Culprit that turns classical Klebsiella pneumoniae into a devastating, drugresistant killer

Oct 01, 2024

New research has identified the genetic elements responsible for turning classical Klebsiella pneumoniae, which generally infects only sick and/or immunocompromised people in the health care setting, into hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, which can also infect otherwise healthy people in the community.