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    Clonal transmission of polymyxin B-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates coharboring blaNDM-1 and blaKPC-2 in a tertiary hospital in China

    The prevalence of multidrug-resistant hypervirulent K. pneumoniae (MDR-hvKP) has gradually increased. It poses a severe threat to human health. However, polymyxin-resistant hvKP is rare. Here, we collected eight ...

    Mengli Tang, Jun Li, Zhaojun Liu, Fengjun **a, Changhang Min in BMC Microbiology (2023)

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    Emergence of polymyxin B-heteroresistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae from an individual in the community with asymptomatic bacteriuria

    The heteroresistance of polymyxin B, a last-resort antibiotic used to treat many serious bacterial infections, may lead to antibiotic treatment failure. However, polymyxin B-heteroresistant isolates are rare i...

    Jun Li, Mengli Tang, Fengjun **a, Changhang Min, Yongmei Hu in BMC Microbiology (2022)

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    Distribution, characterization, and antibiotic resistance of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in a Chinese population with asymptomatic bacteriuria

    Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) frequently occurs among all ages and may develop into urinary tract infections (UTIs). Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) has become a new threat to human health. In our stu...

    Jun Li, Yanbing Li, Mengli Tang, Fengjun **a, Changhang Min, Yongmei Hu in BMC Microbiology (2022)