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Whole genome analysis of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from community and hospital acquired bloodstream infection.
BMC microbiology - 8 Jan 2018
Shankar Chaitra, Veeraraghavan Balaji, Nabarro Laura Eve Buchnan, Ravi Raji, Ragupathi Naveen Kumar Devanga, Rupali Priscilla
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hypervirulent K. pneumoniae (hvKp) causes severe community acquired infections, predominantly in Asia. Though initially isolated from liver abscesses, they are now prevalent among invasive infections such as bacteraemia. There have been no studies reported till date on the prevalence and characterisation of hvKp in India. The objective of this study is to characterise the hypervirulent strains...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Bacteremia
- Bacterial Capsules
- Bacterial Proteins
- Community-Acquired Infections
- Cross Infection
- Female
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genome, Bacterial