Determining the resistance of carbapenem-resistantKlebsiella pneumoniaeto common disinfectants and elucidating the underlying resistance mechanisms

These pan-resistant pathogenic CRKP strains contained various drug-resistance genes and exhibited relatively high resistance to ethyl alcohol, chlorhexidine acetate and iodophor. Monitoring the drug-resistance rates of CRKP strains displaying disinfectant resistance may facilitate appropriate and effective sterilisation and thus preventing the spread of these pan-resistant strains.