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Temperatures above 37°C increase virulence of a convergent Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 307 strain.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2024
Müller Justus U, Schwabe Michael, Swiatek Lena-Sophie, Heiden Stefan E, Schlüter Rabea, Sittner Max, Bohnert Jürgen A, Becker Karsten, Idelevich Evgeny A, Guenther Sebastian, Eger Elias, Schaufler Katharina
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Background: Convergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) pathotypes has been increasingly reported in recent years. These pathogens combine features of both multidrug-resistant and hypervirulent KP. However, clinically used indicators for hypervirulent KP identification, such as hypermucoviscosity, appear to be differentially expressed in convergent KP, potential outbreak clones are difficult to identify. We aimed...
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