A plasmid locus associated with Klebsiella clinical infections encodes a microbiome-dependent gut fitness factor.

A plasmid locus associated with Klebsiella clinical infections encodes a microbiome-dependent gut fitness factor.

Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) is an important cause of healthcare-associated infections, which increases patient morbidity, mortality, and hospitalization costs. Gut colonization by Kp is consistently associated with subsequent Kp disease, and patients are predominantly infected with their colonizing s...

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Main Authors: Jay Vornhagen, Christine M Bassis, Srividya Ramakrishnan, Robert Hein, Sophia Mason, Yehudit Bergman, Nicole Sunshine, Yunfan Fan, Caitlyn L Holmes, Winston Timp, Michael C Schatz, Vincent B Young, Patricia J Simner, Michael A Bachman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-04-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009537

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009537

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