Prevalence and characteristics of pks genotoxin gene cluster-positive clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Taiwan

The pks gene cluster encodes enzymes responsible for the synthesis of colibactin, a genotoxin that has been shown to induce DNA damage and contribute to increased virulence. The present study investigated the prevalence of pks in clinical K. pneumoniae isolates from a national surveillance program i...

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Autores principales: Chen, Ying-Tsong, Lai, Yi-Chyi, Tan, Mei-Chen, Hsieh, Li-Yun, Wang, Jann-Tay, Shiau, Yih-Ru, Wang, Hui-Ying, Lin, Ann-Chi, Lai, Jui-Fen, Huang, I-Wen, Lauderdale, Tsai-Ling
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5324043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28233784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep43120

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5324043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28233784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep43120

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