Highly conserved composite transposon harbouring aerobactin iuc3 in Klebsiella pneumoniae from pigs.

ABSTRACT: Klebsiella pneumoniae is an important opportunistic pathogen associated with severe invasive disease in humans. Hypervirulent K. pneumoniae, which are K. pneumoniae with several acquired virulence determinants such as the siderophore aerobactin and others, are more prominent in countries in South and South-East Asia compared to European countries. This Klebsiella pathotype is capable of causing liver abscesses in immunocompetent persons in the community. K. pneumoniae has not been extensively studied in non-human niches. In the present study, K. pneumoniae isolated from caecal samples (n=299) from healthy fattening pigs in Norway were characterized with regard to population structure and virulence determinants. These data were compared to da

SUBMITTER: Kaspersen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9997749 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature