Emergence of Hypervirulent Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Coharboring a <i>bla</i> <sub>NDM-1</sub> -Carrying Virulent Plasmid and a <i>bla</i> <sub>KPC-2</sub> -Carrying Plasmid in an Egyptian Hospital
Mohamed Abd El-Gawad El-Sayed Ahmed, Yanxian Yang, Yongqiang Yang, Bin Yan, Guanping Chen, Reem Hassan, Lan‐Lan Zhong, Yuan Chen, Adam P. Roberts, Yiping Wu, Ruowen He, Xiaoxue Liang, Mingyang Qin, Min Dai, Liyan Zhang, Hongyu Li, Fan Yang, Lingqing Xu, Guo‐Bao Tian
Abstract
CRKP has been registered in the critical priority tier by the World Health Organization and has become a significant menace to public health. The emergence of CR-HvKP is of great concern in terms of both disease and treatment.
Topics & Concepts
Klebsiella pneumoniaePlasmidVirulenceMicrobiologyVirologyBiologyPublic healthMedicineGeneGeneticsEscherichia coliNursingAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaAntibiotic Use and ResistanceVibrio bacteria research studies