Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Jul;26(7):1529-1533. doi: 10.3201/eid2607.191490.
We recovered 2 carbapenem-resistant K2-ST86 hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from patients in France. The isolates had genetic attributes of hypervirulent K. pneumoniae but differed in ability to cause mouse lethality. Convergence of hypervirulent K. pneumoniae toward resistance could cause a health crisis because such strains could be responsible for severe and untreatable infections.
我们从法国的患者中分离到了 2 株耐碳青霉烯类的 K2-ST86 超黏菌素肺炎克雷伯菌。这些分离株具有高毒力肺炎克雷伯菌的遗传特征,但导致小鼠致死的能力不同。高毒力肺炎克雷伯菌向耐药性的趋同可能会引发健康危机,因为这些菌株可能导致严重且无法治疗的感染。