The First Report on the Structure of Polysaccharide Surface Antigens of the Clinical <i>Klebsiella oxytoca</i> 0.062 Strain and the Contribution in the Serological Cross-Reactions.

ABSTRACT: Klebsiella oxytoca bacilli co-form the human intestinal microbiota, but in favorable conditions, they may also affect immunocompromised individuals, causing urinary tract infections, bacteremia, or antibiotic-associated hemorrhagic colitis. The growing numbers of clinical outbreaks of K. oxytoca infections make these bacteria an emerging pathogen, which is still masked by the predominant K. pneumoniae isolates. Thus, it is very important to advance knowledge on K. oxytoca pathogenicity. This work aims to characterize a urine isolate, K. oxytoca 0.062, from central Poland, which appears to present a multidrug-resistant and extended-spectrum β-lactamases-positive phenotype. The structural experiments include sugar and methylation

SUBMITTER: Palusiak A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11989651 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature