An increased prevalence of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae associated with the COVID-19 pandemic

C Liu, J Guo, S Fan, W Guo, H Qi, S Baker, P Du… - Drug Resistance …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) is a common community-acquired and
nosocomial pathogen. Carbapenem-resistant and hypervirulent (CR-hvKp) variants can …

[HTML][HTML] Is It Time to Start Worrying? A Comprehensive Report on the Three-Year Prevalence of ESBL-Producing Bacteria and Their Trends in Antibiotic Resistance …

Y Jalali, A Kološová, A Liptáková, J Kyselovič… - Pharmaceuticals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background/Objectives: Over the past few decades, extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-
producing bacteria have become a great concern in healthcare systems worldwide …

Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 impairs intracellular elastase mobilization and persists within human neutrophils

F Birnberg-Weiss, JE Castro, JR Pittaluga… - Microbiological …, 2025 - Elsevier
Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) strains of sequence type (ST) 258 producing K. pneumoniae-
carbapenemase (KPC) are a major cause of hospital-associated outbreaks and the main …