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SUBMITTER: Li Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10513181 | biostudies-literature | 2023
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in microbiology 20230907
<i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> is an important Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen that is responsible for a variety of nosocomial and community-acquired infections. <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> has become a major public health issue owing to the rapid global spread of extensively-drug resistant (XDR) and hypervirulent strains. Biofilm formation is an important virulence trait of <i>K. pneumoniae</i>. A biofilm is an aggregate of microorganisms attached to an inert or living surface by a self-pro ...[more]