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Identification of Two Regulators of Virulence That Are Conserved in Klebsiella pneumoniae Classical and Hypervirulent Strains.
mBio - 7 Aug 2018
Palacios Michelle, Miner Taryn A, Frederick Daniel R, Sepulveda Victoria E, Quinn Joshua D, Walker Kimberly A, Miller Virginia L
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Klebsiella pneumoniae is widely recognized as a pathogen with a propensity for acquiring antibiotic resistance. It is capable of causing a range of hospital-acquired infections (urinary tract infections [UTI], pneumonia, sepsis) and community-acquired invasive infections. The genetic heterogeneity of K. pneumoniae isolates complicates our ability to understand the virulence of K. pneumoniae Characterization of...
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