Carbapenem-resistant Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae of Sequence Type 36

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Carbapenem-resistant Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae of Sequence Type 36 [1]

Sequence type 36 (ST36) Klebsiella pneumoniae is distributed worldwide. [2] We found an ST36 K. pneumoniae clinical isolate that was carbapenem resistant, carried blaKPC-2, had mucoid regulator gene rmpA, and exhibited high virulence. The finding suggests the emergence of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent K. pneumoniae of ST36, and surveillance of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent K. pneumoniae is required.

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Publication Date:

01/07/2018

Author(s): Yu Feng [4], Yang Lu [5], Zhihong Yao & et al [6]

Source: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy [7]

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[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Klebsiella-pneumoniae.pdf
[3] https://aac.asm.org/content/62/7/e02644-17
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/yu-feng
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/yang-lu
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/zhihong-yao-et-al
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/antimicrobial-agents-and-chemotherapy
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pneumonia
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/infectious-diseases