Within-host genotypic and phenotypic diversity of contemporaneous carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from blood cultures of patients with bacteremia
S. Cheng, G. Fleres, L. Chen, G. Liu, B. Hao, A. Newbrough, E. Driscoll, R. K. Shields, K. M. Squires, T. Chu, B. N. Kreiswirth, M. H. Nguyen, C. J. Clancy
The paper identifies genotypic and phenotypic diversity among CRKP strains from individual patients' blood cultures, showing they are genetically distinct and exhibit different antibiotic responses and virulence traits.
bioRxiv · May 26, 2022Microbiology