Long-term occurrence of multiple antimicrobial drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates harboring virulent potential in a tertiary hospital from Brazil.

ABSTRACT: Klebsiella pneumoniae strains are globally associated with a plethora of opportunistic and severe human infections and are known to spread genes conferring antimicrobial resistance. Some strains harbor virulence determinants that enable them to cause serious disease in any patient, both in the hospital and in the community. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of antimicrobial resistance and virulence traits (by gene detection and string test) among 83 K. pneumoniae isolates obtained from patient cultures of a scholar tertiary hospital in the Midwestern Brazil (Brasília, DF). Antimicrobial susceptibility analysis showed that 94% (78/83) of the isolates presented one of the following resistance profiles: resistant (R, 39), multidrug-resistant (MDR, 29), or extensively drug-r

SUBMITTER: Cardoso Almeida AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11405615 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature