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Determination of the prevalence of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Northeast Iran, Mashhad

Scientific Reports
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) has emerged as a clinically significant pathogen that can cause severe infections, even in immunocompetent hosts. Unlike classical K.
Hamideh Najafian, Omid Pouresmaeil, Zahra Meshkat, Ehsan Aryan, Jamal Falahi, Leyla Najafian, Hadi Farsiani   +6 more
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Predicting Antibiotic Tolerance in hvKP and cKP Respiratory Infections Through Biofilm Formation Analysis and Its Resistance Implications

Infection and Drug Resistance
Zhongwei Wen, Yiqiang Chen, Tangjuan Liu, Jiahui Han, Yuting Jiang, Ke Zhang Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of ...
Wen Z, Chen Y, Liu T, Han J, Jiang Y, Zhang K   +5 more
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Clinical challenges with hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) in China

Journal of Translational Internal Medicine, 2021
Abstract Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) is an evolving pathotype with higher virulence than classical K. pneumoniae (cKp) and is characterized by community-acquired, multiple sites of infections and young and healthy hosts. hvKP infections were primarily found in East Asia and have been increasingly reported worldwide over ...
Chen, Yanzhu, Chen, Yi
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A typical multisite invasive infection caused by hvKP: A case report and literature review

Medicine, 2022
Rationale: Hypervirulent K. pneumoniae (hvKP) is a new variant of K. pneumoniae that can caused metastatic spreading by blood, including Splenic abscess, endogenous endophthalmitis, purulent meningitis. This report described a case of A typical multisite invasive infection caused by hvKP and carry out a historical review of the
Liu, Jia, Dai, Mingying, Sun, Qiang, Fang, Wei   +3 more
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Incidence, risk factors and clinical outcomes of patients with hypermucoviscoid Klebsiella in a tertiary intensive care unit

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background and Objectives: Hypermucoviscoid Klebsiella(hvKP), a dreaded variant of Klebsiella, so far, fewer cases were reported from the community. This study was designed to evaluate the incidence of hvKP isolates, risk factors for hvKP infections ...
Vimal Bhardwaj, Vellaichamy Muthupandi Annapandian, Annie Rofeena Sinazer, Arjun Alva, Shiva Prasad   +4 more
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In vitro activity of ceftazidime-avibactam, imipenem-relebactam, aztreonam-avibactam, and comparators toward carbapenem-resistant and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Carbapenem-resistant and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-hvKP) strains are increasingly reported, posing a significant threat to public health. Therefore, effective antimicrobial therapy is urgently needed.
Dan Li, Hua Yu, Xiangning Huang, Shanshan Long, Jie Zhang   +4 more
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Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae Infections: A Systematic Review of Clinical, Microbiological, and Outcome Data From Reported Cases. [PDF]

Microbiologyopen
Distribution of organ involvement in reported hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae cases. Studies restricted to isolated liver abscess cases were excluded. Percentages represent the proportion of cases with documented involvement of each anatomical site among cases with available data.
Sakru N, Cetinkaya E, Aldi FI, Inan M, Eryildiz C.   +4 more
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Detection of extensively drug-resistant and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae ST15, ST147, ST377 and ST442 in Iran [PDF]

, 2021
In this study, we focused on the emergence of extensively drug-resistant (XDR), pandrug-resistant (PDR), and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) in Iran. During 2018 to 2020 a total of 52 K.
Ali Hashemi, Faghihloo, Ebrahim, Javad Yasbolaghi Sharahi, Faghihloo, E., Goudarzi, H., Ebrahim Faghihloo, Hossein Goudarzi, Mehdi Goudarzi, Goudarzi, M., Sara Davoudabadi, Abdollah Ardebili, Goudarzi, Mehdi, Ardebili, Abdollah, Sharahi, Javad Yasbolaghi, Hashemi, Ali, Goudarzi, Hossein, Sharahi, J.Y., Hashemi, A., Ardebili, A., Davoudabadi, S., Davoudabadi, Sara   +20 more
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Identification of hvKP based on biomarkers and Galleria mellonella infection model

, 2023
Abstract Background The technique of clinical identification of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) was improved by in vivo and in vitro experiments. To provide clinical diagnostic tools for timely treatment of infections caused by hvKP.
Dongmei Mai, Anqi Wu, Ran Li, Donghao Cai, Junqing Tan   +4 more
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Molecular and clinical characterization of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from individuals with urinary tract infections

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Despite being a significant public health concern, hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) has rarely been investigated in urinary tract infections (UTIs).
Jun Li, Jun Li, Mengli Tang, Zhaojun Liu, Fengjun Xia, Changhang Min, Yongmei Hu, Yongmei Hu, Haichen Wang, Haichen Wang, Mingxiang Zou, Mingxiang Zou   +11 more
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