Stress-Adaptive Responses Associated with High-Level Carbapenem Resistance in KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) organisms have emerged to become a major global public health threat among antimicrobial resistant bacterial human pathogens. Little is known about how CREs emerge. One characteristic phenotype of CREs is heteroresistance, which is clinically associated...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sheila Adams-Sapper, Adam Gayoso, Lee. W. Riley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Pathogens
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3028290