Mingquan Guo, Bo Gao, Jun Su, Yigang Zeng, Zelin Cui, Haodong Liu, XiaoKui Guo, Yongzhang Zhu, Beiwen Wei, Yanan Zhao, Juanxiu Qin, Xiaoye Lu, Qingtian Li
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) due to Klebsiella pneumoniae infection can trigger life-threatening malignant consequences, however, there are few studies on the strain-associated clinical pathogenic mechanisms between VAP and PLA. A total of 266 patients consist of 129 VAP and 137 PLA were included for analysis in this study. We conducted a comprehensive survey for the two groups of K. pneumoniae isolates, including phenotypic experiments, clinical epidemiology, genomic analysis, and instrumental analysis, i...
November 13, 2023: BMC Microbiology