patients were investigated to reveal, whether bacterial metabolites observed in model experiments with reference strains could be relevant for wild pathogens as well. In all experiments, the headspace samples from bacteria cultures were collected on multibed sorption tubes and analyzed by GC-MS. 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