[Correspondence] Persistent carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: a Trojan horse

In The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Danxia Gu and colleagues1 reported the emergence and evolution of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-HvKP) strains, which have caused fatal infections at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China). Although little is known about the pathogenesis of CR-HvKP, this novel strain can cause severe symptoms such as sepsis with high mortality. Nevertheless, CR-HvKP was found to account for only 3% of infections caused by the ST11 carbapenem-resistant K pneumoniae (CRKP) strains across China.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research