Emergence of an XDR and carbapenemase-producing hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain in Taiwan | Zendy

YenHua Huang | Zendy; Sheng-Hua Chou | Zendy; Syun-Wun Liang | Zendy; Chung-En Ni | Zendy; Yi-Tsung Lin | Zendy; Yi-Wei Huang | Zendy; TsueyChing Yang | Zendy

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Emergence of an XDR and carbapenemase-producing hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain in Taiwan

Author(s) -

YenHua Huang,

Sheng-Hua Chou,

Syun-Wun Liang,

Chung-En Ni,

Yi-Tsung Lin,

Yi-Wei Huang,

TsueyChing Yang

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dky164

Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , virulence , microbiology and biotechnology , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , biology , strain (injury) , plasmid , ertapenem , tigecycline , multilocus sequence typing , carbapenem , virology , genotype , gene , antibiotics , escherichia coli , genetics , anatomy

Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae causes high mortality owing to the limited therapeutic options available. Here, we investigated an emergent carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae strain with hypervirulence found among KPC-2-producing strains in Taiwan.

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