Molecular typing and genetic environment of the blaKPC gene in Chilean isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae

•17 Klebsiella pneumoniae were found to display a multidrug-resistant phenotype.•In 6 strains blaKPC was found to be probably located on a plasmid; however, in all cases there was no conjugal transfer.•The genetic environment of blaKPC indicated that the gene was located in a genetic platform variant 1a in 11 isolates and in Tn4401a in 6 isolates.•This work describes a novel ST (ST1161) and the new variant KPC-24.