[Correspondence] Emergence of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae
Danxia Gu and colleagues1 reported a fatal outbreak of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by ST11 carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (ST11 CR-HvKP) strains at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China) in 2016. This signals an alarming evolutionary event —the convergence of plasmid-mediated multidrug resistance and hypervirulence in an epidemic carbapenem-resistant K pneumoniae (CRKP) clone—presenting a considerable challenge for infection control.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Hong Yao, Shangshang Qin, Sheng Chen, Jianzhong Shen, Xiang-Dang Du Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
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