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Genomic analysis of diversity, population structure, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae, an urgent threat to public health.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 7 Jul 2015
Holt Kathryn E, Wertheim Heiman, Zadoks Ruth N, Baker Stephen, Whitehouse Chris A, Dance David, Jenney Adam, Connor Thomas R, Hsu Li Yang, Severin Juliëtte, Brisse Sylvain, Cao Hanwei, Wilksch Jonathan, Gorrie Claire, Schultz Mark B, Edwards David J, Nguyen Kinh Van, Nguyen Trung Vu, Dao Trinh Tuyet, Mensink Martijn, Minh Vien Le, Nhu Nguyen Thi Khanh, Schultsz Constance, Kuntaman Kuntaman, Newton Paul N, Moore Catrin E, Strugnell Richard A, Thomson Nicholas R
Abstract excerpt
Klebsiella pneumoniae is now recognized as an urgent threat to human health because of the emergence of multidrug-resistant strains associated with hospital outbreaks and hypervirulent strains associated with severe community-acquired infections. K. pneumoniae is ubiquitous in the environment and can colonize and infect both plants and animals. However, little is known about the population structure of K....
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