KP is also found to be a common pathogen in pneumonia and urinary tract infections.[33] KP ranked second among gram-negative bacteria in community-acquired infections in China in 2020.[24,34] KP strains have increasingly become resistant to various β-lactam antibiotics and these resistant strains can jump from 1 host species to another.[35,36] Therefore, understanding the resistance profile of KP in BSI is of significant clinical importance. This evidence concerns the gene NPPA and bathing suit ichthyosis.