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Virulence phenotype first: a framework for assessing the clinical risk of resistance-hypervirulence convergence in Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Science bulletin - 30 Jun 2026
Zhao Jiankang, Pu Danni, Syed Muhammad Ali, Song Rongrong, Fan Yanyan, Liu Yan, Cao Bin
Abstract excerpt
Carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-hvKP) marks a pivotal evolutionary shift in which antimicrobial resistance and hypervirulence increasingly co-exist within the same lineages. Evidence supports two dominant convergence routes, hypervirulent backgrounds acquiring resistance modules and carbapenem-resistant classical backbones acquiring virulence modules, followed by diversification into...
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