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Functional insights from KpfR, a new transcriptional regulator of fimbrial expression that is crucial for <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> pathogenicity
2020-09-02
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> Although originally known as an opportunistic pathogen, Klebsiella pneumoniae has been considered a worldwide health threat nowadays due to the emergence of hypervirulent and antibiotic-resistant strains capable of causing severe infections not only on immunocompromised patients but also on healthy individuals. Fimbriae is an essential virulence factor for K. pneumoniae , especially in urinary...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1bd56895-1ef2-56e8-8c2b-e3532051659f
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.08.31.276717
