Antimicrobial resistance of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae: Epidemiology, hypervirulence-associated determinants, and resistance mechanisms

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue NOV, 2017, Pages

  Lee, Chang Ro ^a   Lee, Jung Hun ^a   Park, Kwang Seung ^a   Jeon, Jeong Ho ^a   Kim, Young Bae ^b   Cha, Chang Jun ^c   Jeong, Byeong Chul ^a   Lee, Sang Hee ^a  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^b North Shore Community College   (United States)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Epidemiology; Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae; Resistance mechanism; Sequence type; Serotype

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; CARBAPENEM; POLYSACCHARIDE; SIDEROPHORE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; HYDROXAMIC ACID; MAGA PROTEIN, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; RMPA PROTEIN, KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVIEW; VIRULENCE; BACTEREMIA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; LIVER ABSCESS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEROTYPE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBAPENEMS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEROGROUP; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 85034811992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00483     Document Type: Review

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