Detection and characterization of putative hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in microbiological diagnostics

Detection and characterization of putative hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in microbiological diagnostics

Abstract Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strains (hvKp) can cause invasive community-acquired infections in healthy patients of all ages. In this study, the prevalence of putative hvKp in a German tertiary center was investigated and hvKp were characterized by phenotypic and molecular assays. Al...

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Main Authors: Bernd Neumann, Claudia Stürhof, Anca Rath, Bärbel Kieninger, Elias Eger, Justus U. Müller, Alexander von Poblocki, Nadja Gerlitz, Paul Wollschläger, Wulf Schneider-Brachert, Katharina Schaufler, Kathleen Klaper, Jörg Steinmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46221-w

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46221-w

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