Hypervirulent K. Pneumoniae Secretes More and More Active Iron-Acquisition Molecules than “Classical” K. Pneumoniae Thereby Enhancing its Virulence

BACKGROUND: A new hypervirulent (hypermucoviscous) clinical variant of Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) has emerged over the last decade. Our goal is to identify new mechanisms, which increase the virulence hvKP compared to “classic” K. pneumoniae (cKP). METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Various growth as...

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Autores principales: Russo, Thomas A., Shon, Alyssa S., Beanan, Janet M., Olson, Ruth, MacDonald, Ulrike, Pomakov, Alexander O., Visitacion, Mark P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3200348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22039542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026734

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3200348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22039542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026734

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