The research team led by Professor Qu investigated the intrahost evolution of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) ST11 by collecting a series of K. pneumoniae strains isolated from a ...

Once seen as a lasting medical breakthrough, antibiotics are steadily losing their effectiveness. Around the world, ...

To date, our understanding of the epidemiology of KPC resistance is limited to outbreaks and infections reported from tertiary care academic medical centers. The epidemiology of KPC infections in the ...

Joshua L. C. Wong, Sophia David, Julia Sanchez-Garrido, Jia Z. Woo, Wen Wen Low, Fabio Morecchiato, Tommaso Giani, Gian Maria Rossolini, Konstantinos Beis, Stephen J ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — More than a decade ago, physicians around the world began reporting cases due to a new hypervirulent strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae, which could infect and severely sicken otherwise ...

A team of Chilean researchers has identified, for the first time in the country, the presence of KPC-type carbapenemase-producing bacteria in wastewater samples from the Greater Concepción ...

Three different species of Klebsiella bacteria can cause life-threatening infections in hospital patients and that all three share genes that confer resistance to the most commonly used antibiotics, ...

A deadly 'superbug' that doctors struggle to detect and is resistant to most treatments is silently exploding in America, with cases of the bacterial infection skyrocketing since 2019, according to a ...

The rate of ceftazidime resistance among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates recovered from patients at the Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center increased from 6% in the first quarter of ...

New research has identified the genetic elements responsible for turning classical Klebsiella pneumoniae, which generally infects only sick and/or immunocompromised people in the health care setting, ...

Carbapenems have long been a reliable last line of defense in the treatment of infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. The emergence of KPC resistance is a major threat to ...