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Co-occurrence of ST412 <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> isolates with hypermucoviscous and no-mucoviscous phenotypes in a short-term hospitalized patient
2023-06-22
Abstract excerpt
Hypermucoviscosity(HMV) is a phenotype that is commonly associated with hypervirulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae . The factors that contribute to the emergence of HMV subpopulations remain unclear. In this study, eight K. pneumoniae strains were recovered from an inpatient who were hospitalized for 20 days. Three of the isolates exhibited a non-HMV phenotype, which was concomitant with increased biofilm formation...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 5b55a9e8-060e-5513-939a-05322cd9b760
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.06.20.545774
