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Convergence of carbapenem resistance and hypervirulence in a highly-transmissible ST11 clone of K. pneumoniae : An epidemiological, genomic and functional study
23 Dec 2020
Abstract excerpt
Co-occurrence of hypervirulence and KPC-2 carbapenem resistant phenotypes in a highly-transmissible ST11 clone ofKlebsiella pneumoniae has elicited deep concerns from public health stand point. To address this puzzle, we conducted a large-scale epidemiological, clinical and genomic study of K. pneumonia ST11 clones with both hypervirulence and carbapenem resistance in two tertiary hospitals in Zhejiang province....
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