Convergence of virulence and MDR in a single plasmid vector in MDR Klebsiella pneumoniae ST15
Lam, MMC, Wyres, KL, Wick, RR, Judd, LM, Fostervold, A, Holt, KE and Löhr, IH.
2019.
Convergence of virulence and MDR in a single plasmid vector in MDR Klebsiella pneumoniae ST15.
[Online].
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Available from:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkz028
Lam, MMC, Wyres, KL, Wick, RR, Judd, LM, Fostervold, A, Holt, KE and Löhr, IH.
Convergence of virulence and MDR in a single plasmid vector in MDR Klebsiella pneumoniae ST15
[Internet].
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy;
2019.
Available from:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkz028
Lam, MMC, Wyres, KL, Wick, RR, Judd, LM, Fostervold, A, Holt, KE and Löhr, IH
(2019).
Convergence of virulence and MDR in a single plasmid vector in MDR Klebsiella pneumoniae ST15.
[Data Collection].
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkz028
Description
MDR and hypervirulence (hv) are typically observed in separate Klebsiella pneumoniae populations. However, convergent strains with both properties have been documented and potentially pose a high risk to public health in the form of invasive infections with limited treatment options.