Co-occurrence of ST412
Klebsiella pneumoniae
isolates with hypermucoviscous and non-mucoviscous phenotypes in a short-term hospitalized patient
Qinghua Liang,
Nan Chen,
Wei Wang
et al.
Abstract:Hypermucoviscosity (HMV) is a phenotype that is commonly associated with hypervirulence in
Klebsiella pneumoniae
. The factors that contribute to the emergence of HMV subpopulations remain unclear. In this study, eight
K. pneumoniae
strains were recovered from an inpatient who had been hospitalized for 20 days. Three of the isolates exhibited a non-HMV phenotype, which was concomitant with higher biofilm formation than the other five HMV isolates. All eig… Show more
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