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SUBMITTER: Holt KE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4500264 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Holt Kathryn E KE Wertheim Heiman H Zadoks Ruth N RN Baker Stephen S Whitehouse Chris A CA Dance David D Jenney Adam A Connor Thomas R TR Hsu Li Yang LY Severin Juliëtte J Brisse Sylvain S Cao Hanwei H Wilksch Jonathan J Gorrie Claire C Schultz Mark B MB Edwards David J DJ Nguyen Kinh Van KV Nguyen Trung Vu TV Dao Trinh Tuyet TT Mensink Martijn M Minh Vien Le VL Nhu Nguyen Thi Khanh NT Schultsz Constance C Kuntaman Kuntaman K Newton Paul N PN Moore Catrin E CE Strugnell Richard A RA Thomson Nicholas R NR
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20150622 27
Klebsiella pneumoniae is now recognized as an urgent threat to human health because of the emergence of multidrug-resistant strains associated with hospital outbreaks and hypervirulent strains associated with severe community-acquired infections. K. pneumoniae is ubiquitous in the environment and can colonize and infect both plants and animals. However, little is known about the population structure of K. pneumoniae, so it is difficult to recognize or understand the emergence of clinically impor ...[more]