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Virulence Factors, Capsular Serotypes and Antimicrobial Resistance of Hypervirulent <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> and Classical <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> in Southeast Iran

Sanaz Rastegar, Mohammad Moradi, Davood Kalantar-Neyestanaki, Ali Golabi dehdasht, Hossein Hosseini-Nave

Infection and Chemotherapy · 2019 · 43 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

The frequency of hvKP was low, but overall, the prevalence of virulence-related genes was higher in hvKP than cKP. HvKP was not related to specific serotypes. Furthermore, hvKP isolates were more susceptible to antimicrobial agents compared to cKP isolates.

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