Presence of hypervirulence-associated determinants in Klebsiella pneumoniae from hospitalised patients in Germany

• Main Authors: Anika Wahl (Author), Martin A. Fischer (Author), Kathleen Klaper (Author), Annelie Müller (Author), Stefan Borgmann (Author), Johannes Friesen (Author), Klaus-Peter Hunfeld (Author), Arkadius Ilmberger (Author), Susanne Kolbe-Busch (Author), Michael Kresken (Author), Norman Lippmann (Author), Christoph Lübbert (Author), Matthias Marschner (Author), Bernd Neumann (Author), Niels Pfennigwerth (Author), Michael Probst-Kepper (Author), Jürgen Rödel (Author), Marco H. Schulze (Author), Andreas E. Zautner (Author), Guido Werner (Author), Yvonne Pfeifer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Klebsiella (K.) pneumoniae is a ubiquitous Gram-negative bacterium and a common coloniser of animals and humans. Today, K. pneumoniae is one of the most persistent nosocomial pathogens worldwide and poses a severe threat/burden to public health by causing urinary tract infections, pneumo...