Extensive Capsule Locus Variation and Large-Scale Genomic Recombination within the Klebsiella pneumoniae Clonal Group 258

Genomic Epidemiology of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Italy and Novel Insights into the Origin and Global Evolution of Its Resistance to Carbapenem Antibiotics

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Population Structure of KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates from Midwestern U.S. Hospitals

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Comparative genome analysis identifies few traits unique to the Escherichia coli ST131 H30Rx clade and extensive mosaicism at the capsule locus

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Short communication: Comparison of virulence factors in Klebsiella pneumoniae strains associated with multiple or single cases of mastitis

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Isolation of a Bacteriophage and Its Depolymerase Specific for K1 Capsule of Klebsiella pneumoniae: Implication in Typing and Treatment

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Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Exhibit Variability in Capsular Polysaccharide and Capsule Associated Virulence Traits

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Diversity of Capsular Polysaccharide Gene Clusters in Kpc-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates of Sequence Type 258 Involved in the Italian Epidemic

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Molecular dissection of the evolution of carbapenem-resistant multilocus sequence type 258Klebsiella pneumoniae

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KPC-Producing, Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 258 as a Typical Opportunistic Pathogen

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A nosocomial outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Chinese hospital: dissemination of ST11 and emergence of ST37, ST392 and ST395

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wzi Gene Sequencing, a Rapid Method for Determination of Capsular Type for Klebsiella Strains

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Variation in the Complex Carbohydrate Biosynthesis Loci of Acinetobacter baumannii Genomes

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National Surveillance Study on Carbapenem Non-Susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae in Taiwan: The Emergence and Rapid Dissemination of KPC-2 Carbapenemase

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Capsular Types of Klebsiella pneumoniae Revisited by wzc Sequencing

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Epidemic of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 Clone Coproducing KPC-2 and 16S rRNA Methylase RmtB in a Chinese University Hospital

(2012) Jun-Jie Li et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Pyrosequencing-based analysis reveals a novel capsular gene cluster in a KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolate identified in Brazil

(2012) Pablo Ivan Ramos et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

The capsular polysaccharide and lipopolysaccharide structures of two carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak isolates

(2012) Joanna Kubler-Kielb et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Update of the molecular epidemiology of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Brazil: spread of clonal complex 11 (ST11, ST437 and ST340)

(2012) P. S. Pereira et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae HS11286, a Multidrug-Resistant Strain Isolated from Human Sputum

(2012) P. Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

SPAdes: A New Genome Assembly Algorithm and Its Applications to Single-Cell Sequencing

(2012) Anton Bankevich et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY

Pneumococcal genome sequencing tracks a vaccine escape variant formed through a multi-fragment recombination event

(2012) Tanya Golubchik et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Shigella sonnei genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis indicate recent global dissemination from Europe

(2012) Kathryn E Holt et al.   NATURE GENETICS

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(2012) Ben Langmead et al.   NATURE METHODS

Tracking a Hospital Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae with Whole-Genome Sequencing

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KPC-mediated resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae in two hospitals in Padua, Italy, June 2009-December 2011: massive spreading of a KPC-3-encoding plasmid and involvement of non-intensive care units

(2012) Sara N Richter et al.   Gut Pathogens

Inference of Population Structure using Dense Haplotype Data

(2012) Daniel John Lawson et al.   PLoS Genetics

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(2011) S.A. Gomez et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Molecular epidemiology of KPC-2- producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Brazil: the predominance of sequence type 437

(2011) Liliane M. Seki et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Detection of recombination events in bacterial genomes from large population samples

(2011) Pekka Marttinen et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

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(2011) Tarek A. Ahmad et al.   VACCINE

Predominance of an ST11 extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clone causing bacteraemia and urinary tract infections in Korea

(2010) Kwan Soo Ko et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic analysis

(2010) Robert E Black et al.   LANCET

Molecular Epidemiology of KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates in the United States: Clonal Expansion of Multilocus Sequence Type 258

(2009) B. Kitchel et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools

(2009) H. Li et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Fast and accurate short read alignment with Burrows-Wheeler transform

(2009) H. Li et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Klebsiella pneumoniae Capsule Polysaccharide Impedes the Expression of  -Defensins by Airway Epithelial Cells

(2009) D. Moranta et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Genetic diversity of capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis in Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates

(2009) H.-Y. Shu et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Bayesian modeling of recombination events in bacterial populations

(2008) Pekka Marttinen et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Velvet: Algorithms for de novo short read assembly using de Bruijn graphs

(2008) D. R. Zerbino et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Capsular Polysaccharide Synthesis Regions in Klebsiella pneumoniae Serotype K57 and a New Capsular Serotype

(2008) Y.-J. Pan et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

A generic mechanism inNeisseria meningitidisfor enhanced resistance against bactericidal antibodies

(2008) Maria Jose Uria et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

The Major Surface-Associated Saccharides of Klebsiella pneumoniae Contribute to Host Cell Association

(2008) Abigail Clements et al.   PLoS One