Annals of Laboratory Medicine, 2020 Reports on metastatic or invasive infections by hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) have increased recently. However, the effects of its virulence on clinical course and outcomes in pneumonia patients have rarely been addressed. We assessed and compared the clinical features of hvKp and classic K.
Jeong-Hwan Hwang +5 more
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The emergence of the hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) strains among circulating clonal complex 147 (CC147) harbouring blaNDM/OXA-48 carbapenemases in a tertiary care center of Iran [PDF]
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2020 Abstract Background Klebsiella pneumoniae is a public health concern because of its ability to develop multidrug resistance and hypervirulent genotypes, of those capsular types K1 and K2 cause community and nosocomial life-threatening infections.
Omid Pajand +6 more
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An Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant and Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in an Intensive Care Unit of a Major Teaching Hospital in Wenzhou, China [PDF]
, 2019 Carbapenem-resistant, hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-hvKP) has recently emerged as a significant threat to public health. In this study, 29 K. pneumoniae isolates were isolated from eight patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a ...
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Klebsiella pneumoniae in Germany: An overview on spatiotemporal distribution and resistance development in humans: Review [PDF]
, 2021 The emerging of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is increasing worldwide. Rapid dissemination and increase of its incidence in Germany are observed and becoming a significant challenge for clinical laboratories and physicians ...
Neubauer, Heinrich Karl Johann +3 more
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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2021 Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) can cause lung abscess, serious infection, and has a high mortality. Drainage plays a key role in the treatment of lung abscess secondary to hvKP. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) can identify necrotic areas within peripheral pulmonary lesions.
Yanzhu Chen +3 more
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Prevalence, clonal diversity, and antimicrobial resistance of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella variicola clinical isolates in northern Japan [PDF]
札幌医科大学博士（医学 ...
松田, 律史
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First description of Ceftazidime/Avibactam resistance in an ST13 KPC-70-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain from Portugal [PDF]
, 2022 © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).The combination
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 ObjectiveThe emergence of carbapenem-resistant and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-hvKp) strains poses a significant public threat, and effective antimicrobial therapy is urgently needed.
Mingju Hao +10 more
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Invasive Klebsiella syndrome in a case in Bolivia [PDF]
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative bacterium that requires oxygen and is capable of fermenting lactose. It can cause serious infections such as pneumonia, bacteremia, and liver abscesses.
Cuadros Pariente, Natalia Andrea +3 more
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A strategy for controlling Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae: inhibition of ClpV expression
BMC MicrobiologyThe emergence and prevalence of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) have proposed a great challenge to control this infection. Therefore, exploring some new drugs or strategies for treating hvKP infection is an urgent issue for scientific ...
Wenke Liu +7 more
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