Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 420 with a Chromosomally Inserted Virulence Plasmid.
Elias EgerStefan E HeidenKarsten BeckerAndrea RauKatharina GeisenhainerEvgeny A IdelevichKatharina SchauflerPublished in: International journal of molecular sciences (2021)
Our study contributes not only to the understanding of hvKp and the association between hypervirulence and clinical outcomes but reveals the chromosomal integration of a virulence plasmid, which might lead to tremendous public health implications.