Klebsiella: Global pathogen - July 30, 2015

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Klebsiella

Klebsiella: Global pathogen - July 30, 2015

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• Genomic analysis of the emergence and rapid global dissemination of the clonal group 258 Klebsiella pneumoniae pandemic.Bowers JR et al. PLoS ONE 2015 (7) e0133727
• AMD Projects: Predicting Nightmare Bacteria
• AMD Projects: Combating Healthcare-associated Infections

Genomic epidemiology: Revealing hidden reservoirs for Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Manges AR et al. Clin. Infect. Dis. 2015 Jul 22.

Intermingled Klebsiella pneumoniae populations between retail meats and human urinary tract infections.
Davis GS et al. Clin. Infect. Dis. 2015 Jul 22.

Comparison of multilocus sequence typing, RAPD, and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for typing of beta-lactam-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains.
Sachse S et al. Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2014 Dec (4) 267-71

Mapping the evolution of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Struve C et al. MBio 2015 (4)

Tracking nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae infections and outbreaks by whole genome analysis: small-scale Italian scenario within a single hospital.
Onori R et al. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2015 Jul 1.

Tracking a hospital outbreak of KPC-producing ST11 Klebsiella pneumoniae with whole-genome sequencing.
Jiang Y et al. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 2015 Jul 9.

An outbreak of colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the Netherlands (July to December 2013), with inter-institutional spread.
Weterings V et al. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2015 Aug (8) 1647-55

Molecular epidemiology and characterization of an outbreak causing Klebsiella pneumoniae clone carrying chromosomally located bla(CTX-M-15) at a German University-Hospital.
Mshana SE et al. BMC Microbiol. 2015 122

Genomic analysis of diversity, population structure, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae, an urgent threat to public health.
Holt KE et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2015 Jul 7. (27) E3574-81

What caused the outbreak of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal intensive care unit, Germany 2009 to 2012? Reconstructing transmission with epidemiological analysis and whole-genome sequencing.
Haller S et al. BMJ Open 2015 (5) e007397

Third-generation-cephalosporin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from humans and companion animals in Switzerland: spread of a DHA-producing sequence type 11 clone in a veterinary setting.
Wohlwend N et al. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2015 May (5) 2949-55

Genomically informed surveillance for carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae in a health care system.
Pecora ND et al. MBio 2015 (4)