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The Capsule Increases Susceptibility to Last-Resort Polymyxins, but Not to Other Antibiotics, in Klebsiella pneumoniae

The extracellular capsule is a virulence factor present in many facultative pathogens, but its role in antimicrobial resistance remains controversial. To shed light on this debate, we tested six antibiotics on four Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex strains. Noncapsulated strains exhibited increa...

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Autores principales: D’Angelo, Francesca, Rocha, Eduardo P. C., Rendueles, Olaya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10112221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36912665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aac.00127-23