Evaluation of ompK36 allele groups on clinical characteristics and virulence features of Klebsiella pneumoniae from bacteremia.

CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that the OmpK36 group C K.pneumoniae is more associated with community-acquired infection with a lower frequency of underlying illness, but with significantly more virulence in bloodstream infection. This would give a remind that clinicians should be aware of such clinical impacts of the ompK36 allele group. PMID: 30348614 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: J Microbiol Immunol Infect Source Type: research