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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Main Authors: Qiucheng Shi, Peng Lan, Danyan Huang, Xiaoting Hua, Yan Jiang, Jiancang Zhou, Yunsong Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-018-1236-2