For∼ 30 years, two distinct groups of clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae have been
recognized. Classical strains (cKp) are typically isolated from patients with some degree of …

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative, non-motile bacterium that is found in the
environment, including in soil and surface water. K. pneumoniae readily colonizes human …

Klebsiella pneumoniae is widely recognized as a pathogen with a propensity for acquiring
antibiotic resistance. It is capable of causing a range of hospital-acquired infections (urinary …

The polysaccharide capsule is an essential virulence factor for Klebsiella pneumoniae in
both community-acquired hypervirulent strains as well as health care-associated classical …

Background Klebsiella pneumoniae displaying the hypermucoviscosity (HV) phenotype are
considered more virulent than HV-negative strains. Nevertheless, the emergence of tissue …

Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) causes Klebsiella‐induced liver abscess.
Capsule is important for the pathogenesis of Klebsiella in systemic infection, but its role in …

The production of a capsular polysaccharide (CPS; K antigen) is characteristic of Klebsiella
pneumoniae, but CPS structure varies among strains, and many different serotypes are now …

Capsule is an important virulence factor in bacteria. A total of 78 capsular types have been
identified in Klebsiella pneumoniae. However, there are limitations in current typing …

Future Microbiol.(2012) 7 (6) 670 future science group compromise (eg, neutropenia). Our
laboratory began studying hvKP after a case of CA-PLA with metastatic spread to the spleen …

In vitro and in vivo models were used to investigate the role of capsule on the virulence of
Klebsiella pneumoniae. We showed that capsule expression reduces dramatically the ability …