Mapping the evolution of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Struve, Carsten ^a   Roe, Chandler C ^b   Stegger, Marc ^a,b   Stahlhut, Steen G ^a   Hansen, Dennis S ^c   Engelthaler, David M ^b   Andersen, Paal S ^a   Driebe, Elizabeth M ^b   Keim, Paul ^b   Krogfelt, Karen A ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMIC ISLAND; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RMPA2 GENE; SEROTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; LIVER ABSCESS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLASMID; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; RMPA PROTEIN, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GENOTYPE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROGROUP; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84940866080     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00630-15     Document Type: Article

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