Identification of Biomarkers for Differentiation of Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae from Classical K. pneumoniae

A. Russo, Thomas; Olson, Ruth; Fang, Chi-Tai; Stoesser, Nicole; Miller, Mark; MacDonald, Ulrike; Hutson, Alan; H. Barker, Jason; M. La Hoz, Ricardo; R. Johnson, James; Backer, Martin; Bajwa, Rajinder; T. Catanzaro, Andrew; Crook, Derrick; de Almeda, Kleper; Fierer, Joshua; E. Greenberg, David; Klevay, Michael; Patel, Payal; Ratner, Adam; Wang, Jin-Town; Zola, Jaroslaw

doi:10.1128/jcm.00776-18

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Identification of Biomarkers for Differentiation of Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae from Classical K. pneumoniae

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Authors:

Thomas A. Russo

Ruth Olson

Chi-Tai Fang

Abstract

A hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) pathotype is undergoing global dissemination. In contrast to the usual health care-associated epidemiology of classical K. pneumoniae (cKp) infections, hvKp causes tissue-invasive infections in otherwise healthy individuals from the community, often invol...

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