Genomic and Clinical Profile of Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (ST23-K1) Liver Abscesses: Experience with Patients at a Romanian University Hospital [PDF]
PathogensIntroduction: Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) is an emerging global pathogen that causes severe liver abscesses and metastatic infections.
Dragoș Ștefan Lazăr +10 more
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New Microbes and New Infections, 2015 In France, approximately 1200 cases of Legionnaires disease (LD) are reported annually, and isolates are available for approximately 20% of cases identified since 2000.
P. Cassier +6 more
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Pyogenic liver abscess caused by an atypical hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae K1-ST23 in Mexico
IDCasesHypervirulent K. pneumoniae infection has been raising worldwide and is one of the major causes of community-acquired pyogenic liver abscess. We described a case report of pyogenic liver abscess caused by an atypical hypervirulent (non-hypermucoviscous ...
Lucía Martínez-Hernandez +9 more
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Emergence of Multidrug Resistant Hypervirulent ST23 Klebsiella pneumoniae: Multidrug Resistant Plasmid Acquisition Drives Evolution [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 BackgroundIn recent years, the emergence of multidrug resistant hypervirulent K. pneumoniae (MDR hvKp) isolates poses severe therapeutic challenge to global public health.
Karthick Vasudevan +2 more
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New Bacteriophages against Emerging Lineages ST23 and ST258 of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Efficacy Assessment in Galleria mellonella Larvae [PDF]
Viruses, 2019 Klebsiella pneumoniae is a bacterial pathogen of high public health importance. Its polysaccharide capsule is highly variable but only a few capsular types are associated with emerging pathogenic sublineages.
Damien Thiry +11 more
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Comparative Proteomic Profiling of Clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains and the Corresponding Outer Membrane Vesicles [PDF]
Journal of Extracellular BiologyKlebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) has become a global threat due to the convergence of carbapenem resistance and hypervirulence. Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) play important roles in bacterial pathogenicity, yet their functional coordination with ...
Zongping Li +12 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Multidrug-resistant (MDR) hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) sequence type (ST) 23 (MDR-ST23-hvKp) is emerging in China. Despite its increasing importance, this pathogen has not yet been subject to detailed genomic interrogation. We identified 28
Pengcheng Du +4 more
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Genomic and phylogenetic analysis of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae ST23 in Ireland
Microbial GenomicsHypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hv Kp ) has emerged as a pathogen of global concern associated with invasive community-acquired infections. The combination of hypervirulence and carbapenem resistance can result in severe and difficult-to-treat ...
Mark Maguire +13 more
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Clinical and genomic characteristics of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from throat culture suggesting an emerging causative agent of pharyngitis [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesHypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) is rarely implicated in non-invasive infections. We report eleven cases of pharyngitis with whole genome sequencing of throat culture isolates identifying hvKp.
Gregory D. Whitehill +3 more
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Retrospective single-center study of endogenous endophthalmitis, Northeastern China, 2010-2023 [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyObjectiveTo explore the epidemiological characteristics of EnE and the molecular traits of the Klebsiella pneumoniae(KP).MethodsWe revived 40 strains of the KP, utilized whole-genome sequencing technology to understand their molecular epidemiological ...
Deng Zhang +8 more
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