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SUBMITTER: Davis GS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4551003 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20150722 6
<h4>Background</h4>Klebsiella pneumoniae is a common colonizer of the gastrointestinal tract of humans, companion animals, and livestock. To better understand potential contributions of foodborne K. pneumoniae to human clinical infections, we compared K. pneumoniae isolates from retail meat products and human clinical specimens to assess their similarity based on antibiotic resistance, genetic relatedness, and virulence.<h4>Methods</h4>Klebsiella pneumoniae was isolated from retail meats from Fl ...[more]