Infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae with hypermucoviscous phenotype: A case report and literature review

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Medical Biotechnologies , University of Siena , Siena , Italy.
² b Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine , University of Florence , Florence , Italy.
³ c Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences , AOU, City of Health and Sciences, University of Turin , Turin , Italy.
⁴ d Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine , University of Florence , Florence , Italy.
⁵ e Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit , Florence Careggi University Hospital , Florence , Italy.
⁶ f Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation , Florence , Italy.

Review

Fabio Arena et al. Virulence. 2017.

. 2017 Nov 17;8(8):1900-1908.

doi: 10.1080/21505594.2017.1286439. Epub 2017 Feb 23.

¹ a Department of Medical Biotechnologies , University of Siena , Siena , Italy.
² b Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine , University of Florence , Florence , Italy.
³ c Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences , AOU, City of Health and Sciences, University of Turin , Turin , Italy.
⁴ d Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine , University of Florence , Florence , Italy.
⁵ e Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit , Florence Careggi University Hospital , Florence , Italy.
⁶ f Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation , Florence , Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: animal model; bacteremia; capsular type; carbapenemase; hypercapsule; liver abscess; liver transplantation; string test; virulence.

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