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Diversity of virulence level phenotype of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae from different sequence type lineage.
BMC microbiology - 29 Aug 2018
Shi Qiucheng, Lan Peng, Huang Danyan, Hua Xiaoting, Jiang Yan, Zhou Jiancang, Yu Yunsong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) is emerging around the Asian-Pacific region and it is the major cause of the community-acquired pyogenic liver abscesses. Multidrug-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (MDR-hvKP) isolates were reported in France, China and Taiwan. However, the international-ally agreed definition for hvKP and the virulence level of hvKP are not clear. RESULTS: In...
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