Dynamic Epidemiology and Virulence Characteristics of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Wenzhou, China from 2003 to 2016.

The average national rise in CRKP across China is mirrored in this in-depth analysis of a single hospital, while the prevalence of hypervirulent CRKP (such as ST15) was relatively low as of 2016. Continuous monitoring is necessary to keep track of CRKP and should include the prospect of newly emerging strains with less common STs and the prospect of detecting carbapenem-resistant, carbapenemase-negative Klebsiella pneumoniae.