Intestinal colonization with ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in healthy rural villager: A genomic surveillance study in China, 2015-2017

• Main Authors: Shuang Wang (Author), Hengjie Xie (Author), Yuzhen Chen (Author), Lu Liu (Author), Ming Fang (Author), Dapeng Sun (Author), Liuchen Xu (Author), Zhenqiang Bi (Author), Gaoxiang Sun (Author), Yan Li (Author), Xiaolin Yu (Author), Huaning Zhang (Author), Zengqiang Kou (Author), Beiwen Zheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundThe worldwide emergence and diffusion of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-K. pneumoniae (ESBL-KP) is of particular concern. Although ESBL-KP can inhabit the human gut asymptomatically, colonization with ESBL-KP is associated with an increased risk of ESBL-KP infection and mortality. In this s...