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[Relationship of Hypervirulent Capsular Genotypes of Klebsiella pneumoniae with Antibiotic Susceptibility and Beta-Lactamase Genes].
Mikrobiyoloji bulteni - 1 Jan 2023
Dalğıç Duygu, Kandemir Tülay, Üçkayabaşı Ali, Nağıyev Toğrul
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Klebsiella pneumoniae which is a causative agent of nosocomial infections, is protected from phagocytosis and the lethal effect of serum bactericidal proteins owing to its capsular polysaccharides (CPS). The important leading problem in treating infections caused by this bacterium that successfully develops antimicrobial resistance, especially via mobile genetic elements, is that it acquires beta-lactamase genes,...
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