Open AccessIdentification of Biomarkers for Differentiation of Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae from Classical K. pneumoniae
Author(s) -
Thomas A. Russo,
Ruth Olson,
ChiTai Fang,
Nicole Stoesser,
Mark A. Miller,
Ulrike MacDonald,
Alan D. Hutson,
Jason Barker,
Ricardo M. La Hoz,
James R. Johnson,
Martín Bäcker,
Rajinder Bajwa,
Andrew Catanzaro,
Derrick W. Crook,
Kleper de Almeda,
Joshua Fierer,
David E. Greenberg,
Michael Klevay,
Payal Patel,
Adam J. Ratner,
JannTay Wang,
Jaroslaw Zola
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00776-18
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , klebsiella infections , biology , klebsiella , identification (biology) , virology , escherichia coli , genetics , gene , botany
A hypervirulentKlebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) pathotype is undergoing global dissemination. In contrast to the usual health care-associated epidemiology of classicalK. pneumoniae (cKp) infections, hvKp causes tissue-invasive infections in otherwise healthy individuals from the community, often involving multiple sites.
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