Clinical use of tigecycline may contribute to the widespread dissemination of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent
Klebsiella pneumoniae
strains
Miaomiao Xie,
Lianwei Ye,
Kaichao Chen
et al.
Abstract:The emergence of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent
Klebsiella pneumoniae
(CR-hvKP) poses grave threats to human health. These strains increased dramatically in clinical settings in China in the past few years but not in other parts of the world. Four isogenic
K. pneumoniae
strains, including classical
K. pneumoniae
, carbapenem-resistant
K. pneumoniae
(CRKP), hypervirulent
K. pneumoniae
(hvKP) an… Show more
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