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Resistance evolution of hypervirulent carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 during treatment with tigecycline and polymyxin
1 Jan 2021
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Hypervirulent carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (hv-CRKP) has recently aroused increasing attention, especially ST11, the predominant CRKP clone in China. Here, we report a case of hv-CRKP-associated infection and reveal the in-host evolution of its mechanism of resistance to tigecycline and polymyxin under clinical therapy. A total of 11 K. pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing CRKP strains were...
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