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SUBMITTER: Lundberg U
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3891705 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lundberg Urban U Senn Beatrice M BM Schüler Wolfgang W Meinke Andreas A Hanner Markus M
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 20121218 3
Nosocomial infections, also called "hospital acquired infections," occur worldwide and affect both developed and resource-poor countries, thus having a major impact on their health care systems. Klebsiella pneumoniae, which is an opportunistic Gram-negative pathogen, is responsible for causing pneumonia, urinary tract infections and septicemia in immune compromised hosts such as neonates. Unfortunately, there is no vaccine or mAb available for prophylactic or therapeutic use against K. pneumonia ...[more]