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Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 18, Issue 1, February 2026.Analysis of plasmid transconjugants relative to plasmid‐free and plasmid‐carrying Serratia spp. demonstrates erratic disease phenotypes and reduced fitness. Transconjugants also show reduced ability to degrade substrates associated with virulence, supported by transcriptomic data.
Amy L. Vaughan +3 more
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Hypervirulent (hypermucoviscous)Klebsiella pneumoniae [PDF]
Virulence, 2013 A new hypervirulent (hypermucoviscous) variant of Klebsiella pneumoniae has emerged. First described in the Asian Pacific Rim, it now increasingly recognized in Western countries. Defining clinical features are the ability to cause serious, life-threatening community-acquired infection in younger healthy hosts, including liver abscess, pneumonia ...
Shon, Alyssa S. +2 more
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Outbreak of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027-the recent experience of a regional hospital [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the leading cause of healthcare-associated diarrhea, and several outbreaks with increased severity and mortality have been reported. In this study we report a C.
Coelho, M. +7 more
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Plant Pathology, Volume 75, Issue 1, January/February 2026.Fusarium culmorum phenuivirus 1 caused no changes in laboratory‐based assays and shows mild hypovirulence in a susceptible wheat cultivar under semifield conditions. It is highly transmissible both via spores and hyphal contact. ABSTRACT The mycovirus Fusarium culmorum phenuivirus 1 (FcPV1) infects the wheat pathogen Fusarium culmorum, a causal agent ...
Živilė Buivydaitė +7 more
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MicroorganismsKlebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic pathogen known for two main pathotypes: classical K. pneumoniae (cKp), often multidrug-resistant and common in hospitals, and hypervirulent K.
Irina Pristas +10 more
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Toll-Like Receptor 2-Independent Host Innate Immune Response against an Epidemic Strain of Streptococcus suis That Causes a Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome in Humans [PDF]
, 2013 Streptococcus suis is an emerging zoonotic agent causing meningitis and septicemia. Outbreaks in humans in China with atypical cases of streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome have been described to be caused by a clonal epidemic S.
Gottschalk, Marcelo +4 more
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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Background Carbapenem‐resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) has become a global public health threat, with significantly increased morbidity and mortality among high‐risk inpatients. High‐risk genotypes of CRKP, primarily including K. pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC), oxacillinase‐48–like (OXA‐48–like), New Delhi metallo‐β‐lactamase (NDM), imipenemase ...
Qiongfang Zhang +5 more
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The Origin of Bubonic Plague [PDF]
, 2006 Although some forms of the bacterium Yersinia are harmless, other forms have devastated human populations, causing a plague of biblical proportions (Psalm 91:3-7, Psalm 91:9-10,).
Gillen, Alan L., Sherwin, Frank
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Derivation and validation of a simple, accurate and robust prediction rule for risk of mortality in patients with Clostridium difficile infection. [PDF]
, 2016 Published onlineJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tBACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infection poses a significant healthcare burden. However, the derivation of a simple, evidence based prediction rule to assist patient management has not yet
Bell, JE +7 more
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Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), an enteropathogenic coronavirus causing high mortality in neonatal piglets, continues to threaten global swine industries. Frequent mutations in the spike (S) protein of PEDV, particularly in emerging variants, have substantially compromised commercial vaccine efficacy.
Yang-Yang Li +8 more
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