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Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae as a hospital-acquired pathogen in the intensive care unit in Mansoura, Egypt
3 Sept 2018
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Introduction: Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) are variants of K. pneumoniae that come up worldwide. hvKP is known in community-acquired infections but little is known about its role in hospital-acquired (HA) infections. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of hvKP among HA K. pneumoniae infections in the intensive care unit (ICU) and to compare virulence and antibiotic susceptibility...
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