Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) Klebsiella variicola Strains Isolated in a Brazilian Hospital Belong to New Clones

Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) Klebsiella variicola Strains Isolated in a Brazilian Hospital Belong to New Clones

Klebsiella variicola is mainly associated with opportunistic infections and frequently identified as Klebsiella pneumoniae. This misidentification implies a wrong epidemiology result as well as incorrect attribution to K. pneumoniae as the etiology of some severe infections. Recently, huge efforts h...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Amabile de Campos, Felipe Marques de Almeida, Ana Paula Cardoso de Almeida, Rafael Nakamura-Silva, Mariana Oliveira-Silva, Isabela Felix Alencar de Sousa, Louise Cerdeira, Nilton Lincopan, Georgios Joannis Pappas, André Pitondo-Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Klebsiella variicola
antimicrobial resistance
whole genome sequence
pathogenicity
brazilian clones
multidrug-resistant
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.604031/full

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