Diversity of virulence level phenotype of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae from different sequence type lineage
Abstract Background Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) is emerging around the Asian-Pacific region and it is the major cause of the community-acquired pyogenic liver abscesses. Multidrug-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (MDR-hvKP) isolates were reported in France, China and Taiw...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-08-01
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Series: | BMC Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-018-1236-2 |