Article
The Small Protein RmpD Drives Hypermucoviscosity in Klebsiella pneumoniae.
mBio - 22 Sept 2020
Walker Kimberly A, Treat Logan P, Sepúlveda Victoria E, Miller Virginia L
Abstract excerpt
Klebsiella pneumoniae has a remarkable ability to cause a wide range of human diseases. It is divided into two broad classes: classical strains that are a notable problem in health care settings due to multidrug resistance, and hypervirulent (hv) strains that are historically drug sensitive but able to establish disease in immunocompetent hosts. Alarmingly, there has been an increased frequency of clinical...
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- Animals
- Bacterial Proteins
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Humans
- Klebsiella Infections
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Mice
