Diversity of mucoid to non-mucoid switch among carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Abstract Background Klebsiella pneumoniae is a leading cause of intractable hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant infections and carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae (CPKp) are particularly feared. Most of the clinical isolates produce capsule as a major virulence factor. Recombination events at th...

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Main Authors: Adriana Chiarelli, Nicolas Cabanel, Isabelle Rosinski-Chupin, Pengdbamba Dieudonné Zongo, Thierry Naas, Rémy A. Bonnin, Philippe Glaser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-020-02007-y