Comparative analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated in 2012-2016 that differ by antibiotic resistance genes and virulence genes profiles.

This study is the first report about hypervirulent K. pneumoniae strain KPB2580-14 of ST23K1 harboring extended-spectrum beta-lactamase CTX-M-15 and carbapenemase OXA-48 genes located on pCTX-M-15-like and pOXA-48-like plasmids correspondingly. PMID: 29708041 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Pathogens and Global Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Pathog Glob Health Source Type: research