Should multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains displaying hypervirulent traits be reclassified as either ultravirulent or supervirulent?

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Historically, Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates were described either as hypervirulent or classical. While hypervirulent strains display a precise phenotype (thicker capsule, hypermucoviscosity, absence of antibiotic resistance markers, several siderophores, etc.), classical strains can relate to all other K. pneumoniae strains, including virulent multidrug-resistant clinical isolates. Recently, many surveillance...

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