An Assessment of Siderophore Production, Mucoviscosity, and Mouse Infection Models for Defining the Virulence Spectrum of Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae

Author:

Russo Thomas A.1234ORCID,MacDonald Ulrike12,Hassan Sidra12,Camanzo Ellie2,LeBreton Francois5,Corey Brendan5,McGann Patrick5ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Veterans Administration Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, New York, USA

2. Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA

3. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA

4. The Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA

5. Multidrug-Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network (MRSN), Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Abstract

The pathogenic potential of hvKp strains is primarily mediated by a large virulence plasmid. The minimal set of genes required for the full expression of the hypervirulent phenotype is undefined.

Funder

HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

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