Emergence of Hypervirulent Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Coharboring a <i>bla</i> <sub>NDM-1</sub> -Carrying Virulent Plasmid and a <i>bla</i> <sub>KPC-2</sub> -Carrying Plasmid in an Egyptian Hospital

CRKP has been registered in the critical priority tier by the World Health Organization and has become a significant menace to public health. The emergence of CR-HvKP is of great concern in terms of both disease and treatment.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mohamed Abd El-Gawad El-Sayed Ahmed, Yanxian Yang, Yongqiang Yang, Bin Yan, Guanping Chen, Reem Mostafa Hassan, Lan-Lan Zhong, Yuan Chen, Adam P. Roberts, Yiping Wu, Ruowen He, Xiaoxue Liang, Mingyang Qin, Min Dai, Liyan Zhang, Hongyu Li, Fan Yang, Lingqing Xu, Guo-Bao Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-06-01
Series:mSphere
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00088-21