Emergence of polymyxin B-heteroresistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae from an individual in the community with asymptomatic bacteriuria

Abstract Background The heteroresistance of polymyxin B, a last-resort antibiotic used to treat many serious bacterial infections, may lead to antibiotic treatment failure. However, polymyxin B-heteroresistant isolates are rare in individuals living in the community. We report a polymyxin B-heterore...

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Principais autores:	Jun Li, Mengli Tang, Fengjun Xia, Changhang Min, Yongmei Hu, Haichen Wang, Mingxiang Zou
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado:	BMC 2022-02-01
Series:	BMC Microbiology
Assuntos:	Hypervirulent K. pneumoniae Polymyxin B heteroresistance Asymptomatic bacteriuria Community-dwelling adult Urine specimen Whole genome sequencing
Acceso en liña:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-022-02462-9
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